Setting the Default to Open
Advocating change in scholarly communications for the benefit of research and society

SPARC Europe Strategy
SPARC Europe's strategy until 2020 describes our vision, mission, taget groups and key goals.
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Highlighted Resource
SPARC Europe’s 2017 Annual Report
Explore how we worked to advance an “Open” agenda in 2017.
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Call to Action
Let's secure some of our essential Open Science infrastructure
Help with a new crowd-funding campaign to secure some of the world's non-commercial Open Science services.
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Latest NEWS

First ever Data Management Engagement Award winner named
14th May 2018Cambridge University together with SPARC Europe and Jisc are pleased to announce the winners of the first ever Data Management Engagement Award, a competition formed to spark new ideas for how … Read More

New case study examines two leading Open Data policy drivers
28th March 2018In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the development of Open Data policies in Europe. But the content and nature of these varies greatly, as evidenced in our … Read More

Update to Analysis of Open Data Policies finds new activity around OA and OD policies in multiple countries
28th February 2018Open Data policy development in Europe is constantly evolving. In an effort to stay abreast of these changes on behalf of the community, SPARC Europe, together with the Digital Curation Centre … Read More
KEY RESOURCES
SPARC Europe produces its own Open Science and Open Access policy-making and advocacy resources.
It also promotes other key resources that support the European Open Science and Open Access policy maker and advocate.
BECOME A MEMBER
SPARC Europe is a membership organisation. Annual membership fees fund our work.
If you support what we do, and are not yet a member, please contact us or join us here.
EUROPEAN EVENTS
SPARC Europe highlights key events in Europe that promote Open Science, incl. Open Access.
You can also post events here.
