4. PASTEUR4OA: Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research

PASTEUR4OA, a project funded by the Science with and for Society programme in FP7, brings together 15 partners from ten European countries to expedite policy developments at national level and establish a network of expert organizations across Europe to work together for advocacy and coordination (Knowledge Net) in support of the European Commission’s 2012 Recommendation on access to, dissemination of and preservation of scientific information. The project builds on and capitalizes the results of another successful European project (MedOANet) that established a network in the Mediterranean region involving many of the current project partners.

PASTEUR4OA has identified expert organizations in member states (Key Node organizations) who engage national policy-makers (namely funders and research institution officials) and assists them in improving and/or developing coordinated policies on open access. Policy-maker engagement will take place through the organization of national meetings, ten regional workshops organized by the project and a European conference bringing together all major stakeholders. The policy engagement programmes developed by various countries will be supported by advocacy material tailored to the needs of each country/ region that the project produces. PASTEUR4OA has already produced policy-focused case-studies of various European countries and a study of policy effectiveness based on an extensive upgrading of the ROARMAP, the main tool that tracks open access policies at the funder and institutional level. The proposed poster outlines work already performed and planned work until the end of the project in July 2016.

The project is coordinated by the National Documentation Centre/ NHRF.