Building capacities in Member States for Open Access is a necessary but not sufficient condition for promotion of OA. Creating an enabling policy environment in Member States for OA is therefore a priority.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT

Projects: NWO made 2, 5 million Euros available in 2010 for the support of OA which includes conversion of existing humanities journals to OA format.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Although OA developments often follow economic development this is not always so: Moldova, for example, in partnership with INASP and eIFL, has developed active OA programmes.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them, use them for reference, and update them.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal