February 14th, 2020, marked the 20th anniversary of the Bu
dapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), which is significant for providing the first definition of open access offering guidelines to make research free and available to anyone.
To mark the anniversary, the BOAI20 Steering Committee will be releasing a new set of recommendations, reflections and resources in the coming weeks and organizing a webinar to discuss the further development of the movement.
The Declaration is "a statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement of commitment. The initiative was signed by the Budapest participants and thousands of individuals and organizations from around the world who represent researchers, universities, laboratories, libraries, foundations, journals, publishers, learned societies, and kindred open-access initiatives."
If you want to learn more about the BOAI document resealed in 2002, read the official FAQs, where you can find the background of the initiative and the supporting research.