An OPERAS programme is the organisational framework that enables a non-incorporated initiative to operate in a structured, sustainable way over time. An OPERAS programme provides a shared scope, roadmap and governance for a coordinated line of activities that goes beyond individual projects, allowing partners to align priorities, pool efforts, and deliver common services, outputs and standards in support of one or more OPERAS objectives.
As the initiative has no legal personality, OPERAS acts as the programme incubator by offering the legal, fiscal and administrative backbone needed to implement the programme (e.g., contracting, fund management, employment, statutory compliance, reporting), while operational leadership and strategic direction sit with the programme’s steering body. An OPERAS programme, therefore, may have an autonomous governance structure in accordance with OPERAS’ legal and financial policies. This setup helps move from ad hoc collaboration to sustained delivery across successive projects and funding streams by creating clear roles and responsibilities, ensuring accountability, and developing an agreed cost-recovery model.
European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH)
The EDCH was created to support institutional, national, and interdisciplinary scholarly publishing, as well as Diamond OA publishers and service providers, by offering training modules, technical tools, sustainability support, and coordination at the European and national level. The EDCH responds directly to the needs identified in the Action Plan for Diamond Open Access and reflects the broader European commitment to equitable and community-governed scholarly publishing.
Learn more about the EDCH: https://edch.eu
cOAlition S
cOAlition S, an initiative to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. It is built around Plan S, which consists of one target and 10 principles.
cOAlition S funders (a group of national research funders, European and international organisations and charitable foundations) have agreed to implement the 10 principles of Plan S in a coordinated way, together with the European Commission and the ERC. Other research funders from across the world, both public and private, are invited to join cOAlition S.
Learn more about cOalition S: https://www.coalition-s.org/about/