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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Iryna Kuchma <iryna.kuchma@eifl.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 23, 2026 10:27<br>
<b>To:</b> no-fee-openaccess <no-fee-openaccess@ren.africa><br>
<b>Subject:</b> No-Fee-OA Strengthening Scholarly Publishing in Africa webinar series</font>
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<div>Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), Crossref, DOAJ, EIFL and PKP are hosting collaborative webinar series to share practical guidance, resources, and approaches for strengthening the publishing ecosystem in Africa: <a href="https://www.crossref.org/blog/strengthening-scholarly-publishing-in-africa/" target="_blank">https://www.crossref.org/blog/strengthening-scholarly-publishing-in-africa/</a>.
Join if you are interested and please share this invitation in your networks! </div>
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<div>30 September 2026: Strengthening Trusted Open Access Publishing in Africa (hosted by DOAJ). <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_--SH541-TgCgPz6T0OB0oA" target="_blank">Register</a></div>
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<div>7 October 2026: Day-to-day journal operations (hosted by EIFL with Milica Ševkušić: <a href="https://www.eifl.net/events/day-day-journal-operations" target="_blank">https://www.eifl.net/events/day-day-journal-operations</a>). <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__uDG8xaeRm6Z3Y_IBdYavg" target="_blank">Register</a></div>
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<div>21 October 2026: Plug It In: Connecting OJS to Scholarly Infrastructure (hosted by PKP). <a href="https://pkp.sfu.ca/event/plug-it-in-connecting-ojs-to-scholarly-infrastructure/" target="_blank">Register</a></div>
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<div>4 November 2026: Sustainability of scholarly publishing in Africa (hosted by EIFL). <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N1_CTekgRtS8wG9rGtfo3w" target="_blank">Register</a></div>
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<div>25 November 2026: Enhancing research visibility and trustworthiness through metadata (hosted by Crossref). <a href="https://crossref.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YRKdlCmVS7Kxf1MsjXUbRA" target="_blank">Register</a></div>
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<div>The entire series is offered simultaneously in English and French: <a href="https://www.crossref.org/blog/strengthening-scholarly-publishing-in-africa/#frenchversion" target="_blank">https://www.crossref.org/blog/strengthening-scholarly-publishing-in-africa/#frenchversion</a></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:transparent">Thank you and have a good day!</span></div>
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