UbuntuNet Alliance invites university librarians in Eastern and Southern Africa to submit proposals to participate in a one-day training on Open Science (OS), collocated with the UbuntuNet-Connect 2025 Conference. The training is funded under the AfricaConnect4 project, co-funded by the European Union, and the Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP), co-funded by the National Research Fund, South Africa. The AfricaConnect4 project seeks to unlock the potential of education and research through increased access to digital infrastructures and technologies for African education and research institutions. The AOSP aims to convene and coordinate the interests, ideas, people, institutions, and resources needed to advocate and to advance OS in and for Africa
The OS training will take place on October 29, 2025, in Harare, Zimbabwe, and will cover relevant aspects of Open Access and Open Data with hands-on exercises on how to make institutional repositories Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (see FAIR principles, https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/).
Below is the outline of the training:
The Alliance will support 20 librarians by covering the cost for a round-trip economy air ticket, full-board accommodation, local transport, and participation in the UbuntuNet-Connect 2025 Conference, which will run from October 30 – October 31.
Interested librarians are requested to submit a short proposal (maximum 500 words) describing themselves, their role at their institutions, and why they should be selected for the training. Proposals should be uploaded at: https://event.ubuntunet.net/event/146 by Friday, July 18, 2025. Applicants will be notified by Thursday, July 31, 2025. In case of any questions, contact: eliakim.okundi@ubuntunet.net.
