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Cartoon showing open science training in action
18 Dec 2023
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Enhancing open science and open research skills in our partner countries is among EIFL’s strategic objectives, and one of the ways in which we aim to achieve this is by organizing train-the-trainer activities for open science trainers. EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, Iryna Kuchma, was one of (...)
27 Apr 2023
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
EIFL bootcamp instructors Jonathan England, Iryna Kuchma, Irena Nježić, Ljiljana Radisavljević, Milica Ševkušić and Obrad Vučkovac share their reflections on the course, and lessons learnt. Enhancing open science and open research skills by organizing train-the-trainer activities, creating training (...)
07 Oct 2022
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, provides an update on SUES, an initiative to support Ukrainian academic journals and publishers during the war with Russia. Since the start of the war, EIFL has been involved in various activities supporting Ukrainian librarians and researchers. And (...)
Cartoon showing rules of open science - that science should be free, transparent & accessible
21 Apr 2022
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, gives an overview of some of her work, and shows how it supports the UNESCO Recommendations on Open Science. The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) provides an international framework for Open Science policies. EIFL is a member of the (...)
08 Mar 2022
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
l am just a few kilometres away from Kyiv with my family and every day I hear another story about how libraries are supporting their communities. I hugely admire them. In times like these everyone is doing much more than they can. The Ukrainian Library Association reports that  libraries are (...)
Image representing open science - a glass beaker superimposed on a green (for climate) O.
08 Nov 2021
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, introduces and discusses a new project that will promote open access to climate and biodiversity research. As the United Nations Climate Change Conference, officially known as the 26th Conference of Parties, or COP26, continues in Glasgow, Scotland (...)
Image courtesy of Auke Herrema.
22 Jun 2021
Posted by Iryna Kuchma, Open Access Programme Manager
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, highlights Research Data Management training programmes offered by our partner institutions in Estonia, Ethiopia, Lithuania and Serbia. Sharing research data is a part of good research practice. It helps to cut down on academic fraud, validates the (...)