The first meeting of the Diamond Open Access (OA) Policy Forum Europe will focus on policymaking for Diamond OA, showcasing one national policy and one institutional policy before breaking out into groups for more discussion on policymaking processes and challenges.

• Date and time: Monday, 9th March 2026 | 16:00- 17:30  CET – Convert to your time
• Registration: Please register here to participate in the meet-up

The session will include presentations of key findings from recent reports on non-profit publishing ecosystems and the Diamond OA publishing landscape. It will then provide expert perspectives on national and institutional policy developments, followed by interactive breakout discussions focused on advancing Diamond OA national and institutional policies in practice.

Speakers include: Marie-Emilia Herbet (Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3, France), Mikael Laakso (Tampere University, Finland), Thomas Liebundgut (swissuniversities, Switzerland) and Pilar Rico Castro, Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT, Spain).  

The Diamond OA Policy Forum Europe is an online space where policymakers, funders and OA  experts meet to share, discuss and develop policy and funding mechanisms for Diamond OA to support more equitable, diverse, and community-led scholarly publishing.

The forum arises out of the ALMASI (Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally) project, which brings national, regional and institutional policymakers together from three regions: Africa, Latin America and Europe. EIFL is a partner in the ALMASI project.