Register here: http://recodeproject.eu/events/upcoming-events/ ;

Location: National Documentation Centre (48, Vassileos Konstantinou Ave.) Athens, Greece.

• Policies for open access to research data
• Good practices in enabling re-use of research data
• Open research data and research cultures
• PSI as research data and vice versa
• Grand challenges in opening access to research data

• Data managers
• Funders
• Publishers
• Research institutions

The RECODE final conference provides an opportunity for learning as well as taking part in a rich dialogue regarding open access to research data within the current European research landscape. The Agenda and location information can be found on the RECODE website.

The conference is organized by the National Documentation Centre and will take place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in the heart of Athens.  Attendance is free but registration is required. The conference will be broadcast through live streaming.

The RECODE project invites you to participate in its final, policy recommendations workshop in Amsterdam on the 25 September 2014. RECODE has provided a forum for European stakeholders in the open access ecosystem to work together on common solutions. The project will culminate in a series of over-arching recommendations for a policy framework to support open access to European research data.

This final workshop is addressed to policy-makers and decision-makers within the following categories:

• Research funders
• Research performing organizations
• Data centers
• Scholarly societies
• Publishers
• Scholarly communication and research management experts
• Information specialists

We invite the above stakeholders and experts to provide their input to the project’s recommendations on open access policies to research data and their implementation. Participants will be provided with a copy of the recommendations in advance of the workshop and invited to review and validate them. This open process is expected to enrich the recommendations further, giving participants the opportunity to make a direct contribution to the formulation of the policy recommendations and be part of the EU policy-making process.

The workshop agenda can be found here.

Location: Meervart Conference Center, de meervaart, meer en vaart 300, 1068 LE Amsterdam

Time: 09:00 – 17:00

To register please visit this link

The RECODE project invites you to participate in its final, policy recommendations workshop in Amsterdam on the 25 September 2014. RECODE has provided a forum for European stakeholders in the open access ecosystem to work together on common solutions. The project will culminate in a series of over-arching recommendations for a policy framework to support open access to European research data.

This final workshop is addressed to policy-makers and decision-makers within the following categories:

• Research funders
• Research performing organizations
• Data centers
• Scholarly societies
• Publishers
• Scholarly communication and research management experts
• Information specialists

We invite the above stakeholders and experts to provide their input to the project’s recommendations on open access policies to research data and their implementation. Participants will be provided with a copy of the recommendations in advance of the workshop and invited to review and validate them. This open process is expected to enrich the recommendations further, giving participants the opportunity to make a direct contribution to the formulation of the policy recommendations and be part of the EU policy-making process.

Location: Meervart Conference Center, de meervaart, meer en vaart 300, 1068 LE Amsterdam

Time: 09:00 – 17:00 (to be finalised)

To register please visit this link

Press release:

Athens, 21 October 2013

Open access week

The MedOANet project releases Guidelines for implementing open access policies for research performing and research funding organizations

The MedOANet project (Mediterranean Open Access Network – www.medoanet.eu) releases the Guidelines for implementing open access policies for research performing and research funding organizations. Aim of the Guidelines is the coordination of policy-development in the six Mediterranean countries that participate in the project (France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey).  They provide concise and targeted guidance for a harmonized approach towards policy development.

The MedOANet Guidelines present the main concepts and issues with respect to open access, discuss the major steps that are necessary in the process of policy development and present the important components of an institutional and funder policy. The also provide model policies for research performing and research funding organizations and present best practices in policy development for research performing and research funding organizations.

The Guidelines recommend:

ü Immediate self-archiving in repositories to be required upon acceptance for publication (author final version or publisher version)

ü Immediate open access to metadata and to full-text research outputs if possible (for universities, research centres, etc.)

ü Immediate open access to full-text research outputs with up to 6 months embargo periods (12 for SSH) for research funders

ü Peer-reviewed research covered by the policy, especially journal articles, conference proceedings books/monographs

ü Mandatory character of the policy, with compliance checked. Authoritative publication lists for institutions derived only from repositories

ü Minimally recommend that researchers deposit research data that underpin publications in repositories and formulate separate policies

The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide guidance in defining and implementing open access policies at national and institutional level and their coordination at regional level, based on existing best practices and in line with the European Commission’s Recommendation and Communication on access to and preservation of and dissemination of scientific information (2012) and the planning for Horizon 2020.

The MedOANet Guidelines for implementing open access policies for research performing and research funding organizations will soon become available in all the languages of the six Mediterranean countries-partners of the project.  The Guidelines were first presented during the MedOAnet project’s European conference and are released on occasion of Open Access Week 2013.

Link to the English version of the MedOANet Guidelines: http://medoanet.eu/sites/www.medoanet.eu/files/documents/MED2013_GUIDELine_dp_EN_ws.pdf

Athens, 1 October 2013

MedOANet European Conference on Open Access

October 17-18, 2013

Athens, National Hellenic Research Foundation (48, Vassileos Konstantinou Av.)

?he EU-funded project Mediterranean Open Access Network (www.medoanet.eu) announces its final conference in Athens, on the 17th and 18th October 2013. The project facilitates the development of open access policies in six Mediterranean countries: Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Turkey.

The conference is organized by the National Documentation Centre of Greece (EKT/NHRF), coordinator of the project, as part of a wider conference on open access, the International Open Access Conference @ EKT (16th to 18th of October), the third in a series of international conferences focusing at Open Access to scientific knowledge. The first day of the International Open Access Conference @ EKT (16th October) focuses on recent major developments, policies and key projects around Open Government and Open Access to research and education in Greece.

The full programme for all three days of the conference can be found at: http://openaccess.gr/conferences/conference2013/index.dot?language_id=1

READ THE PRESS RELEASE HERE

The MedOANet European Conference will take place at the National Documentation Centre / National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 18 October 2013 during the International Open Access Conference.

The final conference of MedOANet will serve to present the results of the project, placing them in the wider European perspectives on Open Access policies, and providing a forum for the current debate on Open Access policy implementation practices within the EU. Specifically, the final conference will focus on best practices in policy implementation among research funders and research performing institutions, as well as a discussion regarding the role of open access within the European Research Area. Speakers include representatives of the European Commission and important stakeholders involved in the implementation of the European Research Area such as the European University Association, the League of European Research Universities and Science Europe.

The program of the International Open Access Conference @ EKT will include presentations by renowned experts and representatives from the areas of research and Open Access. The conference is of special interest for institutions that are involved in research policy and research performing institutions.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science will address a video taped opening message to the Conference.

The full program of the Conference can be found online here: http://openaccess.gr/conferences/conference2013/?language_id=1