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News, events and publicationsOpen Access 2012We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2012 OpenAccess Competition. The competition, jointly sponsored byUNESCO and INASP, is an annual event that runs prior toOpen Access Week and invites applicants to outline theirplans for the event. There are 10 awards of $500 (US) givento the best applications to aid in their Open Access Weekactivities. The winners from this year are listed below.• Bangladesh — Bangladesh Agricultural University• Ethiopia — Addis Ababa University• Ghana — Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping TrainingCenter• India — Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir• Kenya — Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture andTechnology• Kenya — Medical Students’ Association of Kenya(MSAKE)• Kenya — University of Nairobi• Uganda — Consortium of Uganda University Libraries• Zimbabwe — Lupane University• Zimbabwe — National University of Science andTechnologyFor more information on the activities, visit our 2012 winnerspage (http://bit.ly/TJspHV). There is also information on theprevious winners available.INASP 20th Anniversary videosAt our 20th Anniversary Symposium in June, we tookthe opportunity to interview some of the panellists andparticipants about the content of the day and their thoughtsabout the impact INASP has had over the past two decades.The video is broken into two parts - one discussing thesymposium itself and another looking specifically atfeedback about INASP. A full length video is also availablethat combines both sections.INASP 20th Anniversary: http://bit.ly/WLk84lINASP Symposium: http://bit.ly/YDUHIKFull video: http://bit.ly/RafyAjPERii evaluation publishedINASP recently commissioned an external evaluation of theProgramme for the Enhancement of Research Information(PERii). ITAD, a recognised market leader in monitoringand evaluation, multi-stakeholder M&E systems, and theevaluation of projects, programmes and organisations,was commissioned to undertake this work. The evaluationcombined a mixed quantitative and qualitative approachand included country visits to Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenyaand Uganda, plus interviews with representatives from anadditional six countries actively engaged in the programmeand survey engagement with representatives from theremaining 13 countries with which the programme works.The evaluation took place over September-October 2012.PERii Evaluation Report (http://bit.ly/RQF2PQ)PERii Evaluation summary (http://bit.ly/QGsRIq)Latin America Journals OnlineThe first issue of the Latin America Journals Online(LAMJOL) Newsletter has been published. This newslettercovers August 2010 to June 2012.English (http://bit.ly/TeI5zH)Spanish (http://bit.ly/TeIemB)Publishers for Development Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue 2We are pleased to announce the publication of ourlatest newsletter. This issue focuses on the discussionsand outcomes of the 2012 Publishers for Developmentconference held on the 19th of June in Oxford.The theme of the conference, Networks: The buildingblocks for sustainable development, explored ways inwhich research and higher education capacity can bestrengthened in developing countries, emphasisingthere were no perfect models or ‘magic bullet’ solutions.Ensuring strong national Higher Education and researchsystems means that a matrix of different institutions isneeded and support needs to extend beyond ‘flagship’universities.PfD Newsletter 3-2 (http://bit.ly/U7suDp)Follow us on Twitter@INASPinfoWatch us on YouTubeINASPinfoFind us on Facebookinasp.infoJoin our mailing listhttp://eepurl.com/cBoaoInternational Networkfor the Availability of Scientific Publications