Information about Eastern European open access journals and open access repositories is presented to encourage open access developments in Slovakia. The paper also highlights open access policies in the European Union and presents the OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) project e-infrastructure and a network of experts to support the researchers towards meeting the demands of the European Commission open access policies.

Key words: open access, open access journals, open access repositories, open access policies, libraries, researchers, research institutions, Eastern Europe, OpenAIRE.

In Slovak language.