Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
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Community-driven action, based on a shared commitment: to make open research information the default. Signatories and supporters collaborate to deliver implementable action, based on our community roadmap.
🏛️𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 Share yours at the 2026 Conference, co-organised by the Barcelona Declaration, @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de & @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social 📅 24–25 Nov | 📍 Berlin + online | 📝 1 Sept 🔗 More info barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2...
𝐋𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚 🇨🇷 Participaremos en el 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚: 📣 Avances de la Declaración de Barcelona4 agosto · 14:00 UTC−6 / 22:00 CEST 📊 Nuevas métricas para la ciencia abierta5 agosto · 09:00 UTC−6 / 17:00 CEST ¿Estarás? ¡Ven a saludarnos! 👋
🌍 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. The CFP is open! Co-organized by Barcelona Declaration, @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de 🎤 Talks+posters 📅 24–25 Nov 📍 Berlin+online 📝 1 Sept 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2...
🧭 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. Share your work at the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, in person + online. Co-organised with @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social & @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de 📢 𝟏 𝐒𝐞𝐩 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2...
🔎 ¿𝐂𝐨́𝐦𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧 𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨́𝐧? En el webinar de @crossref.bsky.social Bárbara Rivera López, nuestra Community Manager hablará del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Metadatos de Financiación. 📅 7/7 | 15:00 UTC 🔗 crossref.org/events
📣 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧! The 2026 Conference of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, co-organized with @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de and @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social, invites presentations, lightning talks, and posters. 👇 See the next post for key dates and how to submit.
𝐁𝐞𝐦-𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚, 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐞! 🇧🇷 We’re delighted to welcome @redebrrepro.bsky.social as a signatory of the Barcelona Declaration. BrRN joins fellow national reproducibility networks in the UK, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. 🌍 www.reprodutibilidade.org/en/post/braz...
¡𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞! 🇨🇱 La Declaración de Barcelona participará en el Foro Ciencia Abierta de la Universidad de Playa Ancha, el 23 de junio. Paulina Peña (UDP,) @rodrigocostas.bsky.social (@cwts.nl) y Bárbara Rivera López conversarán sobre información de investigación abierta y evaluación científica.
📢 Join an upcoming webinar organised by the DST-CPR, IISc, Bangalore. @ludowaltman.bsky.social will discuss the transition from proprietary to open research information sources and share lessons from @cwts.nl 📅 19 June 2026 🕒 10:00 UTC / 12:00 CEST / 15:30 IST 🔗 tinyurl.com/yevwpavc
🛣️ The conversation continues in Berlin 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? 📅 24–25 November 2026 📍 Berlin & online Organised by the Barcelona Declaration, @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social ➡️ Participation details coming soon
📚𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Join Jerneja Grašič, Bárbara Rivera López, and @msphelps.bsky.social at #OR2026 to explore findings from a pilot survey of institutional repositories. 🗓️ 10 June 2026 | 18:00–18:50 CEST or2026.openrepositories.org
🇸🇬 We are at @force11.bsky.social this week! Join us for three sessions: 📍 @coarassessment.bsky.social / @dorassessment.bsky.social Satellite Event 📍 Global Perspectives on Open Research Information (w/ @crossref.bsky.social ) 📍 Open Research Information session Come and say hello 👋
🌍🏛️ We welcome @guildeu.bsky.social as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration The Guild’s signature highlights the growing role of international university networks in advancing open research information. 🔗https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260528_the_guild_signs_barcelona_declaration/
📅 Save the date Join us in Berlin for the 2026 Meeting of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information 📅 24–25 November 📍 Berlin 👥 In person & online 🤝 Organized by the Declaration,@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de and @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2...
🇫🇷 𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! France now has a national network within the Barcelona Declaration, led by @nalarcon.bsky.social (@sorbonne-universite.fr), bringing organisations together to advance open research information. 🔗 Learn how our community is organising: barcelona-declaration.org/national_net...
🇮🇪 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 @uniofgalway.bsky.social becomes the first signatory from Ireland 🇮🇪 🌍 The BD community now spans 𝟑𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. Explore signatories and supporters by country: barcelona-declaration.org/signatories_... Welcome ⋅ Bí linn 🤝
Bonjour Couperin 🇫🇷 We’re delighted to welcome Couperin as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration. Couperin brings together 250+ research and higher education institutions in France, promoting access to scientific information. 📰 Read the news: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026030...
📍 𝐄𝐑&𝐋 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐱? Miranda Bennett and Colleen Campbell (OA2020 / Barcelona Declaration Joint Task Force) discuss how libraries can push for open publication metadata through negotiation and coordinated action. 3 March · 9:00–9:50 AM (UTC-6) See you there 👋
📅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Why does open research information matter in practice? Join @thebiancadelrio.bsky.social (Executive Director, Barcelona Declaration) and an international panel. 🗓️ 3 March 2026 · 14:00–15:30 CET 🌐 Online · English 👉 forschung-daten.at/en/article/b...
🌍 ¡LA Referencia se suma a la Declaración de Barcelona como adherente! Esto refuerza nuestro compromiso con infraestructuras abiertas, confiables e interoperables de información de investigación entre regiones. ✨ ¡Bienvenidos! 🔗 Más info: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026020... ⬇️
🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access 🧩 Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA 📅 Mon 2 Feb | 🕒 06:00–08:30 CET / 10:30–13:00 IST 🔎 diamondoasummit.org ▶️ Live: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM
🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut With these new translations, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, supporting engagement with open research information across regions and contexts. ⬇️
🧩 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 They explore a shared question: How can governance, community, and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures? ⬇️
✨ 2025 in Review: Advancing Open Research Information as a Community In 2025, the Declaration continued to grow as a community-driven initiative, advancing concrete work to improve the openness, transparency, and community governance of research information; with more to come in 2026 🔽
Season’s greetings from the Barcelona Declaration 🟣🟡 As the year comes to a close, thank you to everyone who makes this community possible: across working groups, task forces, and all the conversations in between. Wishing you a well-deserved break. Onward to 2026, together.
🌎 The Barcelona Declaration is in Latin America! This Wed (26 Nov, 15:10–16:10 UTC-5) we’ll be at the 2nd Ibero-American Open Science Congress in Quito 🇪🇨. 🎙️ Panel: Alliances for Opening Research Information in Latin America 🎥 Join via YouTube: www.youtube.com/@OpenlabEC
1/3 The Barcelona Declaration is heading north: above the Arctic Circle ❄️🇳🇴 The 20th @muninconference.bsky.social at UiT The Arctic University of Norway takes place this week. We’ll be part of the programme at #Munin2025 👇
Congratulations to Chris Hartgerink for winning the Leo Waaijers award at the NL Open Science festival today, for his work on ResearchEquals! #nosf2025. It was an honour sharing the podium with the other nominees - we have an amazing open science community! (photo by @oberman.bsky.social)
Barcelona Declaration — OA Week Itinerary 🧭✈️🚆 One week, many stops; one destination: open research information. Full itinerary in the images. Join online or in person and help us spread the word! #OAWeek #OpenScience #OpenResearchInformation
The Barcelona Declaration heads to stienid2025.bsky.social: “Reconciliation of research and measurement.” 📆On Fri 5 Sept, 14:00–15:00 (BST) at the University of Bristol, join to our in-person session: “Transitioning to open research information — the why, what & how for the STI community.” ⬇️