Given that the need for society's engagement is a key aspect of RRI, citizens must be aware of and participate in science.

There has recently been a shift in focus from open access, involving publishing research results without restrictions, to the broader concept of open science. The aim is to make scientific research available to everybody so that science becomes more transparent and efficient. That can be achieved by making research methods, data and results openly accessible. 

 

UPF open access policy

 

Calls and events calendar

  • Micro-MOOC  "accés obert".  October 22-26

  • Open Access Week. October 22-28

  • [Call] Call for applications for the selection of members of the Commission expert group - Executive Board of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Deadline 10 October 2018.

 

Examples of projects

  • FOSTER. Facilitate Open Science Training For European Research. FOSTER is a coordination initiative that aims to support different stakeholders, especially young researchers, in adopting open access in the context of the European Research Area (ERA) and in complying with the open access policies and rules of participation set out for Horizon 2020. From 2014-02-01 to 2016-07-31, closed project.

  • IOSTACK. Software Defined Storage for Big Data. The main objective is to create IOStack: a Software Defined Storage toolkit for Big Data on top of the OpenStack platform. IOStack will enable efficient execution of virtualized analytics applications over virtualized storage resources thanks to flexible, automated, and low cost data management models based on software defined storage (SDS). From 2015-01-01 to 2017-12-31, ongoing project.

  • Medonanet:Mediterranean Open Access Network. MEDOANET will focus on national and regional coordination of Open Access strategies, policies and structures in six Mediterranean countries -Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. From 2011-12-01 to 2013-11-30, closed project

  • The OpenAIRE2020 Project: Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe 2020. OpenAIRE2020 represents a pivotal phase in the long-term effort to implement and strengthen the impact of the Open Access (OA) policies of the European Commission (EC), building on the achievements of the OpenAIRE projects.  From 2015-01-01 to 2018-06-30, ongoing project 

 

 

Further information

  • Communicating your project in Digital Excellence & Science Infrastructure. Consult the brochure with tips for project communication in Digital excellence & Science Infrastructure (27/01/17)

  • Produced by the World Wide Web Foundation as a collaborative work of the Open Data for Development (OD4D) network and with the support of the Omidyar Network, the Open Data Barometer (ODB) aims to uncover the true prevalence and impact of open data initiatives around the world.  

  • European Open Science Cloud.

  • Fundació catalana per a la recerca i la innovació (FCRi)

  • H2020 Programme Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data. EC. 2016 

  • Get the media on board - The EU Guide to Science Communication. (26/6/17)

  • Flyer. Open research data in Horizon 2020. CE. 2016

  • Informe de la comisión de seguimiento de la FECYT sobre el grado de cumplimiento del mandato de publicación en abierto del artículo 37 de la Ley de la Ciencia. 2016 (27/01/17)

  • Making the Most of Your H2020 Project. Boosting the impact of your project through effective communication, dissemination and exploitation. IPR Helpdesk project.

  • Participant Portal H2020. Online manual Open access & Data management

  • Next-generation metrics: Responsible metrics and evaluation for open science. Report of the European Commission Expert Group on Altmetrics. EU. 2017 (14-4-17)

  • Open Science Monitor . EC

  • ScienceOpen platform. ScienceOpen is a freely accessible research network to share and evaluate scientific information. We aggregate Open Access articles from a variety of sources - opening them up to commenting and discussion.

  • Portal de la Recerca de les Universitats de Catalunya. The portal's goal is to display and disseminate from a single place the research activity that is carried out in Catalonia in regard to researchers, publications, groups and research projects for the international scientific community, companies, financial organizations and public in general, thus making open access to scientific output easy

  • Presentations conference Open Science. EU. 4.4.16.

  • RECOLECTA o Recolector de Ciencia Abierta  es una plataforma que agrupa a todos los repositorios científicos nacionales y que provee de servicios a los gestores de repositorios, a los investigadores y a los agentes implicados en la elaboración de políticas (decisores públicos). RECOLECTA nace fruto de la colaboración, desde 2007, entre La Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) y la Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (REBIUN) de la CRUE con el objetivo de crear una infraestructura nacional de repositorios científicos de acceso abierto.

  • Digital Science Report. The State of Open Data. 2016 (27/01/17)  

  • Repositories (COAR) is an association of repository initiatives with international membership. Launched in October 2009, COAR now has members of over 100 institutions worldwide from 35 countries in six continents. Its mission is to enhance the visibility and application of research outputs through a global network of open access digital repositories. 

  • The OAPEN Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation based in the Netherlands, with its registered office at the National Library in The Hague. OAPEN is dedicated to open access, peer-reviewed books. OAPEN operates two platforms, the OAPEN Library , a central repository for hosting and disseminating OA books, and the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), a discovery service for OA books.

  • The current roadmap focuses primarily on OA to research publications, as in the broader field of Open Science most progress has been accomplished in this area. It is intended as the first step in a series of initiatives that EUA and its Expert Group are developing to address the most pressing implications of Open Science, including, inter alia, OA to research data, copyright, data protection and text and data mining; new models of evaluation and quality assessment; digital literacy and awareness. European University Association (EUA) 

  • The Living Knowledge Network is composed of persons active in -or supportive of- Science Shops and Community Based Research. Living Knowledge aims to foster public engagement with, and participation in, all levels of the research and innovation process. 

  • #openscience Twitter. 

  • Website Research and Innovation CE. Open Science.

  • Established by SPARC and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is an opportunity to take action in making openness the default for research-to raise the visibility of scholarship, accelerate research, and turn breakthroughs into better lives.

  • Horizon 2020 Work programme Open Science.