On July 16, 2025, the Minister of Science and Higher Education approved a document titled „Polityka otwartego dostępu do danych badawczych finansowanych ze środków publicznych” [‘Policy on Open Access to Research Data Funded by Public Resources’]. The development of the Policy was undertaken to comply with the provisions of the Act of August 11, 2021, on open data and the reuse of public sector information.
The policy is addressed to entities within the science and higher education sector that possess research data generated with public funding. The document is not normative in nature – it serves as a ‘roadmap’ containing information, goals, recommendations, and proposals regarding open access to research data. A follow-up document will be developed, providing a more detailed action plan that specifies how individual tasks will be implemented, including the identification of appropriate sources of funding.