The Newropeans are a new trans-European political party planning to run candidates for the European Parliament from all 27 member states in the June 2009 elections. Its platform includes support for OA:
Newropeans want International intellectual property policies adopted through democratic processes and with public interest participation. We promote alternative forms of licensing for creative material (such as Creative Commons licenses), open access to scientific publications and research results....
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/12/2009 12:20:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
