Research Output Management through Open Access Institutional Repositories in Palestinian Higher Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Research Output Management through Open Access Institutional Repositories in Palestinian Higher Education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

While scientific research and associated development in Palestine have gained considerable attention in the past few years, access to research outputs in PS HEIs has been severely limited due to a lack of technical infrastructure, staff capabilities and financial resources to support effective outputs management and sharing. Such limited access hinders PS HEIs’ ability to raise the profile of research conducted in their institutions and to integrate it into the international knowledge pool, therefore, providing greater access to the research held in PS HEIs has become a national priority in recent years. The ROMOR Project aimed over the course of three years to build capacity in research output management in four leading PS HEIs by establishing Open Access Institutional Repositories and associated support services. This involved training to establish, implement, populate and manage the repositories. Learning outcomes from these training activities were shared and disseminated in a variety of ways to assist other PS institutions in setting up and managing their own repositories. This project aimed to improve not only the visibility and the management of scientific research, but also to support the advocacy in support of open access to research outputs and to foster scholarly communication and coordination between PS HEIs. The project comprised 4 PS HEIs (IUG, BZU, QOU, and KAD) and 4 EU HEIs (TUWIEN, PARMA, BU, and GLA). IUG was the coordinator of the Project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 1117516 Eur

Project Coordinator

THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY GAZA & Country: PS

Project Partners

• PALESTINE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY – KADOORIE (PTUK)
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA
• UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
• UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
• AL-QUDS OPEN UNIVERSITY
• BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN