European action plan for open science

The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science is the key outcome of the two-day conference ‘Open Science – From Vision to Action’ organised by Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker as part of the Netherlands EU Presidency. The aim is to provide access to scientific publications in open access, not only for reseachers and students, but also to anyone who need to access the publications. The EU has adopted two main goals: full open access for all publicly funded scientific publications by 2020, and Open Data as the standard for all publicly funded research.