Pablo de Castro, on behalf of euroCRIS involved in the European Pasteur4OA project (Open Access Policy Alignment Strategies for European Union Research) is the author of the report "Assessing Readiness for Open Access Policy Implementation across Europe", released earlier this week.
This report presents a European-wide case study for assessing EU Member State's readiness for Open Access (OA) policy implementation – and specifically for the European Commission H2020 policy. Aspects like the availability of OA infrastructure, the awareness of OA and the availability of harmonised working procedures and coordination mechanisms are analysed, providing the means to assess the situation of specific countries.