Science Europe (SE) has issued a joint statement welcoming the adoption by the Council of the European Union (EU) of conclusions on high-quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and fair academic publishing. These are statements of intent for the time being, but they may be a game changer.

SE is a non-profit association based in Brussels (Belgium) that brings together the most important European research and innovation funding agencies, as well as the most prominent European research centers. CSIC has been part of SE since its foundation in 2011 and has held one of the two Vice-Presidencies for the last four years. As key players in public research and innovation in Europe, Science Europe is committed to supporting the development of a non-profit, publicly owned scholarly communication ecosystem in collaboration with policy makers in Europe and beyond.

Access to the joint statement: Advancing a publicly owned and not-for-profit scholarly communication ecosystem based on the principles of open science.