Open Science Network

Central America March 30, 2022

With the purpose of working collaboratively to strengthen open science from the 24 public universities that are part of CSUCA, the Open Science Network of Central America and the Caribbean is formed.

As part of the actions to be carried out in the Fifth Plan for the Integration of Higher Education in Central America and the Dominican Republic -PIRESC V-, the Open Science Network of Central America and the Caribbean has been formed, with the purpose of strengthening the capacities of universities through a movement that promotes the opening of scientific research with topics of interest in open science, citizen science, politics, technology, etc. 

Among the objectives that are intended to be promoted through this network, is the search for training in topics such as ?Trainer of Trainers in Open Science? with the purpose of training the network and thus, ensure that its members become trainers of the regional university community.

Taking into account that LA Reference gives visibility to the scientific production of higher education institutions, an approach has been made with the purpose of generating training on the subject and at the same time ensuring that the countries of the SICA region, through their universities, integrate to be part of LA Reference.

This is the initial initiative of the network, complying with the impulse of the principles, concepts and strategies of open science in Central America and the Dominican Republic, according to the advances that are generated during the year 2022, a planning will be created in the short, medium and long term of the Open Science Network.