Roadmap open access 2018 - 2020

VSNU (Association of universities, the Netherlands) has issued a roadmap for open access for 2018-2020. It outlines their OA strategy for the indicated time period as being in line with the 100% OA ambition by 2020. As the driving force behind this key ambition, the VSNU/UKB must initiate collective policy and coordinate the main players in this field. Together with the main parties involved, agreements were made for 2018 - 2020 under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. It mentions Scholarly Hub abd SciPost as initiatives that are to give researchers and research funders greater control over the publication process. It states that an effective strategy can be organised by means of: 1.a unique negotiation model, 2.political support, 3.staying true to your principles, and 4.selecting a highly effective delegation of negotiators. The collective goal of the VSNU (Association of Universities in the Netherlands) – together with NWO/ZonMw (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research/Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development) and the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) – is to realise 100%open access for all research disciplines and all types of publications. The development of our own ‘rules of engagement’, with which all service providers must comply, will be of substantial added value to this process. The VSNU’s coordination of a vast range of domestic and international partners will help achieve both of these goals.These efforts are a continuation of the course we have set for ourselves, which has already borne a great deal of fruit.