UNESCO has launched a two-year consultation process to build a global consensus on open science. The consultation process includes the establishment of an Open Science Advisory Committee appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO that will be in charged of drafting the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science so that we can have a "regionally balanced, inclusive and transparent consultation. Carolina Botero, Director of Fundacion Karisma and Host of the next Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest has been named to the Open Science Advisory Committee.