Join the first meeting of the Diamond Open Access (OA) Policy Forum Africa, to be held in French, 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, advocacy materials for Diamond OA publishing, national and institutional approaches to Diamond OA publishing and policymaking processes and challenges. Speakers include Hugo Catherine (IRD, France), Bernard Dione (CNDST/MESRI – Senegal), Fadoua El Maguiri (CNRST/MESR – Morocco) and Roger Tsafack-Nanfosso (CRUFAOCI, Université de Tschang Cameroun, Cameroon). 

• Date and time: Thursday, 5th March 2026 | 13:30 – 15:00 GMT – Convert to your time
• Registration: Please register here to participate in the meet-up

The 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.

The Forum arises out of the 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 Portuguese (11 March 2026).