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 2024 describes our vision, mission, target groups, key goals and activities.
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Highlighted Resource
Global OA diamond report
First study of its kind on the OA diamond model.
Research findings and Recommendations
Call to Action
Let's secure some of our essential Open Science infrastructure
Help with the crowd-funding campaign to secure some of the world's non-profit Open Science infrastructure.
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Latest NEWS

A Plan S for books? The community has spoken
30th July 2021At the end of March 2021, the Open Access Books Network (OABN), of which SPARC Europe is one of the founding organizations, kicked off the series of workshops Voices from the … Read More

What’s next? Help us shape SCOSS’s future
22nd June 2021Over the last several years SCOSS has successfully supported two pledging rounds for Open Science Infrastructures helping them become more sustainable. We are about to announce organizations included in the third … Read More

Librarians in Action for Open Education: Strategy just out
31st May 2021The European Network of Open Education Librarians ((ENOEL) is helping implement the UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation as ambassadors and facilitators of Open Education. How it plans to support it … 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 SUPPORTER
SPARC Europe is a Dutch Foundation. Annual fees fund our work.
If you support what we do, you can financially support us. 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.
