Barcelona Declaration

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Community-driven action, based on a shared commitment: to make open research information the default. Signatories and supporters collaborate to deliver implementable action, based on our community roadmap.

โœ‰๏ธ [email protected]

Websitehttps://barcelona-declaration.org
Zenodohttps://zenodo.org/search?q=metadata.creators.person_or_org.name%3A%22Barcelona%20Declaration%20on%20Open%20Research%20Information%22&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=bestmatch
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Barcelona Declaration1d ago

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐š ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

One question connects these conversations:

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

We'll explore this question at the Barcelona Declaration Conference

๐Ÿ“… 24โ€“25 Nov 2026
๐Ÿ“ Berlin & online

Organised by the Barcelona Declaration together with the @leibnizgemeinschaft and the @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice

โžก๏ธ More information on how to participate will be shared soon

Barcelona Declaration5d ago

๐Ÿ“š ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

At #or2026 Jerneja Graลกiฤ, Bรกrbara Rivera, and @MsPhelps will share findings of a pilot survey developed through WG2 of the Barcelona Declaration.

The session explores how visualizing metadata practices can help identify patterns, challenges, and opportunities.

๐Ÿ“ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ: ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 June 2026 | 18:00โ€“18:50 CEST

๐Ÿ”— https://or2026.openrepositories.org/

Show threadBarcelona DeclarationJun 5

๐ŸŒฑ The publication of the ๐˜Š๐‘Ž๐˜ญ๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐‘๐˜ต๐‘–๐˜ฐ๐‘› is not an endpoint, but a starting point

We are already seeing opportunities to connect this work with broader discussions on research funding, funding policies, and responsible research assessment.

๐Ÿ”ธ@DORAssessment https://sfdora.org/resource/practical-guide-for-rfos-informational-briefs/

๐Ÿ”ธ ORFG https://www.orfg.org/news/2026-policy-analysis

We look forward to continuing these conversations with the community๐Ÿค

Practical Guide for RFOs Informational Briefs | DORA

โ€œImplementing Responsible Research Assessment at RFOs: Informational Briefs from the Practical Guideโ€ is a set of three tailored resources designed to support key audiences of the Guide to engage with RRA and catalyze action. These briefs are inspired by and complement the full Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations. The threeโ€ฆ

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Show threadBarcelona DeclarationJun 5

๐Ÿงฉ One of the key messages of the ๐˜Š๐‘Ž๐˜ญ๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐‘๐˜ต๐‘–๐˜ฐ๐‘› is that open funding metadata is not a niche technical issue.

It is essential for transparency, accountability, and understanding how research funding contributes to research outputs and outcomes.

@HLdeJonge coordinator of the Working Group on Funding Metadata and co-author of the ๐˜Š๐‘Ž๐˜ญ๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐‘๐˜ต๐‘–๐˜ฐ๐‘›, recently reflected on this in a Research Professional News opinion piece:
๐Ÿ”—https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-europe-views-of-europe-2026-6-funding-metadata-is-no-niche-it-shows-what-research-spending-does/

Barcelona DeclarationJun 5

๐Ÿ“ข Last week, we published ๐ผ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐น๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž: ๐ด ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ด๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›

The response so far has been encouraging. Organizations, infrastructures, initiatives, and community members across the research information ecosystem have helped bring the discussion to new audiences and contexts.

Thank you to everyone who has shared, discussed, and amplified the work so far. ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ“ฃ Call to Action: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20190156
๐Ÿ“˜ Background document: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20189998

Improving the Quality of Open Funding Metadata: A Call to Action

This Call to Action is the result of a roundtable workshop co-organized by the Barcelona Declaration Working Group on Funding Metadata and Crossref to discuss the challenges and opportunities for improving open funding metadata. Representatives from different stakeholder groups, including funders, publishers, and infrastructure providers, came together for a candid discussion about current barriers and opportunities for joint solutions. Improving the quality of open funding metadata requires improving how this information is captured, structured, and shared across the scholarly communication ecosystem.The Call to Action presents a concise summary outlining the importance of funding metadata, the key barriers affecting its quality and coverage, and a set of recommendations for stakeholders across the scholarly communication ecosystem: publishers, funders, institutions / libraries and infrastructure providers. Accompanying the Call to Action is a background document presenting more detailed insights, and proposed actions for improving open funding metadata,  available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2018999.

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Barcelona DeclarationJun 1

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

This week, weโ€™re contributing to conversations on open research information, metadata, and research assessment reform at @force11

๐Ÿ“@CoARAssessment and DORA Satellite Event
๐Ÿ“… 2 June

๐Ÿ“ Global Perspectives on Open Research Information (with @crossref)
๐Ÿ“… 3 June

๐Ÿ“ Open Research Information: How to Support Publishers to Make Metadata Openly Available
๐Ÿ“… 3 June

If you're attending #FORCE2026, come and say hello ๐Ÿ‘‹

Learn more: https://force11.org/force2026/

Barcelona DeclarationMay 28

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Weโ€™re delighted to welcome ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก-๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ as a new signatory of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

Its signature highlights the growing role of international university networks in advancing open research information, responsible research assessment, and community-governed infrastructures.

๐Ÿ“ฐ Read more, including reflections from Jan Palmowski and @MsPhelps: https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260528_the_guild_signs_barcelona_declaration/

Barcelona DeclarationMay 26

We can track citations across publications, but still struggle to answer a simpler question: ๐Ÿ’ฐ who funded this research?

Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐๐š๐ญ๐š: ๐€ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and a companion background document.

Developed following a roundtable co-organized with @crossref the documents call for concrete action across the research ecosystem.

๐Ÿ”— Read more and access the documents: https://barcelona-declaration.org/news/20260526_call_to_action_improving_quality_of_open_funding_metadata/

Barcelona DeclarationMay 21
Barcelona DeclarationMay 20

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž

Join us in Berlin for the 2026 Conference of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

Focused on implementation across contexts and advancing open research information in practice, the conference will explore how policy and practical implementation can align.

๐Ÿ“… 24โ€“25 November 2026
๐Ÿ“ Leibniz Association Headquarters, Berlin
๐Ÿ‘ฅ In person & online
๐Ÿค Organized by the Barcelona Declaration, @leibnizgemeinschaft & @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice

๐Ÿ”— https://barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2026_berlin/

Barcelona DeclarationMay 20

๐Ÿ“… ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž

Join us in Berlin for the 2026 Conference of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

Focused on implementation across contexts and advancing open research information in practice, the conference will explore how policy and practical implementation can align.

๐Ÿ“… 24โ€“25 November 2026
๐Ÿ“ Leibniz Association Headquarters, Berlin
๐Ÿ‘ฅ In person & online
๐Ÿค Organized by the Barcelona Declaration, @leibnizgemeinschaft & @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice

๐Ÿ”— https://barcelona-declaration.org/conference_2026_berlin/