Harnessing OER to strengthen access to information

The webinar will highlight how Open Educational Resources (OER), copyright capacity building and policy development enhance access to information. It will raise awareness of copyrights and the importance of supporting countries and institutions to develop legal and policy frameworks that promote OER, in line with national and international obligations in this area.  

The webinar will highlight how Open Educational Resources (OER) and copyright capacity building and policy development enhance access to information. It will raise awareness of copyrights and the importance of supporting countries and institutions to develop legal and policy frameworks that promote OER, in line with national and international obligations in this area. It will provide insights on ways that copyright flexibilities, open licenses, open license tools, platforms for metadata interoperability and artificial intelligence are opening opportunities for OER to support universal access to information.  

The UNESCO OER Recommendation adopted in 2019 calls for capacity building in copyright and open licenses and advocates for the adoption and implementation of policies that support access to open educational resources and access to information and the use of digital and open data in OER.  

The OER Dynamic Coalition was established further to the adoption of the UNESCO OER Recommendation with the objective of supporting governments in implementing the OER Recommendation by promoting and reinforcing international and regional cooperation among all stakeholders in the first four areas of the UNESCO OER Recommendation. 

Speakers include:

• Dr. Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, Senior Analyst at the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)
• Ms. Caroline Botero, General Member Board of Creative Commons and executive director of the Colombian civil society digital rights organization Karisma Foundation
• Dr Maja Bogataj Jančič (founder and head of the Intellectual Property Institute and Slovenian Creative Commons legal lead (TBC)
• Mr. Paul Hector, Advisor for Information and Communication (TBC)

Moderator: Ms. Zeynep Varoglu, Programme Specialist, UNESCO