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The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science is a document that advocates for "full open access for all scientific publications", and endorses an environment where "data sharing and stewardship is the default approach for all publicly funded research".


== History ==
The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science was first produced as a draft at an Open Science meeting that was organized by the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union on April 4 and 5, 2016, in Amsterdam. The draft presented to meeting participants in the morning of the 5th had twelve actions. These were commented on by participants, split up in various parallel sessions, and refined during the afternoon. The edits were not completed during the meeting and unlike the meeting schedule suggested, the Call text was not released on the 5th. Nevertheless, the draft was symbolically presented to Sander Dekker and the Dutch Presidency. On April 6, the updated version was released for public commenting on a wiki. In a mail which participants received it was stated that comments could be placed until 14 April.
The finalised Call for Action was input to the Competitiveness Council on 27 May, led by the Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science Sander Dekker. In the main results of this meeting a reference was made to the Call for Action in the document called "Outcome of the Council Meeting". It was also referred to in the Draft Council conclusions on the transition towards an Open Science system, point 3 under the section on Open Science. In the press comments on the meeting of the Competitiveness Council, the focus was mainly on the fact that European leaders call for ‘immediate’ open access to all scientific papers by 2020.


== See also ==
Open access in the Netherlands


== References ==


== Further reading ==
Kelly, Éanna (5 April 2016). "Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to access". sciencebusiness.net. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
Enserink, Martin (14 April 2016). "E.U. urged to free all scientific papers by 2020". ScienceInsider. AAAS.
Zaken, Ministerie van Buitenlandse (17 August 2016). "Presentations conference Open Science 4 April". english.eu2016.nl. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
Press releases and official statements
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - the Netherlands (4 April 2016). "Amsterdam Call for Open Science". government.nl.
European Council (6 April 2016). "EU action plan for Open Science - New Europe". New Europe (Press release).
McKay, Matt (8 April 2016). "STM response to Call for Action on Open Science" (PDF). stm-assoc.org (Press release). International Association of STM Publishers.
Mabe, Michael (14 April 2016). "Extended feedback on draft Amsterdam Call for Action" (PDF). stm-assoc.org (Press release). International Association of STM Publishers.
"Dutch Presidency issues Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science" (Press release). European University Association. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016.
"LIBER Response to the Amsterdam Call for Action" (Official Statement). LIBER. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
Blog posts
Hoyt, Jason (6 April 2016). "Debrief - Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science" (Blog). PeerJ.
Allen, Liz (13 April 2016). "Widening the piste of research incentives: the opportunities of open science" (Blog). F100 research.
Scholz, Willi; Tochtermann, Klaus (12 April 2016). "From Vision to Action? The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science". ZBW MediaTalk (Blog). German National Library of Economics.
Foreign language
Van Calmthout, Martijn (5 April 2016). "EU wil dat onderzoekers gegevens meer gaan delen in eigen datacloud". De Volkskrant (in Dutch).
"Heel Europa gaat aan de open access | advalvas". www.advalvas.vu.nl (in Dutch).
"Science in Transition draagt bij aan Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science" (in Dutch). Science in Transition. 6 April 2016.
"Europees actieplan voor aanpak open wetenschap". www.nationaleonderwijsgids.nl (in Dutch).


== External links ==
Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science