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Many Thanks to our First Sponsors!

We want to thank our first sponsors for this year’s Annual Forum for Open Research. We could not achieve our mission to support the advancement of open science in the Arab world without you! Sponsorship allows us to organise the Annual Forum, bringing together key regional stakeholders from libraries, universities, advocacy groups, and government organisations to share solutions and build collaborations. Sponsorship also allows us

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Welcoming our new Strategic Partner: BOAI Org

We are all familiar with the Budapest Open Access Initiative which offered the initial definition and statement of intent for the open access movement, and has helped guide activities across the world in the intervening decades. Now that it has become an independent organisation, offering guidance and strategic insight to open access advocates everywhere – we are excited and honoured that they have agreed to

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Welcoming our newest member: The Arab Congress for Open Access

Welcome to our newest regional member, the Arab Congress for Open Access. Open Access publishing activities are often the ‘gateway’ to understanding and engaging with open science policies and practises more generally, and in the Arab world, the Arab Congress for Open Access (ACOA) is a key stakeholder in advancing Open Access activities – supporting bibliodiversity and accessibility amongst the region’s research communities via community

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Welcome to our Newest Member: American University of Sharjah Library

We are hugely excited to welcome the American University of Sharjah (AUS) Library as a new Member of FORM, and our first library member. The university library is the heart of an institution’s research processes and practises, providing the policies, the infrastructure, and the support needed to produce and publish high impact research. Therefore, libraries have the power to be the single greatest driver of

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The Future of Open Access: An Interview with Niels Stern

The movement for Open Access (OA) continues to grow, making scholarly research more accessible to academics and the public alike. Open Science initiatives, like those led by OAPEN and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), are paving the way for a more inclusive and sustainable academic publishing landscape. As part of our commitment to fostering open scholarly communication, we interviewed Niels Stern, Managing Director

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Announcing the Call for Papers for the 4th Annual Forum

Although we might be running a little bit later than usual, we are now ready to announce our Call for Papers for the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research! This year’s Annual Forum will take place in the UAE, in partnership with the American University of Sharjah, in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE, from 20th-23rd of October. (Learn more about our Host Partner here) We are really

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Welcome to our newest member: The Arab Council for the Social Sciences

Regional cooperation lies at the heart of what we do at FORM – bringing together diverse communities, supporting the exchange of ideas, and encouraging the development of new partnerships. That is why we are particularly thrilled to welcome the Arab Council for the Social Sciences into our community as our newest member. The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is a regional, independent, non-profit

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Welcome to our new Strategic Partner: Science Integrity Alliance

Collaboration is an integral part of what we do at FORM; forging ties with new partners and building cross-community relationships is vital to ensuring the successful advancement of open science within the Arab region and across the globe. These connections are increasingly important in an era when misinformation, predatory practices and fake science are pervading and contaminating the scholarly communications ecosystem. That is why we

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Meet our Team!

As FORM is flourishing, we’re starting to grow our team of dedicated supporters – and we thought it would be nice to introduce them all to you. You will have met some of us before, at one of our online Community Development Activities or in person at our Annual Forum – but we have some lovely new team members as well… Dr Emily Choynowski –

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