AIMS

Announcing 5 free beta testers of our new AKstem service!

27/08/2015

The time has come to announce our 5 micro-sites beta testers!In first place we would like to thank all the AGRIS Centers that participated in the context and warmly embraced our new service! It has been really difficult to choose between all of these great contestants, but only five institutions ...

Avis de lancement du 4e concours EPT

24/08/2015

Le Electronic Publishing Trust (EPT) est heureux d’annoncer qu’il lance son quatrième concours annuel visant à récompenser les personnes des pays en développement et en émergence** qui ont fait une contribution significative à l’avancement du libre accès et de l’échange ouvert des résultats ...

Cape Town Declaration (2015)

21/08/2015

Just before the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2015, ministers and country representatives from 13 African countries met in a pre-meeting together with the IFLA president Sinikka Sipilä, the African Library Association & Institutions (AfLIA) and national librarians.The meeting was focussed on the status of African libraries and action that has ...

Open Data in Africa : A path in the right direction

19/08/2015

In the last few years, the momentum for Open Data has been steadily growing in Africa - with a few countries launching national level platforms. The Open Data for Africa is one of the comprehensive representation of collections from all Africa data by an African institution. The platform is supported ...

GODAN participates in new Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

18/08/2015

The new Global Partnership for Sustainable Development is a high level initiative that will strengthen the Data Revolution for sustainable development and inclusive growth. It is mainly organized by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), that was launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in August 2012.Godan will participate in the ...