Enhanced Access to Publicly Funded Data for Science, Technology and Innovation is prepared under the aegis of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP). CSTP delegates contributed significantly through their responses to the survey of policy makers on the current policy practice relating to enhanced access to data for science, technology and innovation (STI) performed in 2017, answered by 27 delegations, as well as the joint European Commission/OECD International Survey on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Compass. CSTP delegates further co-ordinated with relevant institutions in member countries and partner economies, and provided 18 case studies of national policies in favour of access to publicly funded data for STI.
The Honourable Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Human Services and Digital Transformation, Australian Government; and Michelle Wilmers, Curation and Dissemination Manager of the Global South Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project, University of Cape Town, South Africa provided valuable contributions (“In my view”) to broaden and deepen the debate. Renowned experts provided valuable contributions in a joint OECD-CSTP-Global Science Forum workshop entitled “Towards New Principles for Enhanced Access to Public Data for Science, Technology and Innovation”, held on 13 March 2018. The report also draws on work by the Global Science Forum on open data and open science.
Enhanced Access to Publicly Funded Data for Science, Technology and Innovation was produced under the guidance of Dominique Guellec and Alessandra Colecchia. Alan Paic is the principal author, and Sylvain Fraccola the administrative co‑ordinator.