MedOANet addresses the necessity for coordinated strategies and policies in Open Access to scientific information in Europe.

The project will enhance existing policies, strategies and structures for Open Access and will contribute towards the implementation of new ones in six Mediterranean countries: Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal.

The consortium comprises organizations from nine countries with key roles in issues of access to, dissemination and preservation of research.

The project will:
– strengthen and coordinate current Open Access strategies, structures and policies in each of the six Mediterranean countries and regionally
– identify and map existing strategies, structures and policies of Open Access in the six Mediterranean countries
– engage key policy-makers and stakeholders of Open Access, with the ability to affect change, thus increasing awareness on the key issues that require action
– produce guidelines for policy makers for the effective implementation of the Commission’s recommendations on Open Access to scientific information

MedOANet builds on a network established with the seminar called “Policies for the development of OA in Southern Europe”, organized and hosted by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), and supported by SELL (Southern European Libraries Link), held in Granada in May 2010.

UFP participants:
– Dr. Nadine Rombert Trigo
– Dr. Ana Moutinho

For more information: http://www.medoanet.eu/