With digital data being declared as the ‘new gold’, the European Commission is developing a pilot to explore ways to make research data open access too. The pilot will look at will look at research data generated in projects funded under the Horizon 2020 framework, with the aim of stimulating the data-sharing culture among researchers and facilitating both the re-use of information and data-driven science. As organisations with a strong interest in Open Data, OpenAIRE, the Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) provided their views on the current situation and made recommendations for an effective Open Data Pilot at a hearing held by the European Commission on 2 July 2013, Brussels.
For further information please consult the joint statement.
