[Irtalk] Fostering Open Access to Scientific Research and Scholarly Publications (OA) in Africa

[Hilton Gibson]

https://en.unesco.org/system/files/Fostering%20Open%20Access%20to%20Scientific%20Research%20and%20Scholarly%20Publications%20(OA)%20in%20Africa.pdf
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*The project will aim to examine an inclusive and participatory modality to
implement Open ​Access to Scientific Information and Research (OA) and
develop approaches for upstream ​policy advice and building partnerships
for OA and strengthen capacities at various levels to ​foster Open
Access. ​*

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Recent reviews on Africa’s quest to achieve MDGs have provided ample
evidences that as
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the continent enters a new era of sustainable development, access to
knowledge are still
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uncertain, which is in turn causing lapses in providing economic security,
literacy, and
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creating opportunities for innovations. As a result, with all of the
progress in Africa, poverty is
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still the only prospect, and hunger a condition of life, for a shockingly
large portion of the
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continent's people
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. UN has collectively upgraded the context of Knowledge in its
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development dialogue and now regards it as a “Knowledge challenge”.
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