News: Ministry of Education and Culture: Open science must be promoted by all means necessary - Aalto University

"The Ministry of Education and Culture has outlined that Finland will become one of the leading countries in open science and research by 2017. The objective is to have open access to all scientific publications by 2020.

Finland is committed to the EU’s open research and innovation activity principles as well as to the common goals set by the EU for its member states for the open access to all scientific publications by 2020. The realisation of these goals requires immediate and concrete actions to change the current operating culture. Finland is conducting national negotiations with the biggest international scientific publishers on the contracts for scientific journal materials. It is vital that these negotiations find a solution that is financially sustainable for the scientific community. The contracts that are to be signed must significantly increase the opportunity for Finnish researchers to publish openly. Open science is the starting point for our national contract negotiations. Finland requires that all parties implement solutions that will make open publishing commonplace for all researchers."