Science Library Pad: Norway sets national open access goals

"On August 22, 2017 the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research (Kunnskapsdepartementet) released National goals and guidelines for open access to research articles.  It sets out not just an open access mandate, but a number of accompanying steps and activites.  As the English document itself is brief, I will just highlight a few items:

• The goal of the government is to make all publicly funded Norwegian research articles openly available by 2024.
• The research community ... is expected to ... convert important journals within their subject areas from closed subscription based journals to open access titles.
• All publicly funded research articles must be deposited in a suitable academic repository.
• Institutions and consortia that negotiate agreements with publishers shall ensure that these agreements promote open access without increasing total costs, and that the terms and conditions are open and transparent.
• Institutions that fund research projects shall contribute to cover the costs associated with open access publishing.

It also sets a goal to 'Investigate how a national repository can be realised.'

You can read the full document - National goals and guidelines for open access to research articles (PDF)."