The activities described in the background provide a solid foundation for work in 2011-2012 that will further advance the ideal of making educational resources developed with public funds freely available for re-use and re-purposing. The key event will be UNESCO’s 2012 World Open Educational Resources (OER) Conference to be held in Paris on 20-22 June, which will be a milestone on the route to a further conference on OER and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) scheduled for 2015 – the target date for achieving the MDGs.
At the June 2012 World OER Conference governments will be invited to adopt a statement (referred to as the ‘Paris Statement’) that will include a clear definition of open licenses and encourage governments to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
This initiative aims to:
· Increased understanding by Governments of the significance of OER; and
· More countries’ governments commit to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
The initiative includes the following activities:
· Sensitising governments to the significance of OER through public presentations, workshops and dialogue.
· Worldwide inventory of public policy in relation to OER.
· Governments adopt a statement that include a clear definition of open licenses and encourage governments to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
At the June 2012 World OER Conference governments will be invited to adopt a statement (referred to as the ‘Paris Statement’) that will include a clear definition of open licenses and encourage governments to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
This initiative aims to:
· Increased understanding by Governments of the significance of OER; and
· More countries’ governments commit to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
The initiative includes the following activities:
· Sensitising governments to the significance of OER through public presentations, workshops and dialogue.
· Worldwide inventory of public policy in relation to OER.
· Governments adopt a statement that include a clear definition of open licenses and encourage governments to support the principle that the products of publicly funded work should carry such licenses.
