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Argentina passes law on public access to research

11 Dec 2013
Argentina passes law on public access to research

Argentina has followed Peru as the second country in Latin America to mandate public access to scientific research. The National Senate unanimously approved the law requiring the those institutions of the National System of Science and Technology which receive funding from the National State to make the results of their research open access.

The secretary of Scientific and Technological Articulation from the Ministry, Alejandro Ceccatto, said that the mandate’s "… aim is that publicly-funded scientific production be available. It is unacceptable that society cannot access to the information resulting from research activities funded by the National State".