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NECOBELAC project

Paola De Castro, NECOBEALC project CoordinatorIstituto Superiore di Sanità

An example of sustainable activities to promote OA in a wide geographical area

SPARC Europe workshop, EAHIL, Rome 10 June 2014

NECOBELAC project in brief

It is a European project (2009-2012) “Science in Society” working in the field of PUBLIC HEALTH

improve scientific writing promote open access publishing models foster technical and scientific cooperation

between Europe and Latin America

www.necobelac.eu

Network of Collaboration Between Europe & Latin American-Caribbean countries

It aims to:

All actors taking part in scientific communication processTARGET

Sparc Europe workshop, EAHIL, Rome 10 June 2014

NECOBELAC key points

This approach offers mutual benefits EU-LAC and supports cultural change in production, use and dissemination of health information

BI-DIRECTIONAL APPROACH sharing experiences and initiatives between Europe & Latin America within a common strategy

All project partners contributed to the three main actions(participating in training, provide contents for training tools, support the network)

MAIN ACTIONS1. Two level training activity2. Innovative training tools3. Networking & cooperation activity

interrelated

Action 1

8 courses in EU and LAC

TRAINING REPLICATION

local training courses,workshops, meetings, etc.40 replications to date

TRAINING COURSES FOR TRAINERS

T1

T2

TWO-LEVEL TRAINING ACTIVITY


8 Training for trainers (T1)

>45 Local training replications (T2)

Brazil Sao Paolo 2010 Italy Rome 2010Colombia Bogotà 2010Spain Madrid 2011Argentina Buenos Aires 2011Portugal Braga 2011Mexico Guadalajara 2011Ireland Dublin 2012

15 countries in the network

4 Europe + 11 Latin America

>200 institutions

Figures from NECOBELAC training

Lessons learnt: listen, be flexible, provide support and teaching material


INNOVATIVE TRAINING TOOLSNECOBELAC topic maps

Topic maps are based on sematic web technology They associate topics and link them to selected online resources

Scientific publicationOpen access publishing

AREAS

They have a triple SUBJECT-PREDICATE-OBJECT structure

Action 2


Scientific publication

NECOBELAC topic maps

GL authors and issuing organizationsshouldbe aware of the entire information life cycle


NECOBELAC topic mapsOpen access

Librarians, authors, editors, publishers and all stakeholders shouldbe aware of OA challanges and opportunities


Benefits from NECOBELAC topic maps

Topic maps are:

Topic map contents can be selected according to information needs of the target

modularmodular

extensible extensible

flexible flexible

portableportableable to be re-purposed able to be re-purposed

•Generate discussion during the training courses•Help creating flexible local training programmes •Provide useful links



Guide to use topic mapsSECTION: Training>topic maps>material on TM in PDF and video

Link to full-text

Short description

Scheme

Hints for discussion

http://62.204.194.27/necobelac/indexing.jsp

Scientific journals

Introduction to scientific publication

Scientific articles

Peer review and quality indicators

NECOBELAC model training program

SCIENTIFIC WRITING

Scientific writing rules in GL and WL are the same (the level of application changes)




NECOBELAC topic maps on scientific writing

Open Access Journals

Introduction to Open Access

Open Access Repositories

Open Access Policies

NECOBELAC model training programOPEN ACCESS

OA publishing models represents the greatest challenge for health infromation disseminationSparc Europe workshop, EAHIL, Rome 10 June 2014


Example of topic map on OA reposities

Repositories management and use equally applies to all types of literature


Training & replication


Examples of diversity in NECOBELAC local training initiatives


Training & replication

Quito, Ecuador, Noviembre 2011

Abstract book Italian/Spanish

New collaboration started thanks to NECOBELAC: (SW & OA) public health

MontevideoUruguay, Marzo 2012

Examples of OA training and research for public health, including Italy (ISS, IILA), Colombia (ISP), Ecuador (UTE), Uruguay

Italia, Argentina, 2010

Italia, UK, Cuba, 2011

ENFEREMDADES RARAS

FARMACOLOGIA PEDIATRICA

AMBIENTE Y SALUD

ISEE - International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, 2011

QuitoEcuador, Marzo 2014

20Seminario Internacional Salud Ocupacional y Ambiental. Quito, 22-24 de Febrero de 2014

>50 training coursesin EU and LA(8 cpourses for trainers)

Topic maps as innovative training tools

> 200 institutions in a network

Final results of the NECOBELAC project

in brief


OA included in research activities

CASA (AIDS)E-learning platform in scientific communication

Asbestos project

Model for a basic training course on scientific writing, addressed to researchersto be included in scientific activities within a specific area of public health (envirionmental health)Introduction to scientific communication and open Access publishing model

Public health journals and where to find them

Intruducing the editorial process

Editorial guidelines and formats (IMRAD)

“Vancouver Style”, a common denominator to publish an article in an international journal

• Short theoretical introduction

• Hands on activities• Reference Power points

• List of discussion points

• Reference websites

To know more

Training plays a fundamental role for all stakeholders (authors,

editors, librarians) to create awareness on innovation benefitsassociated with OA to research output

Training (in a wide geographical area) and across disciplines is

a way of learning from different experiences and focus on the core requirements of the scientific communty

Final considerationsLessons learnt from NECOBELAC

NECOBELAC represents a sustainable model to improve scientific communication according to local needs through institutional support and strong community engagement

Hope this experience can be useful to you!

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Thank youPaola De Castro

[email protected]

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