The document discusses the landscape of open science across the FP6, FP7, and H2020 frameworks, highlighting significant policies, projects, and infrastructure developments aimed at supporting open access and open data in Europe. It notes the establishment of a solid policy foundation but identifies challenges such as lack of effective monitoring, insufficient engagement from the European Commission, and the need for stronger leadership in research impact measurement and cultural transformation. Recommendations for H2020 include ensuring permanent infrastructures, enhanced understanding and monitoring of policies, and fostering a collaborative approach to open data and access.

1. Open Science in FP6, FP7
and H2020
Alma Swan
SPARC Europe
Key Perspectives Ltd
Enabling Open Scholarship
Science, Innovation and Society: Achieving Responsible Research and Innovation
SIS-RRI Conference, Rome, 19-20 November 2014

2. Open Access
in FP6, FP7 and H2020
• Formal scholarly literature
– Journal articles
– Books and their parts
• Accompanying data
• Other peer reviewed research outputs
– Image, video and audio formats
– Software
• Non-peer reviewed outputs

3. FP6
• Report on economic and technical
evolution of scientific publication markets
in Europe (2006)

4. FP7
• Policy planning
• ERC guidelines (2007)
• Council Conclusions (2007)
• Pilot Open Access policy from 2008

5. Projects (completed)
• Supported by several research projects, including:
– SOAP
– PEER
– NECOBELAC
– MEDOANET
• And substantial infrastructure projects:
– DRIVER
– OpenAIRE
– DARIAH
– ELIXIR

6. Projects (underway)
• RECODE (data) – Open Data policy focus
• PASTEUR4OA – Open Access policy focus
• FOSTER (Open Science training programme)

7. Where we are
• Solid policy foundation on Open Access to
literature (H2020 outputs, ERC-funded
outputs)
• Policy ‘toe-in-the-water’ on Open Data
• Promising infrastructure foundation for both
Open Access and Open Data

8. But …
• No idea how effective these are so far, or will be
over the coming years (despite a stated OA target
for 2016)
• No monitoring procedures in place
• Little interest detected from Commission so far
• OpenAIRE remains a PROJECT
• Open Data as the primary output of research
remains unexplored
• Still floundering on meaningful metrics for
research impact: leadership needed

9. H2020: what is needed
• Commitment to permanent infrastructures to support:
– Open Access literature (OpenAIRE)
– Open Data (all disciplines)
• Deeper understanding of what is needed to support
transformation of the scientific research system to an Open
Data model
• Commitment to monitoring and enforcing existing and future
policy
• Leadership on changing the culture on research impact
measurement
• Leadership on joined-up policy/infrastructures

10. Thank you
almaswan3@gmail.com
www.sparceurope.org
www.openscholarship.org
www.keyperspectives.co.uk

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