Access to Scientific Information. The Role of the EU

FNRS Open Access Workshop 2011
28 September, Brussels
Access to
Scientific Information
The Role of the EU
Carl-Christian Buhr
European Commission
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr
http://slidesha.re/euopenaccess2
(All expressed views are those of the speaker.)

The European Commission as...
...Policy Maker
Launches policy debates
Invites Member States to take action
Proposes EU legislation
...Funding Agency
e.g. Research & Innovation
Access policies for funded research
...Infrastructure Builder
Funds infrastructures
Funds relevant research
Supports networking activities

Why 2011 is important
Multi-Annual EU budget 2014-2020
(Proposal June 2011: >EUR 80bn for Research & Innovation)
Post-2013 research funding: Horizon 2020
(Legislative proposal foreseen 2011)
European Research Area
(Public consultation open until 30 November 2011)
Communication & Recommendation on Scientific Information
(Public consultation closed September 2011, adoption 2011/2012)

2 Commissioners propose,
27 adopt...
Digital Agenda
R&I, ERA
Neelie Kroes
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/

... and 2 Legislators need to agree
European Parliament
Council of the European Union
http://europarl.europa.eu/
http://consilium.europa.eu/

101 Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
DAE
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU

101 Actions
Advising on...
Research Policy
Scientific Information
e-Infrastructures
etc.
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr,
@ccbuhr
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU

The Digital Agenda for Europe
“[…] publicly funded research should be widely disseminated through Open Access publication of scientific data and papers”
“[…] the Commission will appropriately extend current Open Access publication requirements […]”
A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

The Innovation Union
“ [...] the Commission will propose a European Research Area framework and […]seek to ensure […] dissemination [...] of research results, including through open access to publications and data from publicly funded research”.
“ The Commission will promote open access to the results of publicly funded research. It will aim to make open access to publications the general principle for projects funded by the EU research Framework Programmes […]”.
Innovation Union (COM(2010)546, 06.10.2010),
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0546:EN:NOT

Neelie Kroes
“ Access to scientific results for free, for all, for ever is a compelling vision indeed.”
06/04/2011
“ The question is no longer ‘if’ we should have open access. The question is about ‘how’ we should develop it further and promote it.”
02/12/2010
“ Scientific information has the power to transform our lives for the better – it is too valuable to be locked away.”06/10/2010

Status Quo: OA in FP7
Covers 20% FP7 budget
Best effort mandate
Embargo (6/12 months)
Gold OA costs reimbursable
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access

EC: OA in Horizon 2020(publications)
2011
Extend/Generalise OA Pilot
Questions
How to get scientists to deposit?
Robust & effective mandate: How?
Role for Publishers?
Funding?

And data?
http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave
” Our Vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. In a sense [...] the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance”.

"My goal is to raise awareness of the opportunities represented by scientific data as well as setting out a plan for future developments."
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/518
"[T]ruly free access to scientific data is not possible without a coordinated effort of European and global stakeholders to build and sustain an underlying seamless and trusted infrastructure."
Start slowly, partner, pilot
& build infrastructures

Pointers
The EC and open access
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access
The Digital Agenda for Europe
Neelie Kroes Speeches
Riding the wave – Final report of the High Level Expert Group on Scientific Data, October 2010
http://bit.ly/riding_the_wave
Post-2013 Research Green Paper & Public Consultation
http://ec.europa.eu/research/csfri/index_en.cfm
More detail on all of this (thank you!)
http://slidesha.re/celina_oa
Contacts
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<twitter>@NeelieKroesEU, @ccbuhr</twitter>
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