☕️ Open Education Café #13 Linking research outputs to OER: building bridges between scholarship and #OpenEducation.

With @ifla.org, Gráinne Carroll, James Lappeman, and Julia Priess-Buchheit, facilitated by Jane Buggle and Paola Corti. 23 Oct, 5-6 pm CEST 👉️ tinyurl.com/OEcafe13

#ENOEL #OER

🌍 SPARC Europe is at #OEGlobal26 with three sessions on one message: open is stronger together. Join us to explore open as resilience, how the open movements can join forces, and building a European Open Education Alliance. #OpenEducation #ConnectingTheOpens

Last chance! Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe is today at 16.00 CEST.

How can public money support #DiamondOA?

Join the discussion on funding models and the roles of governments, funders, universities and libraries 👉️
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

⏰ Last call! The 11th European #RightsRetention Community of Practice meeting in less than a week!

📆 8 October, 12:00 CEST
🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain
🎙️ Aysa Ekanger, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida

👉 Last minute registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Whether you're actively engaged in #openscience monitoring or would like to learn more about the topic, we invite you to join the upcoming plenary meeting of the Open Science Monitoring Initiative:

📅 30 September 2026
🕓️ 16:00 – 17:30 CEST

👉️ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Diamond Open Access Standard (#DOAS) for journals was one of the most important outputs to come out of the #DIAMAS project. A real milestone for quality and sustainability in Diamond OA. Now it's time to adapt it for books! 📖

⏰ Reminder! Don't miss the 11th European Rights Retention Community of Practice meeting on 8 Oct, 12:00 CEST.

🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain, featuring:
🎙️ @aysaekanger.bsky.social, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida

👉 Register now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🇪🇺 Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe – in 2 weeks! Join the discussion with Maja Peharc, Louise Otting-Geevers, Jean-François Lutz, Zoé Ancion, Rosalie Lack & Fabian Hennig on funding Diamond OA.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #DOAPolicyForum

This is what collaboration on legislative change for open science looks like: Leaders of SPARC Europe, @ifla.org, @libereurope.bsky.social, and @communia.bsky.social discussed key aspects of the #ERAAct today with the European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva.

🌍The @almasiproject.bsky.social Diamond OA Policy Forum series begins today with Africa! Sept–Nov 2026, policymakers, funders & OA practitioners explore funding for #DiamondOA. Learn more and choose your region to join here: almasiproject.org/the-diamond-... #DOAPolicyForum

SPARC Europe's Vanessa Proudman & Paola Corti opened #KEOS26 at the University of Leeds with a keynote "Bridging the Opens". Now you can watch the recording end explore how we connect open access, open science & open education.

📺 youtu.be/WRSKRKGOLWY?...

#ConnectingTheOpens

📢 Save the date! Join us for the 11th European Rights Retention Community of Practice meeting!

📅 8 October 2026 | 12:00–13:30 CEST
🔍 National rights retention progress in Norway and Spain
🎙️ Aysa Ekanger, Bror-Magnus S. Strand, Ignasi Labastida

👉 Register now us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌍 As one of the initiators of OSMI, SPARC Europe invites you to the OSMI Plenary Meeting! 📅 30 Sept 2026, 16:00 CEST. Hear updates from the coordination & working groups, and preview the Principles' self-assessment grid. It’s an open session, all welcome!
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...