[open-science] 2016 G7 Science Ministers - Tsukuba Communique

[Richard Akerman]

The 2016 meeting of G7 Science and Technology Ministers has completed.

There is a communique

http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/others/20160517communique.pdf

with two attachments
http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/others/20160517communique_1.pdf
http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/others/20160517communique_2.pdf

You can find the links at
http://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/index.html

Open Science was a specific meeting topic and is also woven into other
elements of the communique.

Of particular note is 6.i.

"Establish a working group on open science with the aims of sharing
open science policies, exploring supportive incentive structures, and
identifying good practices for promoting increasing access to the
results of publicly funded research, including scientific data and
publications, coordinating as appropriate with the Organisation for
Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) and Research Data
Alliance (RDA), and other relevant groups;"

Here are all the references to open science:

Introduction

we acknowledged that Open Science can change the way research and
development (R&D) is undertaken, with emerging findings leading to far
greater global collaboration and encouraging a much broader range of
participants and stakeholders. We also recognized the importance of
Open Science as a driver for greater inclusion in R&D, for example
with the emergence of citizen science.

To address these issues, we decided that the principles of Inclusive
Innovation and Open Science should be reflected within each of our
specific STI areas of focus: Global Health, Gender and Human Resource
Development for STI, The Future of the Seas and Oceans and Clean
Energy.

1. Global Health ‐ Health Care and Science and Technology
1‐1: Promotion of R&D for aging and elderly care
ii. Promote open science and sharing of the results of publicly funded
research e.g. data and publications in the field of brain science
linked to age‐related problems;

3. The Future of the Seas and Oceans:
iii. Promote open science and the improvement of the global data
sharing infrastructure to ensure the discoverability, accessibility,
and interoperability of a wide range of ocean and marine data;

6: Open Science ‐ Entering into a New Era for Science:

Putting into Practice New Framework of Research and Knowledge
Discovery, Sharing, and Utilization through Openness

Open science enables broad and straightforward access to and use of
the results of publicly funded research (e.g. scholarly publications
and resultant data sets) not only for academics, but also the private
sector and the general public more broadly. Fundamental to the
progress of open science is the continued investment by governments
and others, such as the Group on Earth Observations’ Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), in suitable infrastructures and
services for data collection, analysis, preservation and
dissemination. These systems and services offer a new approach to
research, creating the possibilities for new scientific developments
and increasing the returns from government investment in research. We
endorsed this approach and decided to promote open science, taking in
to account the particular characteristics of individual research
fields.

There has been an abundance of open science practices in many
countries and organizations and in many different fields of science in
recent years. We recognized a growing need to share common
international principles for open science and to put these principles
into practice through open access to scholarly publications and open
data. Furthermore, we recognized the importance of stronger
foundations for the support of open science, such as incentives for
researchers and institutions, support systems and human resources. We
recognize the need to promote access, taking into consideration
privacy, security, and legitimate proprietary rights, and different
legal and ethical regimes, as well as global economic competitiveness
and other legitimate interests.

We support taking the following actions:

i. Establish a working group on open science with the aims of sharing
open science policies, exploring supportive incentive structures, and
identifying good practices for promoting increasing access to the
results of publicly funded research, including scientific data and
publications, coordinating as appropriate with the Organisation for
Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) and Research Data
Alliance (RDA), and other relevant groups; and

ii. Promote international coordination and collaboration to develop
the appropriate technology, infrastructure, including digital
networks, and human resources for the effective utilization of open
science for the benefit of all.

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Richard Akerman
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