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Campaign by Creative Commons: "Towards an Open Recommendation on Cultural Heritage" (TAROCH) 

This campaign is run by Creative Commons (Brigitte and Connor are in CC).  The goal is to pressure UNESCO to create an official legal instrument, a "recommendation", which would promote open solutions to enable equitable access to cultural heritage worldwide, in line with UNESCO’s broader mission on openness and heritage-related policy goals. Such a recommendation would make it easier for Wikimedians to convince local or regional GLAM institutions to use open licenses. You can learn more about the campaign via this blog post. 

This campaign has existed for a while, and many Wikimedians from around the world are already involved. @Patricia Diaz (Wikimedia Chile) and Hardiansyah (Wikimedia Indonesia) are running two of the workspaces, with Patricia co-leading the advocacy one and Hardiansyah co-leading the civil society statement.

Get involved: CC just put out a call to officially form a TAROCH coalition. To join:

1. Read the Statement of Commitment & submit your application through the membership application form
2. Email @Eric Luth (Wikimedia Sweden) to join a call on Thursday, October 24 at 22:00 UTC to join an effort to coordinate across the Wikimedians interested in the campaign.

Campaign by Frontiers Research Foundation: Open Science Charter 

Consider signing the Open Science Charter launched by the Frontiers Research Foundation (read press release). The charter calls upon governments, research institutions, funders, and the scientific community to support mandatory open access to all publicly funded scientific knowledge by 2030.  

The charter aligns with the work many Wikimedians do to strengthen trust in and access to scientific knowledge, as well as the notion that the public good should be prioritized. Among other things it calls for:

1. Unrestricted access to scientific knowledge by 2030: Commit to transitioning all published research articles from subscription to fully open-access models before the end of this decade.  
2. Uphold peer-review quality: Preserve and champion the core values of scientific publishing, including registration, validation, certification, and perpetual conservation of scientific findings.  
3. Transparent pricing linked to quality: Adopt transparent financial models that directly correlate the price of publication with the quality of services offered.  

Get involved: You can read and sign the charter here. You can sign either in your individual capacity or on behalf of an organization. For questions and additional information about the initiative please contact George Thomas at george.thomas@frontiersin.org ( in CC).
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I hope you find these interesting and consider supporting one or both.

Have a lovely week,

Ziski