[Open-education] [cc-openedu] UNESCO OER Recommendation: good news

Fri May 31 18:54:47 UTC 2019

Congratulations to all that helped make this happen!

Vahid.

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On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:24 AM Paul Blackman <paul.blackman at bcc.edu.bb>
wrote:

> Thanks Cable.
> Very pleased to hear of thanks.
> Job well done by all involved.
> Paul
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 2:10 PM Cable Green <cable at creativecommons.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Good news!
>>
>>
>> The UNESCO OER Recommendation was approved by UNESCO member states
>> today, by consensus. Its final step for approval will take place at the
>> UNESCO General Assembly in November, 2019 - though we expect that vote to
>> be procedural.
>>
>>
>> Creative Commons (CC) had two representatives in the meeting
>> <https://en.unesco.org/events/intergovernmental-special-committee-meeting-related-draft-recommendation-concerning-open>
>> (and in multiple side meetings) for the last two days, and we are pleased
>> with the outcome. CC, the UNESCO OER Chairs, and many other IGOs and NGOs
>> in the meeting were able to work with UNESCO members states to
>> significantly edit some of the unhelpful definitions and improve other text
>> in the document. This was truly a team effort.
>>
>>
>> The final text of the document will be now coordinated and translated by
>> UNESCO and they will publish it prior to the November meeting. Date TBD.
>>
>>
>> Here is a copy of the DRAFT Recommendation on Open Educational Resources
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N54rMUsvVO-9f1K-LN-pmkBQSto2wLRu/view>
>> before edits were made to the document during the past two days.
>>
>>
>> Special thanks to everyone who was involved in this long process of
>> drafting the document, revising and improving it, educating your UNESCO
>> country delegates, and helping to get it across the finish line. The
>> Slovenian delegation and the UNESCO staff, in particular, deserve our
>> gratitude for leading this project for so many years.
>>
>>
>> I will share more information as it becomes available.
>>
>>
>> This is a big win!
>>
>>
>> Cable
>>
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