European Commission's View on Increasing Access to Research Information

In this Communication to the European Parliament, the European Commission highlights the importance of increasing public access to research information:

"It is estimated that government investments of $3.8 billion in the Human Genome Project, a U.S. co-ordinated research endeavour including major European contributions, have had an economic impact worth $796 billion, created 310 000 jobs and launched the genome revolution."

https://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/era-communication-towards-better-access-to-scientific-information_en.pdf