Some How-Tos for Building and Supporting Open Source Science Communities in Africa and Latin America

Central to open science and open source is the idea that everyone, no matter where they are in the world, should be able to contribute to, engage with, and benefit from the development of science and technology.

In the fireside chat “Building and supporting open source science communities in Africa and Latin America”, developed at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Open Science 2022 Annual Meeting, five leaders of open source science initiatives who have worked extensively with African and Latin American communities shared what they have experienced and learnt. The entire Fireside Chat video can be viewed with captions in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

In this post we focus on short-, medium- and long-term actions that funders, researchers, and others can take to remove some of the barriers to participation, based on the contributions of the panelists and moderators of the Fireside Chat.