[GOAL] OA mandate in Italy for young researchers

[p.gargiulo]

Hi,
sorry for the cross-posting.
I'd like to share with you this piece of news, which is still quite recent.

The Italian  Ministry of Education University and Research (MIUR) 
launched the first 2014 call  for young researchers on Jan.23rd 2014.  
The call is named SIR (Scientific Independence of young Researchers) 
includes a clause mandating  OA  for publications and data based on the 
Horizon 2020 grant agreement clause (29.2) on OA to scientific  
publications and  also 29.3 on OA to data
http://attiministeriali.miur.it/anno-2014/gennaio/dd-23012014.aspx 
<http://attiministeriali.miur.it/anno-2014/gennaio/dd-23012014.aspx> 
(article 9) (in Italian- only )

It is a first step.
It is worth remarking this  is the first concrete action on OA  by the 
Ministry as a funding institution.

Regards,
Paola

PS Follows  a rough translation into English
*Article 9*
Each Principal investigator (PI) must ensure open access (free of 
charge, online access for any user) to all peer-reviewed scientific 
publications relating to the results achieved in the project.

In particular, PI must
- as soon as possible and at the latest on publication, deposit a 
machine-readable electronic copy of the published version or final 
peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication in a repository for 
scientific publications; Moreover, PI must aim to deposit at the same 
time the research data needed to validate the results presented in the 
deposited scientific publications.
-  ensure open access to the deposited publication --- via the 
repository --- at the latest: on publication, if an electronic version 
is available for free via the publisher, or  within six months of 
publication (twelve months for publications in the social sciences and 
humanities) in any other case.
- ensure open access --- via the repository --- to the bibliographic 
metadata that identify the deposited publication. The bibliographic 
metadata must be in a standard format and must include all of the following:
- the terms [Open Access MIUR ];
- the name of the programme, acronym and contract number;
- the publication date, and length of embargo period if applicable, and
- a persistent identifier
-what is  contemplated in the provisions of Article 4 of the Decree Law 
of 8 August 2013, converted with amendments by Law 91 of October 7, 2013 
, 112 and , in particular, " a project sheet listing the names of the 
individuals  who  contributed to its realization. "


2 What isindicated above with respect to the publication of the research 
data does not affect any obligation of confidentiality , as well as 
requirements regarding the protection of personal data, both remain 
unaffected.

3 . As an exception, PIs are also exempted to ensure open access to 
specific parts of their research data, if open access to such data would 
compromise the achievement of the main objective of the research. In 
this case, the PI must depositin the repository,along with the 
publication, including a note explaining the reasons for not making 
available parts of the esearch data .

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