Netherlands is committed to European approach to open access - National Education Guide

"On Monday 4 and held in Amsterdam Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 a major European conference on Open Science. The Netherlands is for the EU Presidency strongly for a European approach to open access to scientific publications, open access, and optimal reuse of research data. This brings major benefits, not only for science but also for society in the broadest sense, including businesses. By on a European scale, and with the European Commission, other Member States, universities, research institutions, publishers and other companies to work together on a concrete action agenda for the coming years, with clear commitments, actions and priorities, Netherlands hopes to accelerate the transition to Open Science . In the Netherlands already put significant steps by scientists, universities, research funding bodies and scientific publishers. However, to achieve a breakthrough requires a broader approach. Thus business models of publishers will change only if a substantial number of countries want to publish open access becomes the norm. Research data will only be shared if researchers get there Credit. International agreements have been necessary to adapt the assessment system of science so that data sharing is also attractive to them. On Monday, April 4th will Commissioner Carlos Moedas in a keynote speech to give his vision of the common European approach for Open Science in Europe. On Tuesday, April 5th will Dekker Secretary of Education, as chairman of the Competitiveness Council, the action plan Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science receive. Here are solutions and concrete actions that can take all the parties concerned to enable Open Science."