Engage in (Co-)Designing Policymaker Guidelines & Recommendations with DIAMAS

The discussion on open science and the future of scholarly communication increasingly focuses on community-driven models that are equitable by nature and design. Political support for and public sector engagement in such models have gained more ground in recent years. One such model is Diamond Open Access, a scholarly communication model in which research outputs are openly available without charging fees to either authors or readers. In this model, scholarly communities own and lead all content-related elements.

In recent years, the political support and awareness for equitable, open scholarly publishing models has grown, as can be witnessed by the EU Council Conclusions on High-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing issued in May 2023 on an international level or national initiatives and calls aiming to set up an infrastructure for Diamond Open Access such as the call for a national Diamond Open Access capacity centre in Germany by the DFG or the establishment of the Diamond Open Access project in the Netherlands.

To support the adoption and growth of Diamond Open Access, DIAMAS is developing guidelines and recommendations for a range of stakeholders. Key European organisations in the consortium, such as EUA and EIFL will target recommendations for RPOs, cOAlition S and Science Europe will focus on funders and OPERAS and SPARC Europe are preparing the recommendations and guidelines for Open Science policymakers at the regional, national, and European levels.

DIAMAS will organise a consultation with regional, national and European international policymakers. Starting in September 2024, the initial phase of the consultation will focus on reviewing policy suggestions derived from co-design sessions held for institutional leaders and funders, sponsors and donors. These will be adapted to guarantee that recommendations for funders, sponsors and donors, institutional leaders and policymakers are aligned. A workshop scheduled for the 18th of November 2024, 1-3 p.m. CET will gather policymakers, institutional leaders, as well as funders, sponsors and donors to discuss and validate the recommendations.

The reviewed policy suggestions will be used to formulate recommendations for policymakers, which will be reviewed during the workshop in November. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to attend and contribute to our event. If you are not able to participate in the workshop,  your input and support in reviewing the policy suggestions are still highly valued and make a significant impact. The collective feedback from the written review and the workshop will feed into the DIAMAS deliverable 6.2 “Recommendations and Implementation Guidelines for Institutions, for FSDs and Policymakers” and will be made available in March 2025 as part of the DIAMAS capacity hub to support Diamond Open Access.

With your help, we hope to set a strong and pragmatic direction for Diamond Open Access.

If you are interested in participating in co-designing policymaker guidelines and recommendations, register here.

 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Sona Arasteh (sona.arasteh@operas-eu.org).