Pillar I: Facilitating development of institutional open access policies through the retention of intellectual property rights

- Increased number of EU research performing organisations (RPOs) with well-developed policies on open access publications, which include clause(s) for rights retention; - Higher share of research publications in open access across the EU and Associated Countries, especially in low-performing countries with respect to open access; - Increase of access to and preservation of scientific information through institutional infrastructures, such as repositories. While the EU is making progress on its open access objectives, recent reports show that there is still significant room for improvement.