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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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