Open Access and Research Funding by the DFG:

2009 Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen eine Gemeinsame Erklärung der Wissenschaftsorganisationen zu Open Access und Urheberrecht (href="http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/awbi/open_access/index.html">http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/awbi/open_access/index.html).

press href="http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/awbi/open_access/index.html">http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/awbi/open_access/index.html).

The Fraunhofer Society has recently declared an Open Access strategy. The main aim is to make 50 per cent of scientific articles open access by 2020.

press  release in December 2013 influencing German research landscape:

Currently, programs of the European Commission like the  Horizon 2020 research data pilot (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1257_en.htm)