Our infrastructure, data, and services are open. Collaboration outputs are open wherever possible. We believe openness strengthens innovation, and we expect our partners to share that commitment.

We are transparent about how we work, how partnerships are governed, and how decisions are made. All collaborations are documented, reviewed, and accountable to our community and governance bodies.

OpenAIRE serves a membership of research institutions, funders, and infrastructures across Europe. Every collaboration must benefit the commons and the community we serve, not only the partner.

We understand that industry partners operate within commercial realities. We respect existing business models and work to find arrangements where open science values and commercial sustainability coexist.

We are actively interested in co-developing new models for sustainability: shared service offerings, value-added layers on open data, revenue-sharing arrangements, and joint ventures that benefit both parties and the ecosystem.

Collaboration is not one-directional. We expect contributions back to the commons, whether that means shared data, open tools, joint publications, community engagement, or capacity building.

All collaborations comply with EU legal frameworks including the AI Act, DSM Directive, Data Governance Act, and GDPR. We uphold the highest ethical standards in data reuse, AI training, and knowledge sharing.

Data shared in any collaboration must meet FAIR principles. Provenance, licensing, and reuse rights are always explicit. We advocate for responsible AI and auditable data pipelines.

We build on and contribute to open standards. Any tools, services, or integrations developed through collaboration should interoperate with the wider open science ecosystem, not create new silos.

We prioritise collaborations that build skills and understanding on both sides. Joint training, documentation, and knowledge transfer are integral parts of how we work, not optional extras.