Openresearch.amsterdam is a partnership between the City of Amsterdam, several Amsterdam knowledge institutions and other parties in the metropolitan region. In 2017, seven parties signed a partnership in the Amsterdam City Deal Kennis Maken (CDKM): municipality of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Vrije Universiteit (VU), Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA), Hogeschool Inholland, Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK).
In addition to the above parties, 11 other parties have now joined openresearch: