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On 4 December 2025, the Barcelona Declaration, through its Working Group 4 (Replacing Closed Systems), co-organised the webinar “Open Research Information in Action: Institutional Journeys Towards Open Systems” together with the Helmholtz Open Science Office. [Read More]

We are pleased to announce that LA Referencia has joined the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information as a supporter, strengthening shared efforts to advance open, interoperable research information infrastructures across regions. [Read More]

As we step into the first days of 2026, we are taking a moment to reflect on what 2025 has meant for the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information [Read More]

The disclosure of who funds research is an important way of building trust in published findings. Commenting on recent interventions by The Committee on Publication Ethics and the International Science Council, Hans de Jonge, Katharina Rieck and Zoé Ancion argue that to be truly effective funder metadata should be made openly accessible to all beyond the level of individual publications. [Read More]

Four institutions from Europe and Latin America share how they use or are moving toward open, non-proprietary research-information systems. This webinar, co-organized by the Working Group 4 of the Barcelona Declaration and the Helmholtz Open Science Office, explores practical pathways, governance models, and lessons learned from their experiences. [Read More]

On October 2, 2025, funders, publishers, submission system providers and infrastructure organisations came together for a focused discussion on improving the collection and sharing of open funding metadata. [Read More]

We are excited to announce the launch of a Joint Task Force on Negotiating Openness of Publication Metadata, established in partnership between the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and the OA2020 Initiative. [Read More]

On 30 June 2025, Wellcome became the first UK-based research funder to sign the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information [Read More]

We are excited to announce the launch of the Barcelona Declaration YouTube Channel [Read More]

A national workshop in Milan shows how distributed expertise and collaborative work can drive systemic change. [Read More]