AmeliCA (Conocimiento Abierto para America Latina y el Sur Global) was founded by Redalyc-UAEM, CLACSO, UNESCO, the University of Antioquia and other partners. It promotes diamond OA models, multilingual scholarship, and infrastructure independence from commercial vendors. Notable outputs include its critique of Plan S's reliance on APC business models, its publishing-platform tooling (XML-based Marcalyc), and advocacy materials supporting Latin American policy positions in international OA forums. It is one of the most-cited counterweights to Northern, APC-driven OA reform narratives.
References
- amelica.org. Becerril-Garcia A, Aguado-Lopez E 'AmeliCA: A community-driven sustainable framework' 2018.