ALMASI project

❗It’s today ❗
Join us for the Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Africa french session to discover how to build up a strong Diamond OA policy in this region.
🗓️ Time: 13:30-15:00 GMT
✅Register: u2l.fr/wzxgu0

Want to know more about Diamond OA in Europe before the event?

Read the use cases from our speakers’ countries in our Landscape Report on Diamond OA Publishing : zenodo.org/records/1837...

🇫🇷 France p.129 to 134
🇳🇱 Netherlands p.161 to 171
🇪🇸Spain p.206 to 214
🇨🇭Switzerland p.215 to 223

🗣️Speakers: Mikael Laakso (Tampere University, Finland), Pilar Rico Castro (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), Thomas Leibundgut (Swiss universities, Switzerland), Marie-Emilia Herbet (Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, France)

💬 Discussion language: english

⏰Reminder⏰

The 1st regional Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Europe will take place next Monday, 9th March 2026, 16:00-17:30 CET.
It will focus on how to build up a strong Diamond OA Policy.

✅Register: u2l.fr/ivdk1r

#Savethedate for the 2nd cross-regional Diamond OA Policy Forum!

After the 1st edition last October and the regional forums, policy makers and funders from the 3 regions will discuss together on diamond publishing policies & funding.

🗓️Date: 30 March, 16:00-17:00 CET
✅Register: u2l.fr/cgad28

⏰Reminder⏰
The 1st regional Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Latin AMerica will take place on 20 March, 10:00–11:30 CST.
It will focus on how to build up a strong Diamond OA Policy.
✅Register: u2l.fr/pyhenu

⏰Reminder⏰

The 1st regional Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Africa will focus on policies promoting Diamond Publishing.

▶️Join one of the three events organized in English, French or Portuguese.

📝Register: almasiproject.org/news-and-eve...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe is an online place where policymakers, funders and other open access experts meet to share, discuss and develop policy and funding mechanisms for Diamond Open Access...

⏰Reminder⏰

The 1st regional Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Europe will take place on Monday, 9th March 2026, 16:00-17:30 CET to focus on Diamond OA policies.

✅Register: u2l.fr/ivdk1r

Want to know more about Diamond OA in Latin America before the event?

>> Read some use cases from the ALMASI Landscape Report on Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa, Europe, and Latin America: zenodo.org/records/1837...

🌎General presentation p.231 to 233
🇨🇴 Colombia p. 252 to 255

Join us for the 1st Diamond OA Policy Forum Latin America

🗓️ Date & time: 20 March, 10:00–11:30 CST
💬 Discussion language: Spanish & Portuguese
🗣️Speakers from Mexico, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Colombia & Argentina
✅Register: u2l.fr/pyhenu

Want to know more about Diamond OA in Europe?

>> Read some use cases from the ALMASI Landscape Report on Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa, Europe, and Latin America: zenodo.org/records/1837...

▶️Introduction to european use cases p.104 to 107
🇫🇷France p.129 to 134
🇨🇭Switzerland p.215 to 223

Join us for the Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe
🗓️ Date & time: Monday, 9th March 2026, 16:00-17:30 CET
💬 Discussion language: english
✅Register: u2l.fr/ivdk1r

Want to know more about Diamond OA in Africa before the event?

>> Read 3 use cases from the ALMASI Landscape Report on Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa, Europe, and Latin America: zenodo.org/records/1837...

🇸🇳 Senegal p. 81 to 87
🇨🇲 Cameroon p. 51 to 55
🇲🇦 Marocco p. 72 to 75

Join us for the Diamond OA Policy Forum Africa - french session

🗓️ Date & time: Thursday, 5th March 2026, 13:30-15:00 GMT
💬 Discussion language: french
🗣️Speakers: Fadoua EL Maguiri (CNRST), Bernard Dione (CNDST), Roger Tsafack Nanfosso (CRUFAOCI)
✅Register: u2l.fr/wzxgu0

Want to know more about Diamond OA in Africa before our next event?

>> Read 2 use cases from the ALMASI Landscape Report on Diamond Open Access Publishing in Africa, Europe, and Latin America: zenodo.org/records/1837...

🇬🇭 Ghana p. 61 to 66

🇹🇿 Tanzania p. 88 to 94

Join us for the Diamond OA Policy Forum Africa - english session
🗓️ Date & time: Tuesday, 3rd March 2026, 14:00-15:30 CAT
💬 Discussion language: english
🗣️Speakers: Susan Veldsman (Academy of Science of South Africa), Lighton Phiri (University Of Zambia)
✅Register: u2l.fr/mqwh2k

❓You are: policymaker/funder involved in diamond OA publishing in Africa?

▶️Join 1 of the 3 Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Africa held in English, French and Portuguese to learn how to develop a policy promoting Diamond OA.

🔗Register: almasiproject.org/news-and-eve...

🗓️ Save the date for the 1st regional meetings of the Diamond OA Policy Forum!
👀 Focusing on policymaking, they will gather decision-makers from the same region and share some findings from 3 resources of ALMASI project.
✅Discover the programme of each event and register: u2l.fr/zymyud

🗓️ Save the date for the 1st regional meetings of the Diamond OA Policy Forum!
👀 Focusing on policymaking, they will gather decision-makers from the same region and share some findings from 3 resources of ALMASI project.
✅Discover the programme of each event and register: u2l.fr/zymyud

New resources to advance #DiamondOA in Africa, Europe, and Latin America!

✅Scoping Report on Non-for-profit Publishing Ecosystems
✅Landscape Report on Diamond OA Publishing
✅Advocacy Materials: talking points, videoclips and organisation guide for online events.

Find resources: u2l.fr/9qt8bo

YouTube video by ALMASI Project Reclaiming knowledge: why Diamond Open Access matters

🌍 Webinar Replay: Reclaiming knowledge: why Diamond Open Access matters
👉 u2l.fr/qd96dt

✅ Key topics:
Why APC-based systems limit participation and shape research assessment
Legal principles for public-good publishing
How community-owned models reduce financial barriers and empower researchers

On the eve of the holiday season, we revisit the 1st Diamond OA Policy Forum.

🎬Find recordings in EN, FR, PR and ES: u2l.fr/hin3oo
📒Read the summary of the main talking points: u2l.fr/q0yoma

Stay tuned, the next meetings of the Diamond OA Policy Forum are in preparation for the next 6 months.

To conclude the event, we conducted a quick survey among the participants. Have you published in a Diamond Open Access Journal ? What’s your biggest concern when publishing your research ?

"Diamond OA is the solution to solve the tragic situation of research in Agentina"
Underfunding, abolition of research organisations, disengagement, interruption of research projects...

▶️ To read the full results of the survey: Lim, B.H., D’Ippoliti, C., Dominik, M. et al. Regional and institutional trends in assessment for academic promotion. Nature 638, 459–468 (2025). doi-org.bases-doc.univ-lorraine.fr/10.1038/s415...

For L. Balboa: "Metrics work against Diamond Open acess".

She presented a survey on assessment policies based on 314 policies from Global North and South. 82% of the policies ask quantitative criteria and not qualitative. Researchers are compelled to select commercial journals for careers.

"Ownership isn’t just a technical question. It is one of the the foundations that makes openness possible. […] Diamond open access is a legal choice and a choice about values!"
↪️ Restore legal ownership of outputs, venues and governance.

Ginevra Peruginelli then presents #legal tensions surrounding open publication and 2 paradoxes authors are facing to.
Who owns the #rights? Who controls them? What are the rights and responsabilities of an author?

Dr. Philip Mwachaka opens the event by showing how the commercial model dominates scientific publishing, completely obscurring low- and middle-income countries.

🎉The inaugural webinar of the Discussion Series on Scholar-led Publishing was today and it was perfect!

🙏Thank you to the 3 speakers and participants.

👀To see an overview of the presentations, expand the thread.