Here is a selection of open science websites and some of their latest news.

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The French Committee for Open Science (COSO) mobilises stakeholders in higher education and research to dynamically support and coordinate the implementation of the national open science policy.

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The french Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (INIST) is a research support unit that offers a wide range of open science services: access to publishers’ archives (ISTEX), text mining, and research data management support through the Opidor portal, which brings together resources (CatOpidor) and tools (Opidor DMP).

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INIST monitoring site for scientific and technical information and open science.

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The Couperin consortium is an association of French higher education and research institutions that aims to develop access to scientific and technical information for the scientific community by facilitating national negotiations on digital documentary resources and supporting open science.

The URFIST (Regional Unit for Training in Scientific and Technical Information) is responsible for research and training university users in the tools, practices and developments of scientific information.
The URFIST network offers numerous training courses, many of which involve open science.

CoopIST is the website of CIRAD’s Scientific and Technical Information Department (Dist).

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DoRANum is an online training platform on research data management and sharing according to FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable).
The platform offers a wide range of digital educational resources covering several general and disciplinary topics, enabling researchers and doctoral students to train according to their needs and level of knowledge.
DoRANum is part of the national Recherche Data Gouv ecosystem as a resource centre.

The Centre for Direct Scientific Communication (CCSD) presents news, reviews and roadmaps for the three platforms it manages: HAL, Episciences and Sciencesconf, on its blog.

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