Fostering digital transformation of science in Kenya and Tanzania (FOSTER)

The partners build a shared understanding of Open Science, assess institutional needs, and develop training and study content. The project supports the upgrading of repositories and portals in line with FAIR principles, the preparation of institutional policies and recommendations for national frameworks, and the involvement of citizen science. The work is organised into five areas: management and quality assurance, stakeholder consensus, university transition, Open Science policies, and dissemination and sustainability.

ISSBS participates as co-coordinator and content partner. It contributes to training, study content and Open Science policies, hosts a capacity-building workshop under the policy work package, and supports quality assurance, dissemination and the sustainability of project results.

• stronger Open Science competences among researchers, higher education staff and institutional leaders; • new courses and training, and repositories and portals improved in line with FAIR principles; • institutional policies, recommendations for national frameworks and citizen science activities.

Daystar University, Kenya– coordinator;

Garissa University, Kenya;

St. Paul's University, Kenya;

University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;

Eastern and Southern African Management Institute – ESAMI, Tanzania;

International School for Social and Business Studies, Slovenia;

University of Zaragoza, Spain;

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands;

European Policy Development and Research Institute – EPDRI, Slovenia.

The FOSTER project is co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ programme.