Open Access and Open Data in Horizon 2020: OpenAIRE services and tolls for Research managers and Project Coordinators

Overview:

OpenAIRE is the European Commission’s initiative for an Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe which supports open scholarly communication and open science, and access to the research output of European funded projects. The European Commission implemented an open science policy in her funders programme Horizon2020. This policy includes an open access to publications mandate and an (open) research data policy. OpenAIRE supports projects and researchers in complying to this policy. Furthermore, OpenAIRE’s infrastructure supports open science activities in Europe as a whole.
OpenAIRE gathers content from a network of institutional and disciplinary repositories around Europe. To put this into practice, an integrated suite of guidelines has been developed so that data sources, namely literature and data repositories, open access publishers and current research information systems, can be harvested and their contents made more visible. An overarching portal gives access to the harvested open access publications, EU-funded scholarly publications and datasets, registered in the nearly 700 participating data providers. This massive collection enables OpenAIRE to enrich the collected dataset as a whole and provide services such as project publications and datasets lists, project monitoring tools for depositing, usage statistics and interchanging enriched data.
OpenAIRE is building a comprehensive infrastructure that covers all types of scientific output and has established an infrastructure to harvest, enrich and store the metadata of scientific data. Cross-links from publications to data and funding schemes are supported. This interlinking of research objects has implications on the optimisation of the research process, allowing the sharing, enrichment and reuse of data. It positions open access publications in the wider research context, i.e. through linking to funding information, associated datasets, software, and patents. 
In Horizon 2020, the European Commission requires that all peer-reviewed publications resulting from project funding are open access, i.e., freely available online with no restrictions on use. In this demo session a set of OpenAIRE services will be presented detailing how EC funded projects can easily comply with the H2020 Open Access mandate using OpenAIRE support tools.
The Open Research Data Pilot aims to make the research data generated by selected Horizon 2020 projects accessible with as few restrictions as possible, while at the same time protecting sensitive data from inappropriate access. This proposed workshop session will highlight a body of OpenAIRE support resources and tools for research data management available for researchers, research managers and project coordinators.
In summary, this workshop will guide participants briefly through the main services that the OpenAIRE infrastrucure offers for projects. This presentation will focus on the tools that will be of importance mainly to research managers and project coordinators, but also for National Contact Points and researchers that are participating in a H2020 project, showing in 90 minutes how OpenAIRE can help.

Target Audience:

Research Administrators, research managers, project coordinators, National Contact Points (NCPs) and Researchers participanting in H2020 projects.

Benefits for Audience:

This workshop will guide participants briefly through the main services that the OpenAIRE infrastrucure offers for projects. This presentation will focus on the tools that will be of importance mainly to research managers and project coordinators, but also for National Contact Points and researchers that are participating in a H2020 project, showing in 90 minutes how OpenAIRE can help.
- In Horizon 2020, the European Commission requires that all peer-reviewed publications resulting from project funding are open access, i.e., freely available online with no restrictions on use. In this demo session a set of OpenAIRE services will be presented detailing how EC funded projects can easily comply with the H2020 Open Access mandate using OpenAIRE support tools.
- The Open Research Data Pilot aims to make the research data generated by selected Horizon 2020 projects accessible with as few restrictions as possible, while at the same time protecting sensitive data from inappropriate access. This workshop session will highlight a body of OpenAIRE support resources and tools for research data management available for researchers, research managers and project coordinators.

Topic 2: Services enabling research