Regarding the letter received from the Assistant Director-General of Priority Africa and Foreign Affairs at UNESCO dated, April 21, 2022 to the Council Secretariat from Prof. Dr./ Secretary-General of the Egyptian National Committee for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO - ALECSO - ISESCO), concerning UNESCO’s recommendation for open science, which was approved by 193 unanimously member states of the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2021.

In this regard, UNESCO launches a global call for the collection of best practices in open science at the individual, institutional, national, regional and international levels in order to assist Member States in implementing the Recommendation with a special focus on the seven priority areas highlighted in the Recommendation and as shown in the following link mentioned .

The online survey on best practices in the field of open science will be published through this link,

The best practices will be widely used and will be a useful tool to better understand the current landscape of best practices in open science, to identify potential gaps and challenges, share lessons learned and improve knowledge and understanding.

Note that the deadline for submitting inputs and contributions to the aforementioned questionnaire is July 15, 2022.