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GLOBAL INITIATIVE
The Global Access Fund
The Global Access Fund (GAF) was
established to enable communities worldwide to make their research outputs discoverable.
It will provide financial support for both outreach activities and infrastructure
development to enable organizations in regions and communities currently underrepresented
in the global open science infrastructure landscape to benefit from DataCite
infrastructure services. The GAF is part of the DataCite Global Access Program (GAP)
The Global Access Program (GAP)
The Global Access Program (GAP) is an
initiative to improve access and enable communities in lesser-represented regions to
further benefit from our open infrastructure services. The program has been made possible
in part by grant 2022-316573 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Our
vision of connecting research and identifying knowledge can only be realized by removing
barriers to access and participation on a global scale. As part of our multi-year strategic plan, we began to focus our efforts on global
adoption, supporting a growing community through focused engagement, adoption and
implementation strategies. The program takes steps to provide additional education
opportunities, support organizations to develop the necessary infrastructure tools and
establish mechanisms to support organizations with the costs associated with the use of
DOI registration services.
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HUMAN RIGHT
“The right to high-speed internet
access is implicit in established human rights, including the freedom of expression, which
is codified in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).” The UN noted then that
access to the internet needed to be anchored in a human rights-based approach, and that
the internet should “be open, accessible, and nurtured by multi-stakeholder
participation.”
In 2020, as countries implemented stringent measures to tackle COVID-19, life moved online, and the internet became the only way in which education and work could continue for millions worldwide. The internet was also a crucial resource for finding and sharing life-saving public health information about the pandemic, making it a vital part of accessing the basic right to health.
In 2020, as countries implemented stringent measures to tackle COVID-19, life moved online, and the internet became the only way in which education and work could continue for millions worldwide. The internet was also a crucial resource for finding and sharing life-saving public health information about the pandemic, making it a vital part of accessing the basic right to health.
This proved that access to the
internet is an enabler for the enjoyment of other human rights, while also increasingly
becoming a basic right itself.
To lower the barrier to access PID infrastructure, the program will establish a Global Access Fund to enable organizations to set up the infrastructure needed and adopt DOI registration services. The Global Access Fund was launched in 2023
To lower the barrier to access PID infrastructure, the program will establish a Global Access Fund to enable organizations to set up the infrastructure needed and adopt DOI registration services. The Global Access Fund was launched in 2023
