Europe’s Plan S aims for expansion to US and beyond | Times Higher Education (THE)

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Summary:

"Plan S, a project initially signed by a coalition of 11 funding agencies, was unveiled by Science Europe just one month ago. Since then, two more funding bodies, from Sweden and Finland, have joined. Enthusiasm for the scheme, however, extends well beyond Europe.

Speaking to Times Higher Education, Robert-Jan Smits, the European Commission’s senior adviser on open access and the architect of Plan S, said that he had already embarked on discussions with White House representatives in the US, where invitations to discuss the policy had come in “one after another”.

Furthermore, Mr Smits said that colleagues from Science Europe had earlier this month engaged in “exploratory talks” with sector leaders in Japan, where the concept had been met with “real interest”. “Next I want to start conversations with India, with South Africa [and with] China,” he added. “It has really taken a global dimension, and the only issue that is my biggest enemy at the moment is time.” ...

A Plan S implementation task force has been set up, with a target to deliver the policy details by the end of the year...."

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https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/europes-plan-s-aims-expansion-us-and-beyond

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Date tagged:

10/18/2018, 14:32

Date published:

10/18/2018, 10:32