ALMASI

Project Title and URL

ALMASI project (Aligning and Mutualizing Nonprofit Open Access Publishing Services Internationally)

Project Dates and duration

Jan 2025 – Dec 2027, 3 years

Short Description of the project

The ALMASI project seeks to develop a nonprofit, high-quality, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem across Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

Short Description of what OAPEN is doing on the project

DOAB plays a significant role in the ALMASI project, contributing to multiple work packages (WPs) over the entire project duration; By providing a focus on OA Book Publishing, Its involvement includes mapping nonprofit publishing ecosystems (WP1), developing and enriching training materials for nonprofit scholarly publishing and Diamond OA (WP3), supporting sustainability efforts through policy and funding resources (WP4), and engaging with stakeholders across Africa, Latin America, and Europe to promote broader uptake of project outputs (WP5). Additionally, DOAB supports overall project coordination and management (WP6). With a total allocation of 10 person-months, DOAB’s contributions are integral to the project’s success in enhancing open access publishing and sustainability.

Link to sign-up email/contact for the project

https://almasiproject.org/contact-2/

Contact details at OAPEN

Mary Felix - m.felix[@]oapen.org

Funder statement

Grant agreement number: 101188192 (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101188192)