[BOAI] 2010/11 Report on Open Access and Preservation Policies in Europe / Open Access in the Commission proposal for Horizon 2020

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the EU's Research and Innovation Directorate-General, via the
RTD Scientific Publication list, via the EuroscienceOA list.  --Peter
Suber.]

Dear list members,

We are pleased to present you the results of the 2010/11 questionnaire on
Open Access and Preservation Policies in Europe, which gives an overview of
how policies and strategies on open access and preservation have been
developing in the European Research Area: *
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-report-2011_en.pdf
*<http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-report-2011_en.pdf>.
As highlighted by Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn in her Foreword, the
report shows that open access is backed by a growing number of
universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe.  Recent
developments, such as the commitment in early December 2011 of the UK
government to make publicly funded research free to access, confirm this
dynamic growth. The information contained in the report is a milestone that
serves as valuable input for the development of a Commission policy on
access and dissemination of scientific outputs in the European Research
Area and in Horizon 2020.

On 30 November 2011, the European Commission presented a package of
measures backing Horizon 2020, the next framework programme for research
and innovation. The main references to open access are summarized here:  *
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-in-horizon-2020_en.pdf
*<http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-in-horizon-2020_en.pdf>
.  Parliament and Council negotiations are now on-going.  The adoption of
legislative acts is foreseen in 2013.  Horizon 2020 will start on 1 January
2014.

You may also wish to visit our website ***
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access*<http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access>
and
Twitter account (*@OpenAccessEC* <http://twitter.com/OpenAccessEC>).

Kind regards,
RTD SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION
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