
Open Science in Belgium
Promoting Open Science
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- Slides and recordings – Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open AccessIn the context of the International Open Access Week (Oct. 25-31, 2021), Open Access Belgium organized two webinars, one on Open access free alternatives for Researchers and one themed around FAIR open access as aContinue reading “Slides and recordings – Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access”
- Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open AccessLet’s celebrate International Open Access Week together. Join us in the yearly Open Access week by attending one of our webinars. 26th October – Free open access Researchers and research audiences alike are considering theContinue reading “Open Science webinars – free and FAIR Open Access”
- Webinar – The path from OpenAIRE to EOSC in BelgiumOpenAIRE has established itself as a key infrastructure for open scholarly output and Open Science services and support. In this webinar we will look at the Belgium context as OpenAIRE moves from a project toContinue reading “Webinar – The path from OpenAIRE to EOSC in Belgium”

What is Open Science
FOSTER defines Open Science (OS) as the practice of science in such a way that others can collaborate and contribute, where research data, lab notes and other research processes are freely available, under terms that enable reuse, redistribution and reproduction of the research and its underlying data and methods.

Open Science in Belgium
Belgium recognized in an early stage the importance of Open Science. An overview of the Belgian Open Science policies and legislation can be found here.

Infrastructure and support
Open Science is mostly dependent on digital infrastructure.You can find an overview of tools that can help you such as repositories and EOSC.