Members of the Platform are institutions or individuals with a pan-African, regional or national remit, interest or responsibility for the design and delivery of the Platform and its activities. They will invest resources (time, financial and/or in-kind) and will be engaged in particular work strands. Governance of the Platform will be accountable to Members. Through our Members, the Platform provides a unique opportunity for capacity developed, research infrastructure sharing, integrated scientific performance, and provision of science-policy expertise from all fields of science in Africa.
- Funders and developing partners
- Science bodies (National, regional and International)
- Academies of Science
- Universities and their representative bodies
- Research performing institutions
- Government departments
- National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
- Service providers
- Industry
- NGOs
- Networks and Associations
- Communities
What are benefits of being part of the AOSP community?
- Collaborative research
- Joint transformative agreements: E.g. Open Access
- Access to a federated network of computational facilities and services (Research infrastructure sharing)
- Support for National and institutional Open Science policy formulation
- Increased access to data and information
- Network for education and skills (Skills development opportunities)
- Network of Open Science Dialogue (Be part of the Open science conversation through forums, workshops etc)