Supporting Open Access to Health Knowledge Resources across Ireland: Linking with NECOBELAC

. NECOBELAC, is a Network of Collaboration between Europe and Latin American-Caribbean countries. NECOBELAC is a European project (2009 – 2012) to improve the production and dissemination of scientific information in public health, coordinated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanita (ISS), Italy, and funded under the 7th Framework Program of the European Commission (Capacities – Science in Society). The NECOBELAC project aims to establish a network of collaboration and spread knowledge on the methods of scientific writing and publishing and on appropriate tools for the open access dissemination of information for the protection of public health. The project activities are consist of training courses, workshops and conferences, raising awareness on the importance of scientific writing and Open Access publishing, by providing specific training content and by developing a network of EU-LAC experts and professionals collaborating to reach the project objectives (www.necobelac.eu/).