Highlighting the Need to Protect the Diamond Open Access Model in Latin America

The webinar aims to highlight and discuss the importance of protecting the Diamond Open Access model in Latin America, a region that leads the world in developing non-commercial, university-led scholarly publishing where neither authors nor readers pay fees.

It focuses on identifying the current challenges and pressures threatening the sustainability of this model — particularly the global shift toward Article Processing Charges (APCs) — while showcasing successful regional initiatives that demonstrate the strength and resilience of community-driven publishing.

The discussion seeks to promote policies and collaborations among universities, libraries, and research institutions to ensure that scientific communication remains a public good, preserving epistemic diversity, linguistic inclusion, and equitable access to knowledge across the Global South.

Speakers included:
Arianna Becerril García, Redalyc, AmeliCA, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
Fhillipe de Freitas Campos, Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology/Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT)
Andrea Mora Campos, Universidad Nacional/CONARE/Costa Rica, CSUCA Centroameica & Caribe
Edna Montero, Association of Brazilian Science Editors/Asociación Brasileña de Editores Científicos (ABEC Brasil)
Peter Suber, Harvard Library, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Andréa Vieira, Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES)

The webinar was moderated by Bianca Amaro of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.