The CILAC Forum holds a new virtual meeting on September 21 at 5 p.m. (URU/ARG), focused on the role of open access and open data for the construction of the Open Science Ecosystem in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with references of the region. Since its launch, more than 20 thousand people have been part of the meetings of the #CienciaEnMovimiento cycle of CILAC.
Open Science is the movement to make scientific research (including publications, data, physical samples and software) and its dissemination accessible to all.
levels of a society, whether researchers, amateurs or professionals. As a functioning model of scientific activity, it has the potential to promote greater economic and social development in Latin America, favoring the efficient and safe use of resources dedicated to financing science and facilitating the processes of transfer and dissemination of knowledge in a region full of challenges and inequalities. The incorporation of transparent, collaborative and open scientific practices also improves the quality of the results, their impact and their reproducibility.
Latin America and the Caribbean has significant potential for the deployment and strengthening of the Open Science ecosystem, which allows us to increase our capacity to beneficially join existing scientific collaborations, as well as to promote others. This CILAC Colloquium, based on initiatives with a long and recognized history, proposes to present the current state of each of them, describe the challenges they are facing, debate strategies to build an open science ecosystem in the region, as well as propose strategies to achieve higher levels of cooperation between specialized entities, together with leaders in the region such as Arianna Becerril García (Redalyc.org), Lautaro Matas (LA Reference), and Solange Santos (SciELO – Scientific Electronic Library Online) that will address these topics, moderated by Guillermo Anllo (UNESCO Montevideo).
SEP 21 – 5 p.m. (URU/ARG/BRA) – sign up here to receive a notification about the start of the meeting and other activities of the CILAC Forum