6th October 2025

European Rights Retention Community of Practice

The European Rights Retention Community of Practice (CoP) is an online collaborative space for working to advance rights retention strategies (RRS). Founded in December 2024 by SPARC Europe under the KR21 … Read More

21st January 2025

Our strategy

SPARC Europe’s Strategy 2025-2028 The vision Our vision is that European education and research are open by default for the Higher Education community, research, education, industry, and for society as a … Read More

30th November 2020

Copyright

  Copyright is a significant barrier to Open Access for European research. Publisher copyright and licensing policies are largely not yet aligned with immediate Open Access, hindering the widespread sharing of … Read More