WHAT WE DO

• We build capacity to publish OA journals and OA monographs, and set up OA repositories by organizing webinars, workshops and other knowledge-sharing activities. Watch some of EIFL’s OA training webinars online.
• We provide expertise, consultancy and mentoring to OA journal editors/publishers and OA repository managers from EIFL partner countries on issues related to OA policy developments, software updates and functionalities, and copyright management.
• We publish useful resources, such as EIFL’s checklist of tips for setting up and managing OA repositories using DSpace software, and EIFL’s checklist of good practices in using Open Journal Systems Software (OJS).
  
• We lead the 'Collaboration for sustainable open access publishing in Africa' project in partnership with AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with funding from Wellcome. The project will develop and deliver a participatory funding approach to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee OA publishing while maintaining their diversity.
• We are a partner in the ‘Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication’ (DIAMAS) project that develops common standards, guidelines and best practices and formulates community-led actionable recommendations and strategies for research institutions, funders/sponsors/donors, and policymakers for Diamond OA publishing across the European Research Area. Diamond OA refers to a scholarly publication model in which journals and platforms do not charge fees to either authors or readers.
• We ensure interoperability of open science services by advocating for the use of affordable Persistent Identifiers (PIDs).

GET INVOLVED

Want to know more? Contact EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, Iryna Kuchma: iryna.kuchma@eifl.net.