The Czech Republic National Strategy of Open Access to Scientific Information for 2017-2020 was approved by the Government on June 14, 2017. The action plan should be prepared as the next step.

The Technology Centre of the CAS (TC) supports the participation of the Czech Republic in the European Research Area and has been also appointed as the National Point of Reference according to the Commission Recommendation of 17. 7. 2012 on access to and preservation of scientific information. TC also coordinated the activities of the working group on open access which prepared the initial wording of the national strategy on open access to scientific information.