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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The African Commons Project <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:00 PM Subject: Open Access debates Does the Open Access agenda addressing the challenges of developing-world academia and knowledge creation? Is OA providing the much-needed solution to the access to - and creation of - academic knowledge that it promises? What is the relevance of policies being adopted by our governments to knowledge and data? And, most importantly, how should Open Access policy be formulated in developing nations? Join the online discussion, as we consider current OA policies and make suggestions towards progressive OA policy formulation. The online discussion is hosted on the WSIS Knowledge Communities platform here [ http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/forum/topic/685117/is-the-open-access-oa-agenda-addressing-the-challenges-of-developingworld-academia/]. The discussion is public but in order to contribute, please note that you will have to register on the platform. This discussion follows on from our previous discussion, "Is Open Access only for rich countries?" [ http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/forum/topic/586392/is-open-access-only-for-rich-countries-participate-now-in-an-online-dialogue-on-open-access-and-the-developing-world/] This was a great debate, and we look forward to your contribution! Writing OA policy in 140 characters or less! *For those avid tweeters out there, join us in a supporting live discussion which will take place on *Monday, 25 February at 1 pm GMT +2*. Use the hashtag *#developOA* and let's begin brainstorming policy. OPEN DEBATE PARTNERS Institute for Development Studies (http://www.ids.ac.uk/), United Kingdom Center for Internet & Society (http://cis-india.org/), India Eve Gray (http://www.gray-area.co.za/), South Africa The African Commons Project (http://www.africancommons.org), South Africa -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
