[BOAI] Re: Belgium: Funder's Green OA mandate for 2013

[Fotis Georgatos]

Hi Peter, all,

first, seasonal wishes to all readers of this.

On 24/12/2011 17:17, Peter Suber wrote:
> It is my pleasure to announce that the Board of Administrators of the FRS-FNRS
> (Fund for Scientific Research in French-speaking Belgium) has officially
> decided to use exclusively Institutional Repositories as sources of
> bibliographic data in support of grant or fellowship submission (except for
> foreign applicants) starting in 2013 (strongly encouraged in 2012).

...which further highlights how high priority it is, to keep public funding
bodies well informed about OA policies and help them enforce directives.

Bottom line is, taxpayer's pocket should not be funding non-OA publications.
(eh, yeah: intelligent free market economy will fill the gap and yada yada!)

best,
Fotis

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