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Subject: [BOAI] OA recommendations of Ukrainian Parliament
From: "Iryna Kuchma"
Date: Thu, December 22, 2005 2:17 pm
To: boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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Open access is one of the priorities in developing information society in
Ukraine Recommendations of Ukrainian Parliament
Ukrainian Parliament (Verhovna Rada) passed resolution On Recommendations
of Parliamentary hearing on Developing information society in Ukraine
(from 01.12.2005 ¹ 3175-IV) where open access is called one of the
priorities in developing information society in Ukraine. In Close 2
Developing informational infrastructure of this Resolution it is
recommended for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to create favorable
conditions for developing open access repositories in archives, libraries,
museums and other cultural institutions. In Close 5 Creating accessible
electronic information resources it is recommended for the Cabinet of
Ministers of Ukraine to stir to activities on creating accessible national
electronic information resources especially with scientific-technical and
economical information; to develop model regulation on repository of
electronic documents; and for the Ministry of education and science of
Ukraine to speed up development of state program on ICT in education and
science including the close on development of open access resources in
science, technology and education with open access condition to state
funded researches.
(Ukrainian version of this resolution:
http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=3175%2D15)
Open Access is also one of the priorities in National strategy on
developing information society in Ukraine introduced to Ukrainian
Parliament by Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education. Open
Access recommendations in Ukraine where first introduced by the
participants of Open Access Scholarly Communication Workshop, February
17-19 2005, organized by International Renaissance Foundation, Open
Society Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, International
Association of Academies of Sciences and National University Kyiv Mohyla
Academy and supported by the British Council Ukraine.
Iryna Kuchma
Social Capital and Academic Publications Program Manager
International Renaissance Foundation
phone: (+380) (44) 461-9500
fax: (+380) (44) 486-0166
e-mail: kuchma@irf.kiev.ua
http://www.irf.kiev.ua/programs/scaap
