The current state of affairs at the UN, EU and IFLA level for Open Science and Open Access | Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS)

"With regard to some current discussions on Open Access publishing, this essay presents some useful links to the current state of affairs at UN, EU and IFLA level for Open Science and Open Access. 

Open Science and thus Open Access publishing must be implemented by 2020 in the European Union (see: All scientific papers to be free by 2020 under EU proposals). The emphasis on control ofintellectual property will shift to the author instead of the publisher."