Session on Openness in Oceania and the Pacific at the Openness on Animal Research Conference 2024
With sponsorship from Laboratory Animals, Understanding Animal Research Oceania will hold a session on the development of Openness in Oceania and the Pacific at the Openness Conference (West-Midlands, UK, May 2024), marking 10 years of the Concordat on Openness on Animal Research in the UK.
Pioneering a collective approach to open communication on the use of animals in research, the Concordat on Openness has inspired Openness Agreements around the world. The New Zealand Openness Agreement (2021) was the first of these agreements to be launched outside Europe, followed by Australia’s recent agreement (August 2023). The Openness Conference is the first of its kind, and will feature practical examples, activities and strategies from a wide variety of institutions. Three participants from the Oceania region will be supported to present about practices from the Oceania and Pacific region, and to share ideas gained with Oceania’s animal-based research communities on their return.