The document summarizes Carl-Christian Buhr's presentation on making EU open access policies work. It discusses the goals of the EU Commission to have open access policies in all member states by 2014 and 60% open access in Europe by 2016. For Horizon 2020, the EU research program with €77 billion in funding, there will be a open access mandate for publications and an open access to data pilot. The presentation provides details on the open access policies and goals for Horizon 2020, and pointers to additional resources on open access from the EU Commission.