1. The Making of a Mandate Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications @sterntweet | ns@norden.org Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

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3. Nordic Council of Ministers Anno 1971 Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) Consensus based No legislation Nordic Utility Publishing and funding Financed by the countries Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

4. Two years ago… Great OA activity in all the member countries No regional OA collaboration No OA activity at the Nordic Council of Ministers A need for modernization Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

5. Regional opportunities Knowledge sharing Common events Common projects Access to the highest political level International dialouge Awareness and advocacy … Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

6. Organization (more or less) Ministers Senior National Officials Secretariat Working Committees ResearchInstitutionsResearchProjectsResearch Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013 Secretariat in Copenhagen 32 institutions and offices 34 working committees 22 cooperation partners 500+ projects annually

7. NCM Open Access project Repository & Mandate February 2012 Initial idea November 2012 Internal go February 2013 Partners on board March 2013 Project begins Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

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9. NCM Open Access project Repository & Mandate March 2013 Project begins May 2013 Repository chosen November 2013 Mandate Phase 1 approved February 2014 Launch of repository and mandate Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

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15. NCM Publications What we publish o Reports o Journals o Working papers Total: 300+ publications Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013 What we fund o Articles o Preprints o Other publications Total: 1,000+ publications

16. Repository for the Mandate All publications in one place Uniformed metadata scheme Becoming interoperable Longterm archiving Modernizing the distribution Rationalizing through common investment Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

17. To be launched February 2014 Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

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24. To summarize There is an existing Nordic platform for collaboration Open Access is on the agenda in the Nordic Council of Ministers There a many practical problems There are lots of regional opertunities to be explored Let’s enter the next stage through collaboration! Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013

25. Thank you! Niels Stern | Head of Unit, Publications @sterntweet | ns@norden.org Nordic Council of Ministers Munin 8th Conference on Scholarly Publishing, Tromsø, Norway, 25-26 November 2013 http://econ.st/YGGYAs