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The French Committee for Open Science ensures the implementation of the National Open Science Policy.

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The aim of the Small Encyclopedia of Open Science developed by the Committee for Open Science is to disseminate clear and comprehensive knowledge on ten key open science topics. Open Science Infrastructure…
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Le 27/05/2025
The French chapter of CoARA (Coalition for the Advancement of Research Assessment) met on May 6th at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research for its 2nd annual plenary session. This French chapter of CoARA was set up in October…

News from the Committee
Le 13/05/2025
In the framework of the National Plan for Open Science, the French Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Research set up a working group to develop proposals on how to enhance the transparency of clinical trials, particularly as regards…

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Le 17/04/2025
The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) is organising a new session of their MOOC entitled ‘Reproducible research II: Practices and tools for managing computations and data‘. This will run from May 5th to September 10th…

Ongoing projects
Legal affairs expert group
Open scientific publishing expert group
Transparency and publicising the results of health research
The definition and recognition of data management and dissemination activities
Passport for open science
Publication and self-archiving policies
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