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Antonella De Robbio
On 17 July 2012 the Eurpean Commission outlined measures to improve access to scientific information produced in Europe in two distinct documents a Communication and a Recommendation to the Member States. Recent Commission public consultations show that researchers, libraries, research funders and businesses believe that there is a problem with access to scientific information and that this is a key barrier to the optimal circulation of knowledge in Europe, affecting both academic research and industrial uptake of research results. Since 2006 the European Commission has been developing policy and measures on open access for a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy.
In August 2008, the European Commission launched the Open Access Pilot in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). Now the Commission has announced its intention to make open access all research findings funded by "Horizon 2020", its enormous (� 80-billion/USS 98-billion) research-funding programme for 2014-20. "Horizon 2020" strategy -which will include both "Green" and "Gold" open access measures -underlines the central role of Open Access knowledge as innovation engine in generating growth.
