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The communities around the work

Open knowledge and scientific cooperation across Venezuela, Switzerland and Latin America.

Arturo Sánchez Pineda2 min readOngoing work

Creative Commons

My involvement with Creative Commons connects the Venezuelan and Swiss chapters with a wider international community. I co-founded the Venezuelan chapter and served on the Global Network Council Executive Committee for the 2021–2022 term. I am also a board member of Creative Commons Switzerland. I have presented at four CC Global Summits: Toronto in 2017 and 2018, and the virtual editions of 2020 and 2021.

These connections bring together people working on education, cultural resources, research and the practical conditions for sharing. My contribution has often centred on educational projects and the technical work that helps people participate.

Scientific networks

I am a member of the Executive Committee of Venezuela’s Red de Jóvenes Investigadores, RedJIV. ACFIMAN’s October 2026 announcement records the network’s incorporation as one of the academy’s programmes and names the expanded committee.

In LAA-HECAP, the Latin American association for high-energy, cosmology and astroparticle physics, I participate in the Communication and Community Engagement committees. They are different organisations, connected by the need to help researchers find one another, exchange information and take part in collective work.

Exhibit 1DiagramRead left to right

Two clusters of roles around one need

Two clusters of roles around one needCreative CommonsScientific networksCo-founderCreative Commons Venezuela2021 to 2022Global Network Council, Executive CommitteeBoardCreative Commons SwitzerlandPresenterGlobal Summits 2017, 2018, 2020, 20212026RedJIV Executive Committee, ACFIMANCommitteesLAA-HECAP communication committees2026LASF4RI-HECAP strategy committeeConvenerLASF4RI Venezuela meetings, 2019What holds it togethercourses and conversationsdocumentationvolunteer projectsDifferent organisations, one need: help people find one another and take part in collective work.

Committees on both sides; in the middle, the ordinary work that makes a community real. Every role on this drawing is dated on the timeline below.

Exhibit 2TimelineFilled points are my milestones; hollow points are the context they sit in

Roles and stages, dated

  1. 2016Creative Commons interview on open dataSource
  2. 2017CC Global Summit, TorontoOutreach and education by large scientific collaborations, with a hands-on example.Source
  3. 2018CC Global Summit, TorontoOpen source, open access and open data for education: the ATLAS case.Source
  4. 2020Virtual CC Global SummitOpen data and source for STEM, with UNESCO, EU and CERN support.Source
  5. 2021Global Network Council Executive Committee, and a fourth SummitElected term 2021 to 2022; presenter on open source and open access from UN agencies to the Americas.Source
  6. 2025RedJIV Executive CommitteeOn the six-member committee since October 2025; the network became an ACFIMAN programme in October 2026.Source
  7. 2026Creative Commons Switzerland, boardSource

What holds it together

A committee is one part of a community’s work. Courses, conversations, documentation and volunteer projects are where many of the connections become tangible.

My work in CoAfina, scientific education and open knowledge belongs to this larger network of people. Keeping those relationships active is a way to continue contributing across countries and across changes in my own professional life.

Exhibit 3ResourcesOpen the thing itself, not a description of it

Where to go from here

Sources & further reading

  1. Creative Commons: Global Network Council Executive Committee, 2021
  2. Creative Commons Switzerland: team
  3. ACFIMAN: RedJIV programme and committee, October 2026
  4. LAA-HECAP: committees
  5. CC Global Summit 2017, Toronto: Outreach and Education by Large Scientific Collaborations, 28 April
  6. CC Global Summit 2018, Toronto: Large Scientific Collaborations, the ATLAS case, 13 April
  7. Virtual CC Global Summit 2020: Open Data and Source for STEM, with UNESCO, EU and CERN support
  8. CC Global Summit 2021: Open Source and Open Access, from UN agencies to open educational programmes in the Americas
  9. CC Global Summit and ATLAS Open Data, Medium, May 2017

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