Since the launch of COAR in 2009, a major strategic priority for the organization has been the alignment of repository networks across the world. In 2015 these efforts were expanded through the support of the European Commission-funded OpenAIRE2020 and OpenAIRE Advance project.
COAR’s Alignment Activities
Capacity Building
Metadata / Vocabularies
Network Interoperability
Innovation
The aim of these efforts is to develop a global knowledge commons that provides seamless access to research outputs for the research community and all of society.