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Towards better access to scientific information

"Strategy, policy and funding"

Copenhagen June 13th

Octavi Quintana TriasDirector, European Commission

Directorate General for Research and Innovation

European Research Area

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Issues at stake

• Public policies• Optimise public investment in R&I• Increase availability of research results funded by

taxpayers

• Society• Better integration of science into society• Contribution to a knowledge based society

• Data• Key for research validation and innovation process• Ethical, commercial and technical concerns

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Objectives

• Develop and implement Open Access to research results from projects funded by the EU Research Framework Programmes

• Encourage national policy initiatives improving access to and preservation of scientific information

• Open and co-ordinate policies among Member States

• Engage in a constructive debate with organisations

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Leading with the example

• EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation:

• Scientific publications• FP7 (2007-2013) experimented with Green OA and covered

OA publishing costs• Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) makes OA to publications the

general principle for all projects

• Research data• Experiment with access to data underlying publications• Limited to some scientific area and "Best effort" requirement

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Encourage national initiatives

• Reinforce national strategies and structures for access to and preservation of scientific information• Define and implement policies for the

dissemination of and OA to research results (publications and data)

• Define and implement policies for the preservation of scientific information

• Further develop e-infrastructures and ensure synergies between national and European initiatives

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• To improve quality and efficiency of European research opening research systems

• Optimal circulation of scientific knowledge

• Member States define and coordinate their policies

• Research stakeholder organisations adopt and implement them

• EU policy and supporting initiatives

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Conclusions

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• Promote OA for efficiency and fairness• Leading by example in Horizon 2020• Encourage Member States and Stakeholders to

define and implement policies

• Goals:• By 2016: 60% OA to publications in EU• By 2020: 100% OA to publications in EU

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• Thank you for your attention