[EIFLoa] EC releases National OA and preservation policies in Europe

[Iryna Kuchma]

National open access and preservation policies in Europe: Analysis of a
questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-report-2011_en.pdfhas
been released by the European Commission Directorate-General for
Research and Innovation, European Research Area.

>From the Foreword by Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research,
Innovation and Science: “This report gives an overview of how open access
is developing in the European Research Area. It is based on a survey
conducted via the European Research Area Committee. It shows that open
access is backed by a growing number of universities, research centres and
funding agencies across Europe, and it highlights the dynamic growth of
open access. It also underlines, however, that national initiatives and
practices are still fragmented, thus preventing the European Union from
realising its full research and innovation potential.

We have excellent researchers in Europe and I am determined to give them
the conditions they deserve. Open access is one of these conditions. The
European Commission is committed to sustaining open access, in line with
specific statements made in the EU Flagship Initiatives Innovation Union
and Digital Agenda. We need a European Research Area that is
interconnected, structured, mobile and efficient; a unified research area
that brings together people and ideas in a way that catalyses science and
world-leading innovation. Open access can help make this vision become a
reality.”
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