Is Open Access only for rich countries? What does Open Access mean for the developing world? What can it offer?
A series of debates on these questions is scheduled to start on Tuesday, November 27. Funded by UK's Department for International development (DFID) and hosted on UNESCO’s WSIS Open Access Community Forum, the discussion will provide a space to discuss different perspectives.

In order to participate in the online discussions and post comments, you only have to register on the WSIS Open Access Knowledge Communities and then log-in.

Scholarly research in the developing country context

The first topic of debate will be "The production, publication and consumption of scholarly knowledge and OA". It will focus on the greater concern of scholarly research in the developing country context debating the questions:

• What does OA imply and offer the developing world in terms of production, publication and consumption of academic materials and research activities?
• What are the specific challenges and opportunities for access to knowledge in developing countries?