SPARC Europe

SPARC Europe promotes & supports #OpenAccess. We advocate change in scholarly communications for the benefit of researchers & society.

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SPARC Europe fosters a fair knowledge ecosystem upholding diversity, equity & inclusion while securing the future of #OpenScience & #OpenEducation. A new strategy guides us to realise our vision, mission & goals: https://t.co/XwjWxrRgqA 🧵1/6

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🌍 Connecting the Opens moves from evidence to practice with a new series of case studies!

Case study 1: University of Edinburgh, where open isn’t a separate initiative, it’s simply how things are done.

📘 https://t.co/0gkwokQuS7

#ConnectingTheOpens #OpenScience #OpenEducation

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☕ Missed the 13th #OpenEducation Café on linking research outputs to #OER? Watch the recording here: https://t.co/wQKsYYF2gD

📚 The #ENOEL YouTube channel hosts all our previous events and is a rich source of knowledge on open education. Take a look and keep learning with us!

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⏰ One week to go! Join the ALMASI Cross-Regional Diamond OA Policy Forum on 5 Nov, 16:00 CET. Policymakers and funders from Africa, Europe and Latin America will discuss funding Diamond OA, and we’ll preview our new policy recommendations. Register here: https://t.co/ZOSPnCWb0K

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⏰ Today, 5 pm CEST: the 13th Open Education Café!
☕ How can we link research outputs to #OER? Join SPARC Europe, #ENOEL & IFLA Library Publishing for talks with guests from Ireland, South Africa & Germany.
👉 Register: https://t.co/LGCAQ7hMs2 #OpenEducation

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Who pays to create, share, and sustain knowledge? Sometimes it’s easier to start a hard conversation about costs when everyone is looking at the same picture. Our illustration can help you make the case for a more sustainable OA ecosystem. 👉️ https://t.co/GkSlPPmZnW #OAWeek

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📖 ENOEL’s first #OpenTextbook is here: “The Art of Reuse and Adaptation” Policy, support & practice for #OpenEducation, with toolkits & editable templates. Openly licensed, built to be reused. Thanks to our partners, SURF & UGPress! 👉 https://t.co/0NWNGmNzIh #OER #OAWeek

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One of our intiatives, Open Science Monitoring Initiative, has released the first version of a self-assessment grid to help you evaluate your compliance with the #OSMIPrinciples. It’s a work in progress and open for feedback.
👉 Join the consultation: https://t.co/F0A7ybMq0s

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☕️ Open Education Café #13 Linking research outputs to OER: building bridges between scholarship and open education. With @IFLA, Gráinne Carroll, James Lappeman, and Julia Priess-Buchheit, facilitated by Jane Buggle and Paola Corti. 23 Oct, 5-6 pm CEST https://t.co/fNJYHI2f3X

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🌍 SPARC Europe is at #OEGlobal26 with three sessions on one message: open is stronger together. Join us to explore open as resilience, how the open movements can join forces, and building a European Open Education Alliance. #OpenEducation #ConnectingTheOpens

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Last chance! Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe is today at 16.00 CEST.

How can public money support #DiamondOA?

Join the discussion on funding models and the roles of governments, funders, universities and libraries 👉️
https://t.co/CZbFzpsSxR

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⏰ Last call! The 11th European #RightsRetention Community of Practice meeting is happening in less than a week!
📆 8 October, 12:00 CEST
🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain
🎙️ Aysa Ekanger, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida
👉 https://t.co/pGt0O51F0o

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Whether you're actively engaged in #openscience monitoring or would like to learn more about the topic, we invite you to join the upcoming plenary meeting of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative:

📅 30/09/2026
🕓️ 16:00 CEST

👉️ Register here: https://t.co/qo7E6UCtlp

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📚 Do you work with #DiamondOA books? AEGIS-OA is gathering input on adapting the #DiamondOA Standardfor OA book publishing. Your experience can help shape DOAS to reflect the diversity and needs of the OA books community. 📝 https://t.co/XKCUsxwdza 📅 Deadline: 18/10/2026

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⏰ Reminder! Don't miss the 11th European Rights Retention Community of Practice event on 8 Oct, 12:00 CEST.

🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain, featuring:
🎙️ Aysa Ekanger, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida

👉 Register now: https://t.co/pGt0O51F0o

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🇪🇺 Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe – in 2 weeks! Join the discussion with Maja Peharc, Louise Otting-Geevers, Jean-François Lutz, Zoé Ancion, Rosalie Lack & Fabian Hennig on funding Diamond OA.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/CZbFzpsSxR
#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #DOAPolicyForum

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This is what collaboration on legislative change for open science looks like: Leaders of SPARC Europe, IFLA, @LIBEReurope, and Communia discussed key aspects of the #ERAAct today with the European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva.

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🌍The ALMASI Diamond OA Policy Forum series begins today with Africa! Sept–Nov 2026, policymakers, funders & OA practitioners explore funding for #DiamondOA. Learn more and choose your region to join here: https://t.co/vWhJwOhTnG #DOAPolicyForum #ALMASIproject

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SPARC Europe's Vanessa Proudman & Paola Corti opened #KEOS26 at the University of Leeds with a keynote "Bridging the Opens". Now you can watch the recording end explore how we connect open access, open science & open education.

📺 https://t.co/ZCJbzz61Hc

#ConnectingTheOpens

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📢 Save the date! Join us for the 11th European Rights Retention Community of Practice meeting!

📅 8 October 2026 | 12:00–13:30 CEST
🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain
🎙️ Aysa Ekanger, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida

👉 https://t.co/pGt0O51F0o

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🌍 As one of the initiators of OSMI, SPARC Europe invites you to the OSMI Plenary Meeting! 📅 30 Sept 2026, 16:00 CEST. Hear updates from the coordination commitee & working groups, and help us shape the future. Open session, all welcome!
👉 Register: https://t.co/qo7E6UCtlp