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Open Science Advisory Committee

In accordance with the Terms of Reference adopted by the General Conference,
the 30-members Open Science Advisory Committee was established by the Director-

General of UNESCO in June 2020 to guide the consultative process leading to the

Recommendation by:
• providing expert and strategic advice;

• ensuring delivery of the process milestones;

• providing support with fundraising.

Chair: Dr Fernada Beigel, Researcher at CONICET and Professor at the Faculty of Political
and Social Sciences, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Vice-Chair: Dr Simon Hodson, Executive Director of the Committee on Data of the
International Science Council

Rapporteurs:

• Dr Samia Charfi Kaddour, Director-General, Scientific Research, Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia

• Dr Vivian E. Boamah, Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.

UNESCO Natural Science Sector