Council for National Open Science Coordination
Nineteen countries attended the online CoNOSC Members meeting on 19 November 2024. SPARC Europe, as facilitator of CoNOSC, invited Dr Peter Weijland, Programme Director Knowledge Security at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), to address the critical topic of knowledge/information/research security and Open Science. Dr Weijland argued that Open Science and knowledge security are clearly…
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Ten European member states attended the CoNOSC meeting on 27-28 June 2024 in Bucharest, hosted by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), the main funder of competitive research in Romania. The European Commission and Science Europe were also in attendance. As the facilitator of CoNOSC, SPARC Europe brought together…
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Twelve countries attended the online CoNOSC Members meeting on 13 November 2023 at a very busy time of year. SPARC Europe, as facilitator of CoNSOC, brought together experts on Open Science Monitoring to discuss this important topic. Ms Marita Kari, Senior Specialist, Secretariat for Open Science and Research,Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Finland opened the…
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On November 21st 2022, Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 was launched at an event hosted by the National Open Research Forum (NORF). The National Action Plan outlines objectives and actions for the next chapter in Ireland’s transition towards open research. The plan was prepared by NORF and supports national strategic priorities for…
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In the early summer of 2022, all European Union Ministers agreed that in order to accelerate the implementation and the impact of Open Science policies and practices across Europe, action must be taken in three areas, one being reforming research assessment. This new policy was published in European Council Conclusions in June 2022. Reforming the…
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On November 3rd, as part of the CoNOSC Members Meeting, CoNOSC brought together over 20 national Open Science policymakers to discuss research assessment reform: in line with the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and in light of the approaching launch of CoARA, The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment. Silvia Bottaro from the Open Science Unit…
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The Council for National Open Science Coordination (CoNOSC) just announced two newly elected Board Members to the CoNSOC Board. Dr Daniel Bangert (Ireland) is the National Open Research Coordinator for Ireland and Dr Alina Irimia (Romania) is the Open Science Coordinator of national OS strategy development and Coordinator of the Open Science Knowledge Hub – UEFISCDI.…
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CoNOSC European national OS policymakers discuss data stewards The Council of National Open Science Coordinators (CoNOSC) met in June 2022 for a face-to-face meeting at the inspirational Delft University of Technology. National policymakers from over ten countries came together to discuss national Open Science (OS) policy updates before taking a deeper dive into how to…
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It was almost one year ago – in preparation for the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union – when France proposed to discuss new Competitiveness Council conclusions related to open science and reform of the assessment system, in line with its national open science policy. This Council brings together ministers responsible for…
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