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OpenAIRE, a leading European infrastructure supporting Open Science, together with LA Referencia and RedCLARA, the Latin American federated network for open academic communication, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize and deepen their decade-long collaboration in promoting Open Science and interoperability between Europe and Latin America.

Publication taken from LA Referencia.
For over ten years, LA Referencia has actively participated in OpenAIRE projects, integrating its collection, adopting metadata standards, and incorporating technologies developed by OpenAIRE. This new MoU establishes a more formal and structured framework to expand the joint development of technologies, enhance interoperability standards, and share open science training resources.

Key areas of cooperation

Through this agreement, OpenAIRE, LA Referencia, and RedCLARA commit to:

• Strengthening Open Science infrastructure: Collaborating on technical development to improve metadata aggregation, repository interoperability, and data exchange mechanisms.

• Promoting Open Access regionally and globally: Increasing the visibility and accessibility of scientific results in Latin America and Europe.

• Aligning Open Science policies: Working together to integrate national Open Science policies and promote common metadata standards.

• Enhancing training and capacity building: Sharing training resources and expertise to improve Open Science literacy among researchers and institutions.

Impact and benefits

This alliance will bring significant benefits to researchers, institutions, and policymakers by increasing the visibility of publicly funded research. Currently, LA Referencia connects 10 countries and gathers over 5.5 million Open Access research outputs from approximately 2,000 repositories and journals. By joining forces with OpenAIRE, this vast collection will gain greater international exposure, ensuring more equitable access to knowledge worldwide.