Join the first meeting of the Diamond Open Access (OA) Policy Forum Africa and discuss findings from the Scoping Report on Non-for-profit Publishing Ecosystems, Landscape Report on Diamond OA Publishing in Africa, Europe, and Latin America and advocacy materials for Diamond OA publishing presented by Pascal Aventurier (IRD, France). Eurico Gungula (Universidade Óscar Ribas, Angola), João Baptista Machado Sousa (Associação Multidisciplinar de Investigação Científica, Angola) and Horácio Zimba (Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique) will talk about institutional approaches to Diamond OA publishing and there will be a discussion about policymaking processes and challenges. The the language of the meeting will be Portuguese. 

• Date and time: Wednesday, 11 March 2026 | 13:00 – 14:30 GMT Convert to your time
• Registration: Please register here to participate in the meet-up

Diamond OA Policy Forum Africa 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.

This 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.

There will also be forum meetings in English (3 March 2026) and French 5 March 2026).