23 June 2026
UNESCO has announced the public launch of the UNESCO Open Science Platform. Developed in partnership with the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), the platform is released as free and open-source software and is built on open technologies, including a customized implementation of CERN’s InvenioRDM, an open source framework for building large-scale digital academic repositories and platforms, as a core component. With an initial focus on research produced or supported by UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Family, the platform aims to promote UNESCO-related knowledge and support the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
This platform responds to Member States’ need for practical tools to implement the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. It features interactive dashboards that visualize progress across a range of open science dimensions in UNESCO Member States, including policies, infrastructure, capacity building and incentives. They are based on quantitative and qualitative data collected through UNESCO’s first consultation on the implementation of the Recommendation on Open Science. The dashboards include cross-country visualizations, country profiles and a semantic cloud of key challenges in the implementation of open science, helping users explore global, regional and national developments and identify areas for further action.
“By bringing UNESCO-related scientific publications and other research outputs together with data on global open science progress, including the finding that around 75% of responding Member States have open science infrastructure at the national or institutional level, the platform helps make knowledge more discoverable, accessible and useful for evidence-based-decision-making.” Shaofeng Hu, Director of the Division of Ethics, Research and Technology, UNESCO Sciences Sector