MULTILINGUALISM IN SCHOLARLYCOMMUNICATION – IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN FOR THE HELSINKI INITIATIVEWORKSHOP
24 March 2020 11:00-15:00
Venue: YERUN - Young European Research
Universities Network, Rue du Trone 62, Brussels
Registration by 13 March 2020 via this link:
http://bit.ly/2HN3Toc
The Helsinki Initiative was launched in April 2019 to promote the diversity and value of multilingualism inscholarly communication: www.helsinki-initiative.org. As the European University Association states in supportof the initiative, “balanced multilingualism is particularly relevant for Europe, as its research is characterised bygeographic, cultural and linguistic diversity and the common principle of excellence”. The purpose of the Helsinki
Initiative workshop is to provide a common international platform for policy-makers, research performing andfunding organisations, scholarly publishers, open access communities and research libraries, as well as
researchers and science journalists to discuss concrete implementation plans for the Helsinki Initiative.

PROGRAMME
Coffee10:15-11:00
Welcome and Introduction
11:00-12:30
WelcomeSilvia Gomez Recio (YERUN - Young European Research Universities Network)
Helsinki Initiative – an Introduction
Janne Pölönen (Federation of Finnish Learned Societies)
Multilingualism in scholarly communication – way forward for the EU
Emanuel Kulczycki (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, ENRESSH)
Scholarly publishing in national languages and open access
Leena Kaakinen (Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing)
Results from the EUA survey on research assessment in the transition to open science
Bregt Saenen (EUA – European University Association)

Lunch12:30-13:30
Group-work
13:30-15:00
Group-work: toward the Helsinki Initiative implementation planTim Engels (ECOOM, University of Antwerp, Belgium)
What can different stakeholders do to promote multilingualism in scholarly communication?
Universities and research performing organisations
Discussion leaders: Vidar Roeggen (Universities Norway) & Silvia Gomez Recio (YERUN)
Research funding organisations
Discussion leaders: Elea Gimenez (Spanish National Research Council)
Academic/scholarly publishers
Discussion leaders: Leena Kaakinen (Finnish Association of Scholarly Publishers)
Open Access communities
Discussion leaders: Lars Björnshauge (DOAJ) & Pierre Mounier (OPERAS)
Research libraries
Discussion leaders: Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen (National Library of Finland) & Jadranka Stojanovski (RudjerBoskovic & University of Zadar)
Researchers
Discussion leaders: Gunnar Sivertsen (Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education)
Science journalists
Discussion leaders: Reetta Kettunen (The Committee for Public Information in Finland)
Round-up: towards implementation of the Helsinki Initiative
Tim Engels (ECOOM, University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Closing of the Helsinki Initiative workshop
Emanuel Kulczycki (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, ENRESSH)
Workshop is organised by the founding signatories of the Helsinki Initiative: Federation of Finnish Learned
Societies (TSV), Committee for Public Information (TJNK), Finnish Association for Scholarly Publishing,Universities Norway (UHR) and COST Action "European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences
and the Humanities" (ENRESSH)