The Finnish government has launched an Open Science and Research Initiative to promote open access, open data, and open methods in research from 2014-2017. The initiative aims to increase the competitiveness and quality of Finnish research and provide researchers with knowledge on implementing open science practices. By 2017, Finland aims to become a leading country in openness of science and research by establishing national and international collaboration around open science and changing the culture of research.

1. Status and Plans in Finland Sami Niinimäki Senior Advisor NordForsk / NeGI Open Access Workshop Thursday, 14 August 2014

2. Selected higher education facts about Finland
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Population of 5,4 million
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Higher education institution network covers the populated parts of the country
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14 universities (four in the great Helsinki area)
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24 polytechnics
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18 research institutes and 5 university hospitals
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Student enrollment altogether ca. 316 000
University (blue) Polytechnic (green) Research institute (red)

3. Investment in R&D and Talent 2013

4. Open Science and Research 2009-2017
Research Data Survey Project 2009-2011
National Research
Data Project
2011-2014
Open Science and Research Initiative Roadmap 2014
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Open access
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Open data
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Open methods
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Roadmap
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Services
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Metadata
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International collaboration
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Awareness
Open Science and Research Initiative Target 2017
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National and international collaboration
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Change of culture
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Open Science Handbook
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Services for preservation
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Services for metadata
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Services for access
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Tools e.g. for identification

5. The Open Science and Research Initiative
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The Ministry of Education and Culture has launched the Open Science and Research Initiative, for the promotion of information availability and open science for years 2014–2017.
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The Initiative will implement the national political agenda in a way that increases the competitiveness and quality of the Finnish research system.
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The Initiative will promote the reliability, openness and societal impact of science and research.
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The aim is to provide researchers with practical knowledge in how they as individuals can implement open science.
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Promoting open science promotes also innovations.
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The goal is that by 2017, Finland will become a leading country in the openness of science and research.

6. Recent actions
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A handbook on open science is published and by the end of the year it will be updated with the output of several working groups dealing with:
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Policies of openness in research environments
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Promotion of open access to publications
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A common data model for higher education and research
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Impact assessment
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A model for copyright agreements

7. Structures of the Open Science and Research initiative
Three entities
1.Research publications
–Publication storage
–Publication metadata service
–Publication access services
2.Research data
–Data storage
–Metadata service
–Data access services
3.Research methods
–Method storage
–Metadata services
–Method access service
Supporting change
4. Research environments
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Research infrastructures
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Test/development environments (e.g. JulkICTlab)
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Environments requiring authorisation (sensitive data)
5. Tools
–Access control, identity management and rights management
6. Competence
–"Open science manual"
–Courses and tutoring
–Data management skills as part of university education

8. Collaboration structure of the Open Science and Research Initiative
Open science and research strategy group (management of universities, scientific institutes and research institutes, ministries, funding bodies, etc.)
Service
Providers
Service user forums
Workshops and targeted surveys
Enterprise architecture
Expert group
Working groups
Open science and research forum (convenes annually in the autumn)

9. Administration
Companies
Open Science and Research 2014-2017 (ATT)
Services
Ministry of Finance: Open Knowledge Programme
Research Institute Reform
Horizon 2020
Planning
Data gathering
Data gathering and analysis
Data storage and archiving
Utilisation of the results
Networks
(Open Science etc.)
Citizen's science
Education and Research
National Digital
Library
Opening Science in Finland

10. Targets set by EC
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By 2014, policies for open access to scientific articles and data will have been established in all Member States at all relevant levels.
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By 2016, the share of publicly-funded scientific articles available under open access EU-wide will have increased from 20% to 60%.
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100% of scientific publications resulting from Horizon 2020 will be available under open access.
Source: Towards better access to scientific information: Boosting the benefits of public investments in research. Commission 17.7.2012.

11. Actors for Open Science and Research in Finland
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Ministry of Education and Culture
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Open Science and Research Initiative (ATT)
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Research councils and funding agencies
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Academy of Finland and TEKES
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Higher education institutions
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As an example, University of Helsinki is a leading player in OA in Finland
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Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD)
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A national resource center of social science research and education. Archives, promotes and disseminates digital research data. Funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
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Other actors
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CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. develops and provides IT services for research, education, culture, and administrative purposes
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The National Library of Finland provides centralized repository platform services
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Federation of Finnish Learned Societies supports publishing activities by providing distribution and storage services and consultation
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FinnOA is a group of professionals from academia, libraries and data management, promoting open access to scientific information

12. Information on the Open Science and Research initiative
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Background information on the project: http://openscience.fi/
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Please contact
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Riitta Maijala, chair of the strategy group, Ministry of education and culture riitta.maijala@minedu.fi
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Juha Haataja, Ministry of education and culture juha.haataja@minedu.fi
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Sami Niinimäki, Ministry of education culture sami.niinimaki@minedu.fi
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Pirjo-Leena Forsström, chair of the expert group, CSC pirjo- leena.forsstrom@csc.fi
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13. Thank you
Photo: Sara Djupsund