SPARC Europe

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: buff.ly/3DYjWzW 🧵1/6

⏰ 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: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

⏰ 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: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #OpenEducation

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. 👉️ sparceurope.org/bridging-two… #OAWeek

📖 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! 👉 opentextbooks.rug.nl/artofre… #OER #OAWeek

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: forms.gle/EqmbqKVJdHoS24hJ7

☕️ 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 tinyurl.com/OEcafe13

🌍 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

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 👉️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

⏰ 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 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

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: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

📚 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. 📝 tinyurl.com/y9t7xsjs 📅 Deadline: 18/10/2026

⏰ 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: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

🇪🇺 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: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #DOAPolicyForum

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.

🌍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: almasiproject.org/the-diamon… #DOAPolicyForum #ALMASIproject

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. 📺 youtu.be/WRSKRKGOLWY?si=ZKTF… #ConnectingTheOpens

📢 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 👉 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

🌍 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: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

🔓 European #HigherEd has never been more open – but the opens (#OpenAccess, #OpenScience, #OpenEducation, #OpenInfrastructure) rarely connect. Our #ConnectingTheOpens Leadership series shows how universities are bridging them. Perfect summer reading 👉️ sparceurope.org/what-we-do/c…

🗓️ Save the date! SPARC Europe is pleased to be coordinating the European Diamond Open Access Policy Forum, part of an international series of events bringing together decision-makers and funders to shape policy and funding for #DiamondOA: Mon 5th October 2026, 16:00–18:00 CEST