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Daisy Ouya, OA consultant ICT in Education, Science and Culture SectionCommunication and Information (CI) Sector
UNESCOwww.unesco.org/webworld/en/openaccess
eIFL General Assembly, Lund6-8 August, 2010
UNESCO Open Access Programme
Objectives and Activities
Outline
UNESCO Mission and the OA Programme OA Programme objectives Recent achievements Near-term activities Longer-term plans Call for partnership
A. Background
UNESCOBuilding peace in the minds of people
Mission: Building of Peace Alleviation of Poverty Sustainable Development Intercultural Dialogue
Major Sectors1. Education2. Natural Sciences3. Social and Human Sciences4. Culture5. Communication and Information
B. UNESCO’s Open Access programme
3 Divisions•Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace
•Communication Development
•Information Society
Open Suite Strategy programmes - OER-OTP- FOSS-Open Access (OA)
C&I Sector
OA logo designed by PLoS
Why OA?
– Knowledge societies are informed societies– N-S disparity in information access and exchange
OA Repositories Map (July 2010)
http://maps.repository66.org/
OA Programme objectives
(For 2010 – 2011)
Publishers facilitate open access Countries/institutions mandate open access
Global Map of Open Access Initiatives and Stakeholders developed
C. Recent achievements
OA web page developed – live on 23 July 2010
www.unesco.org/webworld/en/openaccess
D. Partners/advisors to the OA programme
eIFL ICTP OASIS EPT Individual OA experts
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E. Near-term activities
1. Regional OA workshop in Africa – planned for Oct/November 2010 – UNESCO/EIFL/ICTP
Topics: Open approaches to scholarship OA benefits for researchers, research institutions,
funders, countries OA policies and mandates Benefits of OA publishing and OA business models Libraries and OA
1. Regional OA workshop in Africa – planned for Oct/November 2010
Target participants: Regional policy institutes National Science policy bodies Universities International Research NGOs Journal editors/publishers
1. Regional OA workshop in Africa – planned for Oct/November 2010
Target countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,
Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia
E. Near-term activities
2. Berlin Conference, Beijing, Oct 2010
E. Near-term activities
3. Mapping of OA initiatives worldwide
Outputs: Publication and website
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F. Longer-term activities
Major future focus likely to be OA Advocacy Capacity building Support to IR development
Policy makers, Librarians & Researchers are central to success.
Will continue to work in partnership
G. UNESCO strengths
Cross-cutting mission of peace building, poverty alleviation, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue
Global priorities: Africa and Gender equality Global outreach: 32 offices worldwide, including 15
in Africa
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G. Conclusion
UNESCO seeks to partner with active OA programmes, and contribute UNESCO’s unique strengths to advance Open Access to information
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Thank you
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