On December 10–11, 2024, the Hellenic Open Science Initiative (HOSI) hosted the 3rd Open Science Symposium at the National Center for Natural Sciences Research “Demokritos” in Athens. Dive into!
The Minister of Science, Education and Youth officially adopted the Croatian Plan for Open Science on May 19, 2025, establishing a national framework for implementing open science principles in Croatia.
The Plan outlines recommendations for researchers, institutions, and policymakers in key areas: open access to publications, research data management, infrastructure, and reforming research assessment to reflect open science values. It aligns Croatian practices with European and global strategies from UNESCO, the EU, and the OECD.
Development and oversight
Prepared by the Croatian Open Science Cloud Initiative (HR-OOZ) working group, with support from key institutions, the Plan will be monitored by an inter-institutional body. Progress will be reported every five years, covering access, infrastructure, data, education, and policy.
Vision and goals
The Plan envisions research and education grounded in openness, contributing to progress, sustainability, and international visibility. It supports this through investments in infrastructure, funding, and researcher training.
Six strategic goals include:
- Enhancing access to research results;
- Increasing visibility of publicly funded research;
- Embedding open science in institutions;
- Reforming research evaluation;
- Encouraging citizen science;
- Promoting open educational resources.
This Plan marks a major step toward a more transparent, collaborative, and inclusive Croatian research landscape.
On November 26-27, the University of Maribor became a lively meeting ground for librarians, researchers, and policymakers to shape the future of Open Science and research infrastructure in Europe. Discover more about the event and OpenAIRE’s impactful contributions!
Research assessment shapes careers, funding, and institutional priorities, yet many systems remain opaque and exclusive. Relying on proprietary, black-box metrics, they fail to capture the full diversity of research contributions and global scholarship. To change this, the CoARA Working Group ‘’Towards Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment’’ (OI4RRA) has developed a framework that outlines how Open Infrastructures (OIs) can support a fair, transparent, and responsible approach to research assessment. Dive into details!