2013 G8 Science Ministers Statement

G8 Science Ministers met in London on Wednesday 12 June with Presidents of our respective national science academies, as part of the UK’s G8 Presidency

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/g8-science-ministers-statement

Themes of statement:

1. working on antimicrobial drug resistance issues
2. Global Research Infrastructure
3. Open Scientific Research Data
4. Expanding Access to Scientific Research Results

Under Scientific Research Data, 4 items including

i. To the greatest extent and with the fewest constraints possible publicly funded scientific research data should be open, while at the same time respecting concerns in relation to privacy, safety, security and commercial interests, whilst acknowledging the legitimate concerns of private partners.

ii. Open scientific research data should be easily discoverable, accessible, assessable, intelligible, useable, and wherever possible interoperable to specific quality standards.

Under Expanding Access, 7 items including

iv. We recognise that there are different routes to open access (green, gold and other innovative models) which need to be explored and potentially developed in a complementary way.

v. We recognise that the long-term preservation of the increasingly digitized body of scientific publications and data requires careful consideration at the national and international levels to ensure that the scientific results of our time will be available also to future generations.

vi. We recognise that further work is required to optimise increasing public access to peer-reviewed, publicly funded published research and its underlying data and that international coordination and cooperation will provide for an efficient transition to “open access”.

Canada's minister is Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science & Technology