Barcelona Declaration

🇮🇪 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲

We’re excited to welcome @universityofgalway@mastodon.ie as the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 to the Barcelona Declaration.

With this signature, Ireland joins a global community, now spanning 𝟑𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, committed to making research information more open and transparent.

We look forward to seeing more organizations in Ireland join this effort 🇮🇪

👉 Explore signatories and supporters by country: https://barcelona-declaration.org/

Welcome ⋅ Bí linn 🤝

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬? 🤔

Insights from stakeholder sessions by the Working Group on Sustaining Infrastructures:

🔹 Sustainability & governance in practice @OpenAlex@mastodon.social @OpenAIRE@mastodon.social @opencitations@scicomm.xyz
🔹 Ecosystem initiatives @investinopen@indieweb.social @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social TSOSI working on funding coordination, strategic investment & transparency
🔹 Why open infrastructures must be treated as essential

📄 Read more: https://zenodo.org/records/19369910

Curious about what the Working Groups of the Barcelona Declaration have been working on?

We’ve updated the Working Groups section of our website 🌐

Each page now shows:
🔹 Focus of the group
🔹 Task forces
🔹 Outcomes
🔹 The people behind the work

🔎 See what they’ve been working on:
https://working-groups.barcelona-declaration.org/

𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 🌐📊

@fwf@mstdn.science has launched an Open API to access structured data on funded projects and outputs, enabling funding information to be explored, connected, and reused across systems.

A strong example of open research information in practice. Also closely aligned with the work of 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟑 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 within the Barcelona Declaration.

🔗 https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/discover/open-api

RE: @openstate@mastodon.nl

🌍 #OpenDataDay is a global moment to reflect on the societal impact of open data, and how different parts of the open data ecosystem connect.

In that spirit, @okfn@fosstodon.org and Open Nederland highlight the importance of linking different open data communities: governmental, cultural, scientific, and geographical.

In a new piece, our Executive Director @MsPhelps@akademienl.social reflects on the 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 within this broader open landscape.

𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧 🇫🇷

We’re delighted to welcome Couperin as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

Couperin brings together 250+ research and higher education institutions in France, promoting access to scientific information and open science.

📰 Read the news:
https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260309_couperin_joins_the_barcelona_declaration

𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐚̀ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐞́ 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐃𝐞́𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 !

#OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞?

In our recent webinar on 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝟐.𝟎, colleagues from @crossref@mastodon.online @datacite@openbiblio.social @DOAJ@masto.ai and Europe PMC shared how these principles shape real decisions inside open scholarly infrastructures.

🌍 83 participants joined from 17 countries: a reminder that the conversation on sustainable open infrastructure is truly global 🔽

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

How do we move from principles to real-world governance, funding, and long-term resilience?

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟒:𝟎𝟎 𝐔𝐓𝐂 to explore how #POSIv2 is being put into practice; with speakers from @crossref@mastodon.online @datacite@openbiblio.social @doaj
& Europe PMC

🌐 Online · Open to all
👉 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mfab2HcEQVqzDFdy4epbbA#/registration

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. It needs:
- 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
- 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬
- 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

How does #POSIv2 support this in practice?

Join our webinar on 2 March 2026 (14:00–15:15 UTC).
Online · Open to all.

👉 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mfab2HcEQVqzDFdy4epbbA#/registration
ℹ️ More information: https://barcelona-declaration.org/20260211_webinar_announcement_how_POSI_v2_guides_sustainability

📍 𝐄𝐑&𝐋 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 · Austin, Texas

If you’re attending ER&L Fest 2026 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, join Miranda Bennett and Colleen Campbell (OA2020 / Barcelona Declaration Joint Task Force) for 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐱: 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 (3 March, 9:00–9:50 AM, UTC−6).

We’ll explore how libraries and consortia can advance open publication metadata through negotiations and coordinated action.

See you there 👋
More info ℹ️: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/ERL26/home

RE: @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social

🎥 Did you join 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬?

Co-organized by WG4 (Replacing Closed Systems) of the Barcelona Declaration & @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social the webinar shows how institutions are moving away from closed systems, pragmatically and step by step.

Now on TIB AV-Portal with its own DOI (yes, citable!).

🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/72340

📅 𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 | 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫

Why does open research information matter; and what does the Barcelona Declaration look like in practice?

Join @MsPhelps@akademienl.social and an international panel in this webinar organised by the Cluster Forschung + Daten.

🗓️ 3 March 2026
🕒 14:00–15:30 CET
🌐 Online

We’ll explore the benefits, commitments, and practical steps of open research information for institutions and funders.

👉 Register here:
https://forschung-daten.at/en/article/barcelona-declaration-webinar/

Hear directly from organisations involved in revising the POSI Principles and putting them into practice: @crossref@mastodon.online @datacite@openbiblio.social @
and Europe PMC.

🎙️ Moderated by @MsPhelps@akademienl.social and @gin@scicomm.xyz

👉 Register:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mfab2HcEQVqzDFdy4epbbA#/registration

ℹ️ More info:
https://barcelona-declaration.org/20260211_webinar_announcement_how_POSI_v2_guides_sustainability

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 🌱

What does it really take to sustain open research infrastructure in the long term?
And how can POSI v2 help guide governance, funding, and community accountability?

Join our upcoming Barcelona Declaration webinar: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

📅 2 March 2026
🕒 14:00–15:15 UTC
🌐 Online, open to all
🔽

🛠️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

The Netherlands Barcelona Declaration Network offers a powerful glimpse.

Step by step. Together.

What priorities are shaping open research information in your context? 👇

📣 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞
Join us for 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈 𝐯𝟐 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐀 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫.

📅 Mon 2 March 2026 · 14:00–15:15 UTC
🌐 Online · Open to everyone

Hear from @crossref@mastodon.online @datacite@openbiblio.social @DOAJ@masto.ai and EuropePMC on how POSI is shaping governance, funding, and long-term sustainability for open infrastructure.

🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mfab2HcEQVqzDFdy4epbbA#/registration

ℹ️ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨: https://barcelona-declaration.org/20260211_webinar_announcement_how_POSI_v2_guides_sustainability

🎥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

Open Research Information in Action: Institutional Journeys Toward Open Systems.
A webinar co-hosted by the Barcelona Declaration Working Group 4 and the @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice@helmholtz.social

▶️ Watch the webinar: https://youtu.be/lKzPY_pjDCU
🔗 More info: https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260208_webinar_institutional_journeys/

🎧 𝗣𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻. 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁

@MsPhelps@akademienl.social recently joined the UTU Open Science Accelerator podcast for a thoughtful discussion on the impact of open research information and how the Barcelona Declaration community is working together to move this forward.

We’re grateful for the invitation, and for creating space for these shared conversations across communities.

🔗 Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/turun-yliopisto/vau-mika-vaikutus-what-kind-of-impact-can-be-achieved-through-the-open-research-information?in=turun-yliopisto/sets/vau-mikae-vaikutus

🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access (online)

🧩 Workshop: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers for Diamond OA

📅 Mon 2 Feb | 🕒 06:00–08:30 CET / 10:30–13:00 IST
🔎 diamondoasummit.org
▶️ Live: @IIHRMM@www.youtube.com

🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧
Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut

Shaped by an international and diverse community, the Barcelona Declaration is shared across languages to support understanding and engagement in different contexts.

With these new additions, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬.
🔽

The disclosure of who funds research is an important way of building trust in published findings.

Commenting on recent interventions by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Science Council (ISC), @HLdeJonge@akademienl.social @KatharinaRieck@nerdculture.de Zoé Ancion (co-chairs of the Barcelona Declaration working group on funding metadata) argue that to be truly effective funder metadata should be made openly accessible to all beyond the level of individual publications.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2025/12/11/open-funder-metadata-is-essential-for-true-research-transparency/

1/2 The Barcelona Declaration is heading north: above the Arctic Circle ❄️🇳🇴

The 20th @MuninConf@mastodon.world at UiT The Arctic University of Norway takes place this week.

We’ll be part of the following sessions at #Munin2025 👇

Moving funding metadata forward: key takeaways from our Barcelona Declaration round table (co-organised with @crossref@mastodon.online)
🟣 🟡

New blog by @HLdeJonge@akademienl.social drawing on work from Working Group 3 (Funding metadata).

• ~25% of Crossref records include funding info
• 45 funders using Grant IDs (250k+ links)
• Openness broadly valued; publishers face tech hurdles
• Standardised statements + coordination will speed progress

🔗 https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20251023_community_roundtable/

#FundingMetadata #OpenResearchInformation

🇨🇭 Switzerland strengthens its commitment to the Barcelona Declaration

We’re glad to welcome the @uzh@mastodon.world as a new signatory, joining CERN and the Swiss Reproducibility Network. Together, they highlight Switzerland’s growing commitment to making research information open and transparent.

Join us ⋅ Rejoignez-nous ⋅ Unisciti a noi ⋅ Schließen Sie sich uns an ⋅ As da vegnir cun nus 🤝

Get involved: https://barcelona-declaration.org/

#OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience #BarcelonaDeclaration

Wellcome backs openness with action 🟨🟪🔓📣

Wellcome has signed the Barcelona Declaration: a strong signal that openness in research information is becoming a shared, system-level priority.

Their latest measures (PID and open metadata) help align research policy and infrastructure with the values of transparency and equity.

When a funder like Wellcome moves, the system pays attention.

🔗 Read their announcement: https://wellcome.org/news/wellcome-announces-suite-open-research-measures

🤝 Welcome Wellcome!

Wellcome Trust is the first UK funder to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, strengthening our community’s shared commitment to making research information open, reliable, and reusable.

Funders play a pivotal role in how research information is recorded, shared, and reused.
🔗 https://barcelona-declaration.org/signatories

#OpenResearchInfo #BarcelonaDeclaration #OpenScience #WellcomeTrust #OpenMetadata

We have news! Firstly, the BD working groups are almost ready to get started. Also, Bianca Kramer @MsPhelps@akademienl.social has been appointed Executive Director 🎉, we have funding for the next 3 years and will soon discuss the creation of a governance board.

https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20250207_whats_next_for_the_barcelona_declaration/

We're starting out 2025 with over 100 signatory organizatios and 45 supporting organizations.

Thank you to our latest signatories: ScholCommLab (@juancommander@mastodon.social and @stefhaustein@fediscience.org), Simon Fraser University @sfu and our latest supporter, MoreBrains Cooperative @morebrains@scicomm.xyz

More updates soon!

Great to see Dutch Research Council NWO (who are a Barcelona Declaration signatory) implement Grant IDs as persistent identifier for grants!

https://www.nwo.nl/en/news/nwo-funded-research-projects-get-unique-identifier-with-grant-id

@OpenScienceNL@akademienl.social

We welcome this blog post on @leidenmadtrics@social.cwts.nl that highlights the importance of diversity and interconnectedness of data sources for open research information

https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/not-only-open-but-also-diverse-and-inclusive-towards-decentralised-and-federated-research-information-sources

From Dominique Babini & Laura Rovelli from CLACSO, Arianna Becerril from Redalyc, Lautaro Matas from LA Referencia, and @rodrigocostas@social.cwts.nl & @ismaelrafols@mstdn.social from @cwts@social.cwts.nl

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The end of a succesful launch day, the start of working together towards open research information as the new norm.

We encourage all organizations that perform, fund and evaluate research to join the #BarcelonaDeclaration

See what our signatories say 👇

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