<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_4249199792700395318gmail-docs-internal-guid-08f3aac3-7fff-78fd-a96e-26af944937f4"><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We hope you might be interested in this information.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes, </span></p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bernie Folan</span></p><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">---</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PRESS RELEASE</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OASPA Announces Launch of Publication</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Checklist for Publishers on Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DATE  </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">12 </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">JANUARY 2023, [5.00 pm GMT]</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are delighted to announce the publication by UNESCO of the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000383327/PDF/383327eng.pdf.multi" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Checklist for open access publishers on implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This is a jointly developed final document by OASPA and UNESCO. The Guidelines form part of the UNESCO</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000383327/PDF/383327eng.pdf.multi" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open Science Toolkit</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This is a valuable and practical new resource for OA publishers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Guidelines were initiated by </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Iryna Kuchma </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(EIFL) and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Claire Redhead </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(OASPA) who also spearheaded and guided this work to completion. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">During 2022, OASPA held a </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/webinar-policy-into-action-the-unesco-recommendation-on-open-science-under-the-spotlight-actions-for-publishing/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">webinar</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to announce the development of the guidelines. The webinar focused on the practical actions open access editors and publishers could take to implement the <a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en" target="_blank">UNESCO recommendation</a>. Practical guidelines were discussed and co-developed together during and after the webinar. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to thank UNESCO as well as all of those who took part in the webinar and particularly the many in the community who input directly into the working document. We now have a highly practical and clear set of </span><a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000383327/PDF/383327eng.pdf.multi" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">guidelines</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for publishers to refer to.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It was great to see the community interest in the draft guidelines when we released them initially and it provided useful input that helped us to finalise them, says </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Claire Redhead</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Executive Director of OASPA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Having the support of UNESCO has been fantastic, both in our initial conversation with open access publishers and now to host the guidelines as part of their toolkit. It's really exciting to see these guidelines released and I hope they benefit open access publishers on their journey to implementing the recommendations in their publishing practices. Huge thanks to EIFL's Iryna Kuchma for working with OASPA on these and making the guidelines for open access publishers a really valuable and globally relevant resource.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Checklist, says </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Iryna Kuchma</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Open Access Programme Manager at EIFL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;text-indent:36pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When 193 UNESCO Member States adopted the first international standard-setting instrument on Open Science we started brainstorming on the practical implementation steps for publishers. It was truly a community effort and our work on the checklist provided a useful structure and discussion points for our workshops with publishers in Africa and Europe.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">###</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>About OASPA </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OASPA is a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship with a mission to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs. Our membership includes scholar-led and professional publishers of books and journals, across varied geographies and disciplines, as well as infrastructure and other services. We are a trusted convenor of the broad, global spectrum of open access stakeholders and a proven venue for productive collaboration. In our work we develop and disseminate solutions that advance open access and ensure a diverse, vibrant, and healthy open access community. </span> </p><div dir="auto"><b>About the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</b></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Open Science has the potential of making the scientific process more transparent, inclusive and democratic.  It is increasingly recognized as a critical accelerator for the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and a true game changer in bridging the science, technology and innovation gaps and fulfilling the human right to science. In the fragmented scientific and policy environment, a global understanding of the meaning, opportunities and challenges of open science is needed for its fair and equitable operationalization at the individual, institutional, national, regional and international levels.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The <a href="https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en" target="_blank">UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</a> provides an international framework for open science policy and practice that recognizes disciplinary and regional differences in open science perspectives. It takes into account academic freedom, gender-transformative approaches and the specific challenges of scientists and other open science actors in different countries and in particular in developing countries, and contributes to reducing the digital, technological and knowledge divides existing between and within countries.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 20pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(60,64,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Media contact</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bernie Folan, Communications, Engagement and Outreach Manager</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, OASPA</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(43,10,38);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></a><a href="http://www.oaspa.org" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://oaspa.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:20pt"> </p></span></div>
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