Open Science Toolkit

Download the complete set in a single file (updated December 2023).

Factsheet
This factsheet explains the definition of open science and its key pillars and elements as set out in the Recommendation.

Guide
The key factors to consider in capacity building and training for open science have been identified with input from the UNESCO Working Group on Open Science Capacity Building.

Guide
Developed through the discussions and inputs from the members of the Working Group on Open Science Policies and Policy Instruments, this guide sets out the key factors to consider when developing policies for open science.

Guide
Building upon assessments of existing open science funding mechanisms and the resourcing gaps facing open science today, the aim is to provide guidance for integrating the principles of open science into the process and practices of funding science.

Guide
Building on the provisions of the Recommendation, the guide was developed in consultation with the UNESCO Working Group on Open Science Infrastructures to build a shared understanding and identify steps for strengthening equitable and sustainable open science infrastructures.

Guide
On opening science to society and engaging with societal actors beyond the conventional scientific community.

Guide
Opportunities and challenges in the adoption of open science hardware for more equitable, accessible science.

Factsheet
As the concept and practice of open science continue to evolve, the research sector is becoming increasingly vulnerable to overt commercial predation. Driven by profit and self-interest, this predation risks polluting the global research enterprise, with serious implications for research quality and integrity; wasting research funding; derailing research careers; and compromising evidence-based policy decisions.

The aim is to provide practical assistance to the university community to better understand the Recommendation on Open Science, in particular by highlighting the areas that apply to university leaders who wish to support its implementation.

The aim is to provide practical assistance to the open access publishing community to better understand the Recommendation by highlighting the areas that apply to open access publishers who wish to support its implementation.

The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science is the first international standard setting instrument on open science.  It provides an internationally agreed definition and a set of shared values and guiding principles for open science. It also identifies a set of actions conducive to a fair and equitable operationalization of open science for all at the individual, institutional, national, regional and international levels.