Open access policies

Open access policies and theses mandates implemented in EIFL partner countries

EIFL has been a leader in advocating for changes in systems of scholarly communication. Our work has resulted in implementation of many new open access policies in higher education institutions and research funding agencies in developing and transition countries. The new policies both increase access to knowledge and make it possible for institutions and scholars in these countries to open their research to the world.

Below is the full list of open access policies and theses mandates that have been implemented in EIFL partner countries (by region).

COUNTRY OA POLICY

Africa
Ethiopia	Jimma University
Ethiopia	Arba Minch University
Ethiopia	Hawassa University
Ethiopia	Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Ethiopia and Kenya	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Ghana	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology
Kenya	University of Nairobi
Kenya	Kenyatta University
Kenya	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Kenya	Strathmore University
Kenya	Pwani University
Kenya	Kirinyaga University
Kenya	Embu University
Kenya	Murang'a University of Technology
Kenya	Karatina University
Kenya	Egerton University
Kenya	Maseno Unviersity
Kenya	Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Kenya	Rongo University
Kenya	St Paul's University
Kenya	African Nazarene University
Kenya	Cooperative University of Kenya
Kenya	Kabarak University
Kenya	The United States International University - Africa
Kenya	Moi University
Kenya	Kibabii University
Kenya	Machakos University
Malawi	Mzuzu University
Nigeria	Covenant University
South Africa	University of Pretoria Read a story how it was implemented
South Africa	University of Johannesburg
South Africa	The University of South Africa (UNISA)
South Africa	University of Cape Town (uct.ac.za/downloads/uct.ac.za/about/policies/UCTOpenAccessPolicy.pdf)
South Africa	Stellenbosch University
South Africa	University of the Western Cape
South Africa	The National Research Foundation (NRF)
South Africa	TWAS & OWSD
Sudan	University of Khartoum
Sudan	University of Sudan
Tanzania	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Tanzania	Ifakara Health Institute
Tanzania	Mzumbe University
Tanzania	Open University Tanzania
Tanzania	Sokoine University of Agriculture
Tanzania	State University of Zanzibar
Uganda	Uganda Christian University
Uganda	Kampala International University
Uganda	Islamic University of Uganda
Uganda	Bishop Stuart University
Zambia	University of Zambia
Zimbabwe	Bindura University of Science Education
Zimbabwe	Lupane State University
Zimbabwe	Midlands State University
Zimbabwe	University of Zimbabwe (ETD mandate)
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Algeria	University of Bouira
Algeria	Université M'hamed Bougara - Boumerdes
Algeria	University Hassiba Benbouali Chlef
Palestine	University of Palestine
Palestine	Birzeit University
Asia Pacific
Azerbaijan	Baku Higher Oil School
Azerbaijan	Khazar University
China	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
China	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
China	National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China	Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology mandate to deposit research data
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	University of Hong Kong
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	The University of Hong Kong Libraries departmental mandate
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (polyu.edu.hk/ro/newRO415.html)
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	Hong Kong Baptist University
Kyrgyzstan	National ETD policy
Nepal	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Europe
Belarus	Belarus National Technical University Library
Belarus	Belarusian State University
Belarus	Belarusian State Technological University
Estonia	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Estonia	Estonian Research Council
Estonia	Ministry of Education and Research
Georgia	Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Latvia	Riga Technical University
Latvia	University of Latvia
Lithuania	Vilnius University (biblioteka.vu.lt/Dokumentai/atviros_prieigos_vu_nuostatai.pdf in Lithuanian)
Lithuania	Mykolas Romeris University
Lithuania	Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Lithuania	The Lithuanian Research Council
Lithuania	Vytautas Magnus University
Lithuania	Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences
Lithuania	Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Lithuania	Kaunas University of Technology
Lithuania	Mykolas Romeris University
Lithuania	Seimas of the Republic of Llithuania (the Parliament)
Moldova	Academy of Economic Studies
Moldova	National Institute for Economic Research
Moldova	Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University
Moldova	State Agrarian University of Moldova
Moldova	The Academy of Public Administration
Moldova	State University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Nicolae Testemitanu”
Moldova	Balti „Alecu Russo” State University
Moldova	Moldova State University
Moldova	Technical University of Moldova
Moldova	Free International University of Moldova
Moldova	State University of Physical Education and Sport
Poland	The Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland	Adam Mickiewicz University
Poland	Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical & Computational Modelling at Warsaw University
Poland	The National Science Centre (one of major research funding agencies in Poland included mandatory OA into one of its funding programmes)
Poland	OA and open data recommendations in Kierunki rozwoju otwartego dostępu do publikacji i wyników badań naukowych w Polsce)
Poland	Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine in Łódź
Poland	Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences
Poland	Medical University of Lodz
Poland	Szkoła Główna Handlowa
Poland	Uniwersytet Gdański
Poland	Politechnika Krakowska
Poland	Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
Poland	Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu
Poland	Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny
Poland	Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach
Poland	Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie
Poland	Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie
Poland	Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
Poland	Instytut Slawistyki PAN
Poland	Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN
Poland	Główny Instytut Górnictwa w Katowicach
Poland	Instytut Chemicznej Przeróbki Węgla w Zabrzu
Poland	Instytut Fizyki Plazmy i Laserowej Mikrosyntezy \| wewnętrzne zarządzenie, link niedostępny
Poland	Centrum Naukowo-Badawcze Ochrony Przeciwpożarowej im. Józefa Tuliszkowskiego – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Russia	Belgorod State University
Russia	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia	Vologda Scientific-Coordination Center, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russia	Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
Serbia	University of Belgrade
Serbia	All doctoral dissertations mandate (Law on Amendments and Additions to the Law on Higher Education adopted on September, 10^th, 2014)
Serbia	Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development
Serbia	Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ITS SASA)
Serbia	The Geographical Institute of SASA
Serbia	Institute for Animal Husbandry
Serbia	Institute for Plant Protection and Environment
Serbia	Institute of Architecture and Urban and Spatial Planning of Serbia
Serbia	University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies
Serbia	University of Kragujevac
Serbia	Institute for Balkan Studies SASA
Serbia	State University of Novi Pazar
Serbia	University of Arts in Belgrade
Serbia	University of Niš
Serbia	University of Novi Sad
Slovakia	Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI)
Slovenia	University of Maribor
Slovenia	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Slovenia	University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education
Slovenia	University of Ljubljana
Slovenia	Central Technological Library at the University of Ljubljana
Slovenia	University of Nova Gorica
Slovenia	University of Primorska
Slovenia	the National Strategy of open access (OA) to scientific publications and research data in Slovenia 2015-2020
Ukraine	Donetsk National Technical University
Ukraine	Kharkov National Medical University
Ukraine	Sumy State University
Ukraine	Ternopil State Ivan Puluj Technical University
Ukraine	Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine
Ukraine	National Technical University «Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute»
Ukraine	V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Ukraine	Vinnytsya National Agrarian University
Ukraine	Volodymyr Dahl East-Ukraine National University
Ukraine	National Aviation University
Ukraine	National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Ukraine	Kirovograd National Technical University
Ukraine	Kirovograd State Pedagogical University
Ukraine	Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Ukraine	Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko
Ukraine	Zhytomyr National Agroecological University
Ukraine	Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University
Ukraine	Open access policy, the Law of Ukraine On the principles of Developing Information Society in Ukraine in 2007-2015

OA POLICY RESOURCES

Interested in learning more? Below are links to more resources on implementing OA policies at your own academic institution.

UNESCO Open Access Policy Guidelines
Good practices for university open-access policies
PASTEUR4OA Advocacy Resources: policies guidelines, case studies, briefing papers and toolkits
FOSTER/PASTEUR4OA intermediate course "Designing Successful Open Access and Open Data Policies" (fosteropenscience.eu/)
FOSTER/PASTEUR4OA introductory self-learning course for funders "Designing Successful Open Access and Open Data Policies" (fosteropenscience.eu/)
SHERPA/Juliet: Research funders’ Open Access policies
ROARMAP: Registry of open access policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders

FACTS

Through EIFL’s advocacy, institutions in many countries introduced their first-ever open access mandates.

An institutional OA policy may be voluntary (e.g. requesting that researchers make their work OA in the institutional repository) or mandatory (e.g. requiring that researchers make their work OA in the institutional repository).

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