SADC academies of Science workshop
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Botswana Academy of Science (BAS), Kingdom of Eswatini Academy of Sciences (KEAS), Lesotho Academy of Science and Technology (LAST), the Academy of Science (TAS) in Malawi and Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences (ZAS) hosted a collaborative workshop on Democratising Knowledge through Open Science: A collaborative Workshop on 27 August 2024. This workshop to better understand the role of African Academies of Science in advancing Open Science on the African continent. View the slides at https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/412
Useful links from the Chat and Q&A
African Open Science Platform (AOSP)https://aosp.org.za/
AOSP Regional Nodes: https://www.nrf.ac.za/the-african-open-science-platform-appoints-three-regional-nodes/
Sustainability and Mission Oriented Science Network https://tinyurl.com/AOSP-Science-Network
Disaster Risk Reduction – https://tinyurl.com/african-disaster-network
Data Policy in Times of Crisis https://tinyurl.com/data-policy-crisis-network
African Health Network – https://tinyurl.com/aosp-african-health-network
Science Granting Councils Initiative https://sgciafrica.org/
AOSP Landscape Study (2019) http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2019/0047
ASSAf Open Science Policy (2024) https://www.assaf.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ASSAf-Open-Science-Policy.pdf
RSSE https://rsse.africa RSSE Africa linkedin group – https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12903402/
AfricArXiv https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/
AfricArXiv supports research institutions in either setting up their own or leveraging existing repositories, https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/
Indigenous Knowledge and African Languages https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1
Ubuntunet Alliance https://info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/open-science-webinar-series/
PHIL_OS research project https://opensciencestudies.eu/
Meeting of the Coalition for the Advancement of Research Assessment (CoARA) Working Group on ‘Ethics and Research Integrity Policy in Responsible Research Assessment for Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP)’ to be held on Thursday 19 September, 16:00-17:30 CEST (Brussels time) (14:00-15:30 UTC). CoARA-ERIP Organization and Workplan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15QL1GzCX_RlKH5HGq8–UksIbCCAgeXSQWxKPHwUihg/edit?usp=sharing Sign up to join the CoARA-ERIP working group and be invited to the meeting on 19 September: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CY5D98B
Global Summit of Diamond OA https://doasummit.uct.ac.za/ including the Open Science in the South 2024 conference – 8 – 14 December 2024, Cape Town, South Africa
Literature search of African relevance and free open access: https://doaj.org/
Https://www.lens.org/lens/search/scholar/structured is a free to use and highly sophisticated research literature and analytics tool
SADiLaR offers a repository where language resources can be submitted and accessed: https://repo.sadilar.org/
RSSE community newsletter – next one is coming out on Friday! (French and English) – https://africa.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=35d5db26d3b108b9ef9b9ac43&id=55e9f5a692
2024 International Research Software Funders Workshop – https://adore.software/2024-international-research-software-funders-workshop/
Fighting the COVID-19 with FAIR Data https://www.vodan-totafrica.info/
UbuntuNet Connect 2024: October 31-November 1, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Theme: Maximizing Technological Advancements in Research and Education
FAIR Data, FAIR Africa – Internationalisation of the Health Data Space https://lumcglobal.nl/news-updates/fair-data-fair-africa-internationalisation-of-the-health-data-space/
TReND is a charity supporting scientific capacity building across Africa https://trendinafrica.org/
FBAS conference on 6-8 Beijing for https://www.fbas.org.cn/fbas2024/en/programme/overview/id/4.html organised by CBAS