Lombe Tembo
Lombe Tembo is ORCID’s Senior Grant Program Officer and Engagement Lead, based in Zambia. She leads ORCID’s Global Participation Fund, supporting initiatives that advance the adoption and integration of persistent identifiers across research ecosystems, particularly in Africa and other underrepresented regions.
With a strong focus on community engagement, Lombe works closely with universities, research networks, and regional organisations to strengthen research visibility, interoperability, and open science practices. She has been instrumental in fostering collaborations that support the development of national and regional ORCID consortia, helping institutions embed ORCID into their research workflows and infrastructure.
Lombe brings extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, programme management, and capacity building. She is particularly passionate about enabling equitable participation in global research systems and supporting emerging research communities to increase the visibility and impact of their work.
Session
Do you struggle to implement persistent identifiers (PIDs) in regions with limited infrastructure or financial constraints? While 11 million researchers have ORCID iDs, institutional integration and collaboration with trust markers remain uneven, particularly in the Global South. In this session, you will discover how ORCID works to overcome systemic barriers and implement successful, community-led solutions that promote Open Science and FAIR principles.
You will explore real-world strategies for navigating technical gaps, fee structures, and linguistic hurdles that often exclude communities in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
By the end of this session, you will:
- Have resources to enhance a "community of practice" in your country or region.
- Discover how to utilise the Membership Equity Program (MEP) and strategic grants to jumpstart integrations and community building in low and lower-middle-income countries.
- Identify how you can help adapt global models to be inclusive and equitable for underrepresented regions.