The Netherlands announced the Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science which came out of open science conference. For the country a common approach to open science is one of the major focus area during its EU Presidency. With this open science initiative the aim is promoting open access to scientific publications and reuse of research data.

The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science came up with two major goals adopted by participants from the majority of open access stakeholders. Those goals are: making publicly funded research to be full open access by 2020 and mandating open data- the sharing and reuse of research data.

Achieving these objectives requires full participation of all stakeholders, underscores the Amsterdam Call for Action. It also emphasizes the need for the EU member states and the European Commission to align their polices to facilitate open access and open data implementation.

Furthermore, the EU ministers for research and innovation are expected to make agreements on open science when they meet on 27th of May.

Download the Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science.