OpenAIRE opens to the public results from EU funded FP7 and ERC research projects - News about the European Union

PS: OpenAIRE was previewed in December 2009, and launched in some form in March 2010. But it officially launched on December 2, 2010, and this is the launch announcement. Excerpt: "The online platform OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) will provide a network of open repositories providing free online access to knowledge produced by scientists receiving grants from the Seventh Framework programme (FP7) and European Research Council (ERC). Through this initiative the European Commission aims at bringing the results from EU funded research closer to the public, following some the objectives also promoted by the Digital Agenda for Europe and the Innovation Union initiatives...."