Curious about the work of the Barcelona Declaration Working Groups? We’ve updated the Working Groups pages on our website, showing: • what the group focuses on • the task forces advancing the work • outcomes so far • the people involved 🔎 Take a look! working-groups.barcelona-declaration.org

𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 🌐📊 FWF has launched an Open API for structured data on funded projects and outputs, making funding info easier to connect and reuse. This aligns with WG3 on funding metadata at the Barcelona Declaration. 🔗 www.fwf.ac.at/en/discover/...

🌍 #OpenDataDay is a moment to reflect on the societal impact of open data, and how different parts of the ecosystem connect. A new piece by our Executive Director @msphelps.bsky.social explores the role of open research information within this broader open landscape. 🔗 openstate.eu/en/2026/03/o...

Bonjour Couperin 🇫🇷 We’re delighted to welcome Couperin as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration. Couperin brings together 250+ research and higher education institutions in France, promoting access to scientific information. 📰 Read the news: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026030...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? In our recent POSI 2.0 webinar, colleagues from @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @wearetektonika.bsky.social, and @europepmc.org shared how these principles guide decisions in open infrastructures. 📄 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026030...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? Today at 14:00 UTC, speakers from @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @doaj.bsky.social & @europepmc.org share how #POSIv2 is shaping real governance. Free & open to all 👇 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. It needs governance, funding strategies, and community accountability. How does #POSIv2 help organisations navigate this in practice? Join our webinar on 2 March 2026 (14:00 UTC). Online · Open to all. 👉Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📍 𝐄𝐑&𝐋 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐨𝐱? Miranda Bennett and Colleen Campbell (OA2020 / Barcelona Declaration Joint Task Force) discuss how libraries can push for open publication metadata through negotiation and coordinated action. 3 March · 9:00–9:50 AM (UTC-6) See you there 👋

🎥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 is now available on the TIB AV-Portal; with its own DOI! Institutions are moving away from closed systems, step by step and within real-world constraints. Watch & cite: av.tib.eu/media/72340

📅 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Why does open research information matter in practice? Join @thebiancadelrio.bsky.social (Executive Director, Barcelona Declaration) and an international panel. 🗓️ 3 March 2026 · 14:00–15:30 CET 🌐 Online · English 👉 forschung-daten.at/en/article/b...

Join the 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 With @crossref.bsky.social, @datacite.org, @doaj.bsky.social & @europepmc.org 👉 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The webinar 'Open Research Information in Action' in December, co-organized and co-hosted with @barcelonadori.bsky.social, was also our 71st Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar. The recording is now also available with open metadata and a DOI, thanks to TIB AV-Portal. ▶️ doi.org/10.5446/72340

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The Netherlands Barcelona Declaration Network shows how shared principles are becoming concrete priorities for 2026 across assessment, CRIS, responsible AI, and open research information. Read more: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026021...

Upcoming Webinar (March 2, 2026): "How #POSI v2 Guides the Sustainability of Open Infrastructure Organisations (via @barcelonadori.bsky.social) barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026021... #openinfrastructure #openscience #openresearch #scholcomm #libraries

📣Save the date 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 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞! Institutional journeys from Europe & Latin America toward open research information systems. Co-hosted by Barcelona Declaration WG4 + @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social. ▶️ Watch: youtu.be/lKzPY_pjDCU

🎥 Recording out! Open Research Information in Action: Institutional Journeys Toward Open Systems. Co-hosted by Barcelona Declaration WG4 + @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social. Speakers shared journeys from Europe & Latin America on moving toward open, non-proprietary systems. ▶️ youtu.be/lKzPY_pjDCU

🎧 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧. 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 @msphelps.bsky.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 🔽

Happy to share the #SOAD Spring event: The @barcelonadori.bsky.social in #Switzerland! Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented! 🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00 💻 Free & online via Zoom 📝Register via soad.ch

🌍 ¡LA Referencia se suma a la Declaración de Barcelona como adherente! Esto refuerza nuestro compromiso con infraestructuras abiertas, confiables e interoperables de información de investigación entre regiones. ✨ ¡Bienvenidos! 🔗 Más info: barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026020... ⬇️

PKP supports @barcelonadori.bsky.social! @msphelps.bsky.social shares importance of integrated #OpenResearch info, including PKP software use (OJS, OPS) globally (eg @latindex.bsky.social , @scielo.org ) and Africa (eg @ajol.info ) + more at #DOASummit2026 2:10:09: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjJ...

🌍 The Barcelona Declaration joins the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access 🧩 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: www.youtube.com/@IIHRMM

The world of book metadata is a complex one! I had the pleasure of reviewing a draft version of this report, from which I learned a lot. There are important connections to the open research information movement, in particular @barcelonadori.bsky.social!

🌍 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐜, 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 Hello | مرحبًا | こんにちは | Salut With these new translations, the Declaration is now available in 𝟏𝟖 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, supporting engagement with open research information across regions and contexts. ⬇️

🧩 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 They explore a shared question: How can governance, community, and institutional support work together to sustain open research infrastructures? ⬇️

✨ 2025 in Review: Advancing Open Research Information as a Community In 2025, the Declaration continued to grow as a community-driven initiative, advancing concrete work to improve the openness, transparency, and community governance of research information; with more to come in 2026 🔽

🗓️2026 starts with a relevant development around research information @acm.org fully transitions to open access publishing, but puts metadata and search in ACM Digital Library behind paywall. More context: 🔗 cacm.acm.org/opinion/gran... www.ipetitions.com/petition/res...

Season’s greetings from the Barcelona Declaration 🟣🟡 As the year comes to a close, thank you to everyone who makes this community possible: across working groups, task forces, and all the conversations in between. Wishing you a well-deserved break. Onward to 2026, together.

Season’s greetings from the Barcelona Declaration 🟣🟡 As the year comes to a close, thank you to everyone who makes this community possible: across working groups, task forces, and all the conversations in between. Wishing you a well-deserved break. Onward to 2026, together.

Open funder metadata is essential for true research transparency Funding transparency is key for trust in research. Recent guidance from COPE and the International Science Council confirms it’s firmly on the agenda. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025121...

How can research information systems become more open, transparent, and trustworthy? The following blog post reflects on the @barcelonadori.bsky.social event in Greece! Read more: www.openaire.eu/community/bl... #OpenScience #ResearchInformation #BarcelonaDeclaration

To be truly effective funder metadata should be made openly accessible to all beyond the level of individual publications. Blog post by @hldejonge.bsky.social Katharina Rieck and Zoé Ancion (co-chairs of the Barcelona Declaration working group on funding metadata) blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

🚀 Big news for open research information! From 2026, @cnrs.fr will no longer have institutional access to Web of Science. This move aligns with the vision of the Barcelona Declaration and shows how institutions can operationalise the transition to open systems. 🔗 www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cn...

Errors in large-scale data processing, for instance processing of reference data from publications, are almost inevitable. This piece shows the importance of openness of bibliographic metadata. Openness enables errors to be identified and fixed! @cwtsnl.bsky.social @barcelonadori.bsky.social

📢 Join us for the webinar “Open Research Information in Action: Institutional Journeys Toward Open Systems”, co-organised by the Barcelona Declaration and @helmholtzosoffice.bsky.social 🤝 📅 Thu 4 Dec 2025 · 🕒 15:00–16:30 CET · 🌐 Online Register at us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🌎 The Barcelona Declaration is in Latin America! This Wed (26 Nov, 15:10–16:10 UTC-5) we’ll be at the 2nd Ibero-American Open Science Congress in Quito 🇪🇨. 🎙️ Panel: Alliances for Opening Research Information in Latin America 🎥 Join via YouTube: www.youtube.com/@OpenlabEC

🚀 Strengthening global open infrastructure Congratulations to LA Referencia and UbuntuNet Alliance, inaugural recipients of the IOI Fund for Network Adoption 🎉 Great to see open, community-driven infrastructures in Latin America and Africa receiving this recognition and support 🌎🤝

"Repairing the gaps in Open Access infrastructure" #Munin2025 session is starting and available now with a streaming link below. I'll be joining Bianca Kramer of @barcelonadori.bsky.social to talk about open #metadata in Crossref. 
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Pleased to join "Strategies for publishers to make scholarly #metadata openly available" #Munin2025 w/ Bianca Kramer @barcelonadori.bsky.social, Colleen Campbell @mpdl.mpg.de, Dominic Mitchell @doaj.bsky.social, Anne Gentil-Beccot EONR, and Mike Nason @pkp.sfu.ca septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SC...

Opening panel for #Munin2025. Follow the streaming 18-20 November, site.uit.no/muninconf/pr.... @barcelonadori.bsky.social #publication #metadata

1/3 The Barcelona Declaration is heading north: above the Arctic Circle ❄️🇳🇴 The 20th @muninconference.bsky.social at UiT The Arctic University of Norway takes place this week. We’ll be part of the programme at #Munin2025 👇

1/2 Save the date! Webinar: Open Research Information in Action 📅 Thu 4 Dec 2025 · 🕒 15:00–16:30 CET · 🌐 Online (open to everyone) Featuring: University of Milan, Universidad de Antioquia, VU Amsterdam, Leibniz Association. 🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Very proud of the improvements made by the Leiden Ranking team to the Open Edition of the ranking. This demonstrates our commitment at CWTS to @barcelonadori.bsky.social and the open research information transition. Great work by @neesjanvaneck.bsky.social and the rest of the team!

1/2 📊 @cwtsnl.bsky.social published the 2025 release of its Leiden Ranking Open Edition: a real step toward open research information. Built on OpenAlex, it: • Uses transparent, reusable data • Includes national & regional publishing (not only “core” journals)...

Congratulations to Chris Hartgerink for winning the Leo Waaijers award at the NL Open Science festival today, for his work on ResearchEquals! #nosf2025. It was an honour sharing the podium with the other nominees - we have an amazing open science community! (photo by @oberman.bsky.social)

1/2 Moving funding metadata forward: highlights from our round table (co-organized with @crossref.bsky.social) New blog by @hldejonge.bsky.social , based on Working Group 3 (Funding Metadata) • ~25% Crossref records have funding info ⬇️

Launching the new Participation Reports, already available at crossref.org/members/prep. Read about what's new and why more transparency on #openmetadata is important for movements like @barcelonadori.bsky.social, not to mention insights for members themselves doi.org/10.64000/8d5... #Crossref2025

📩The first issue of the OpenCitations Newsletter is out! News, updates, and events, plus a focus on the OpenCitations Community Survey: share your feedback and help us shape the future of our #openinfrastructure! 👉Read & subscribe opencitations.net/newsletter/

Delighted to see this announcement by @uva.nl of its signature of the @barcelonadori.bsky.social www.uva.nl/shared-conte... Support for the Barcelona Declaration keeps growing in the Netherlands! @cwtsnl.bsky.social

Barcelona Declaration — OA Week Itinerary 🧭✈️🚆 One week, many stops; one destination: open research information. Full itinerary in the images. Join online or in person and help us spread the word! #OAWeek #OpenScience #OpenResearchInformation