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Tanzania workshop on Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA), May 24-25 2016

17/05/2016

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO of the UN) in conjunction with several partners is organizing a series of training workshops across Asia and Africa focused on access to research in agriculture and fisheries. Last month workshops were held in Namibia and Myanmar. Now a similar ...

Join free E-learning courses and webinars on H2020 Open Access requirements!

16/05/2016

Would you like to know more on how to comply with the Horizon 2020 Open Access (OA) mandate and Open Research Data Pilot? How to make your OA repository or OA journal compatible with Horizon 2020 OA requirements? Have questions about success factors for OA and Open Data policies? Join FREE e-learning ...

Horizon 2020 e-infrastructures consultation is extended to 15 May 2016

14/05/2016

Horizon 2020 e-infrastructures consultation is extended to 15 May 2016. More time to have your say on European e-infrastructure!Can you identify the challenges the e-infrastructure stakeholders are facing and to which the future work programme should respond to? The consultation on European e-infrastructure process involves an open consultation allowing the European Commission ...

AfricaConnect2: the EU-funded pan-African connectivity project - boosting ​​global scientific collaborations

13/05/2016

AfricaConnect2 (2015 - 2018)  - a successor of the AfricaConnect (2011-2015) – is a research and education networking project which aims at connecting the participating national research and education network partners across and beyond (through the pan-European GÉANT network) Africa.​​​"The AfricaConnect2 project comes at a time when the demand for adequate ...

Towards a global Open Research Environment. Highlights from the “ESFRI Strategy Report on Research Infrastructures” and the “EC Communication about the European Cloud Initiative"

12/05/2016

In March and April 2016 the European research community saw the release of two important documents: the ESFRI Strategy Report on Research Infrastructures - Roadmap 2016 and the Building a competitive data and knowledge economy in Europe. Their unifying aspect is: an Open Research environment ensuring Europe a leading place in the ...