Nationaal plan open science

Abstract

The National Plan Open Science was published in 2017. It sets out what the Dutch parties involved in creating this Plan are already doing and what they plan to do to grasp the opportunities and make science even more accessible to others. The Plan lists the ambitions and provides details of the parties intending to take action, as well as the timeframes within which they believe they can realise their objectives. The key ambitions are: (1) Full open access to publications in 2020: Continue the Dutch approach for all Dutch research organisations and research areas whilst recognising their differences and similarities, (2) To make research data optimally suited for reuse: To set clear and agreed technical and policy-related preconditions to facilitate reuse of research data, including provision of the necessary expertise and support, (3) Recognition and rewards: To examine together how open science can be an element of the evaluation and reward system for researchers, research groups and research proposals, and (4) To promote and support: To establish a ‘clearing house’ for all information regarding all available research support. The plan focuses on articles but also mentions "parts of books" that should be made OA by 2020.