Die Schweizer Open Access Strategie | wisspub.net

From Google Translate: "Overall, the Swiss OA strategy comes late. The past passivity and the increasingly obvious backdrop to other countries are now increasingly the focus of media (eg Aargauer Zeitung , Le Courrier ) and politics ( Interpellation Chevalley , postulate Spiess-Hegglin ).

In Switzerland, the importance of the subject was understood very early. In 2006, the Rector's Conferences of the Swiss Universities including the SNSF and academies signed the important Berlin Declaration . Many universities followed with strong OA policies and the establishment of repositories.

As late as 2010, the Federal looked to answer the motion Pfister no further need the goals of open access by the active responsible weight of the sponsor:

In the opinion of the Federal Council, the work in the field of open access is being approached in a targeted and efficient manner by the responsible actors.

An assessment that was overly optimistic. Theophil Pfister , of the Swiss Parliament for OA debut , had the chance to put his lifetime not even close actually simple vision of the Berlin Declaration to be seen. Let's hope that the Swiss OA strategy is finally going forward."