Open Science Platform (2018), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (MESTD)

What is this about?

The Open Science Platform (2018), issued by Serbia’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, sets national guidance to make research outputs openly available, with openness as the default but balanced against ethics, privacy, intellectual property, and security. It requires open access to publications via trusted repositories, promotes Creative Commons licensing, persistent identifiers, and FAIR-aligned data management, and assigns responsibilities across researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers. Exceptions for sensitive or commercial data are allowed but must be transparently justified. The policy supports adoption through infrastructures such as repositories and registries, aligns with international initiatives like Plan S and EOSC, and emphasizes the quality of openness metadata, interoperability, reproducibility over output counts. It also highlights equity by encouraging zero-embargo access, lowering financial barriers, and supporting multilingual communication. Implementation is grounded in clear roles, reporting, and monitoring, making the platform a coherent and practical framework that links Serbia’s open science practices to global standards.

For whom is this important?

All stakeholders in research

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