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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
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From: Open Education Special Interest Group <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Cable Green <[log in to unmask]>
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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 (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 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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