UNESCO's Major Consultation on Diamond Open Access
Since September 20, a consultation on Diamond Open Access has been underway under the auspices of UNESCO. All stakeholders in the research community—including researchers, academics, and information professionals—are invited to participate in this international survey.
This participatory approach to gathering feedback, ideas, and proposals is intended to enable UNESCO to foster a global momentum of engagement and collaboration, and to implement actions and mechanisms that promote Diamond Open Access.
Recent Milestones in UNESCO’s Commitment to Diamond Open Access
In October 2023, the first Diamant Global Open Access Summit was held in Toluca, Mexico.
On July 10, 2024, UNESCO launched the Global Diamond Open Access Alliance, a collaborative framework designed to promote this model of access to scientific publications.
The second Diamond Open Access World Summit, to be held December 8–14, 2024, in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme “Centering Social Justice in Scientific Communication to Advance Research as a Public Good,” will provide an opportunity to present the results of the ongoing consultation and to strengthen the collective international commitment to the Diamond approach.
By the way, what is the Diamond Path?
The two best-known forms of Open Access are the green road (open archives) and the gold road (open-access journals).
The Diamond model can be considered the most ethical form of publishing, as it allows the scientific community to publish in open access without financial burdens for either authors or readers, thanks to upfront institutional funding. Furthermore, authors retain their copyright through the use of open Creative Commons licenses.
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