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Hello all, I echo everyone's sentiments. This is really excellent news! Congratulations and many thanks to all those who worked so hard to achieve this. International cooperation and collaboration is a great plus to the worldwide OER community. Best Regards, Viviane On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 6:44 AM Catherine Cronin < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Like everyone has said – this is brilliant news! Many thanks to all who > worked so diligently towards achieving this. > > > > Joe, I agree also that this will give a big boost to national initiatives > – we are very grateful for that. > > > > Warm regards, > Catherine > > > > *________________________________________* > > *Catherine Cronin, PhD* > > *Strategic Education Developer* > > National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher > Education > > c/o 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 > > T: +353 (0)1 609 0648 > > E: [log in to unmask] > > W: catherinecronin.net and @catherinecronin > <http://twitter.com/catherinecronin> > > W: *www.teachingandlearning.ie <http://www.teachingandlearning.ie> > *and @ForumTL <http://twitter.com/ForumTL> > > > > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01D4704B.84C81430] > > > > > > > > *From: *Open Education Special Interest Group <[log in to unmask]> > on behalf of Cable Green <[log in to unmask]> > *Reply-To: *Open Education Special Interest Group < > [log in to unmask]> > *Date: *Tuesday 28 May 2019 at 19:10 > *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: *UNESCO OER Recommendation: good news > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > Cable Green, PhD > Director of Open Education > Creative Commons > > - Join: CC Open Education Platform > <https://creativecommons.org/2017/09/05/invitation-join-cc-open-education-platform/> > - Register: CC Certificate <https://certificates.creativecommons.org/> > - Get Involved: CC Global Network > <https://network.creativecommons.org/get-involved/> > - Connect: @cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the OPENEDSIG list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=OPENEDSIG&A=1 > --- NOTICE: This email, its content and any files transmitted with it are > intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be privileged and/or > confidential. 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