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Dr Ana Persic, Programme Specialist, Science Technology and Innovation Policies,
UNESCO
The Power of Science
Science is the engine of prosperity. If you look around at the wealth of
civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.
Michio Kaku
We need Science, more and better science, not for its technology, not for
leisure, not even for health or longevity, but for the hope of wisdom which our
kind of culture must acquire for its survival.
Lewis Thomas
While education remains the most important means of fighting inequalities at
the individual level, in the 21st century, science is the best way to fight
inequalities between countries and regions.
Antonio Novoa
Science at the core of SDGs
Science, technology and
innovation - critical for
ECONOMIC
SCIENCE
SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
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for Stockholm Resilience
Centre
Science for the People, Planet & Prosperity
The achievement of SDGs relays on
sustainable and innovative solutions
that require an efficient,
transparent and vibrant scientific
community not only stemming from
scientists, but from the whole of
society.
Need to democratize science and
the entire scientific process and
make it more efficient, equitable,
transparent and inclusive.
Need for Open Science
Lessons learned from COVID 19
• Importance of timely and free
access to scientific data,
publications, information
• Importance of scientific
collaborations and sharing of
information at all levels
• Importance of science-policy-
society dialogue
Need for Open Science
The Potential of Open Science
Open Science has the potential of
increasing the quality of science and
making the entire scientific process and its
outputs more accessible transparent,
collaborative and inclusive.
Open Science can be a true game changer
in bridging the science, technology and
innovation gaps between and within
countries and fulfilling the human right to
science.
Open Science is increasingly recognized as
a critical SDGs accelerator.
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
Need for an international policy and action framework
Need for a common definition of open science, shared set of values and principles
In 2021, at the UNESCO 41st General Conference, 193 UNESCO Recommendations
Members States adopted the first international standard-
setting instrument on Open Science in the form of a
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
Legal instruments in which “the General
Conference formulates principles and norms for
the international regulation of any particular
question and invites Member States to take
whatever legislative or other steps may be
required in conformity with the constitutional
practice of each State and the nature of the
question under consideration to apply the
principles and norms aforesaid within their
respective territories”.
Highlights of the Recommendation
It is the first international normative
instrument on Open Science;
it contains the first internationally agreed
definition of Open Science;
it spells out the consensus core values and
guiding principles of Open Science;
it addresses multiple actors and stakeholders
of Open Science;
It recommends actions on different levels to
operationalize the principles of Open Science;
it proposes innovative approaches for Open
Science at different stages of the scientific
cycle;
it calls for development of a comprehensive
Open Science monitoring framework.
Open Science
Open Science:
makes scientific knowledge
openly available, accessible and
reusable for everyone,
increases scientific
collaborations and sharing of
information for the benefits of
science and society,
opens the processes of scientific
knowledge creation, evaluation
and communication to societal
actors beyond the traditional
scientific community.
Key Objectives – Key Areas of Action
Member States are encouraged to prioritise seven areas in
their implementation of the Recommendation:
1. Promoting a common understanding of OS and its
associated benefits and challenges, as well as the
diverse paths to OS
2. Developing an enabling policy environment for OS
3. Investing in infrastructure and services which contribute
to OS
4. Investing in training, education, digital literacy and
capacity-building, to enable researchers and other
stakeholders to participate in OS
5. Fostering a culture of OS and aligning incentives for OS
6. Promoting innovative approaches to OS at different
stages of the scientific process
7. Promoting international and multistakeholder co-
operation in the context of OS with a view to reducing
digital, technological and knowledge gaps.
Key challenges and high impact areas for the implementation of
the UNESCO OSR
Alignment of
Addressing the
Adequate incentives and
unintended
Change in the Human and infrastructures, revision of criteria
negative
conventional institutional including reliable for evaluation of
consequences of
scientific culture capacity internet scientific
open science
connectivity excellence and
practices
scientific careers
CAPACITY BUILDING POLICIES FINANCING/INCENTIVES INFRASTRUCTURES MONITORING
Implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
Five Open Science Working Groups
Calendar for Working Groups
Date (2022) Title
12 May Open Science Capacity Building
23 May Open Science Policies and Policy
Instruments
9 June Open Science Funding and Incentives
7 July Open Science Infrastructures
15 September Open Science Monitoring Framework
Join the Global Open Science Movement
Join the UNESCO Open Science Partnership
Contribute to global open science calls
Engage in the global discussions
Be in touch!
UNESCO Open science website:
https://on.unesco.org/openscience
Contact: [email protected]
Thank you
