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REPORTING ON THE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE 2019 RECOMMENDATION ON OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OER)

The following questionnaire has been developed to guide and assist Member States with their reporting on specific provisions of the 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). It aims to collect information on the legislative and regulatory provisions and any other measures taken by UNESCO Member States to implement the UNESCO OER Recommendation adopted in 2019 at the 40th session of the General Conference.

The questionnaire below reflects Resolution 214X/13.X adopted at the 214th session of the Executive Board.

General Information

Country

Organization(s) or entity(s) responsible for the preparation of the report

Officially designated contact person and institution

Name(s) of designated official(s) certifying the report

Brief description of the consultation process established for the preparation of the report

General

Has the 2019 Recommendation on OER been promoted and shared with appropriate ministries and institutions?

If yes, please provide details.

Has the 2019 Recommendation on OER been translated into national language(s) (if applicable)?

Not applicable
Yes
No

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Building capacity of stakeholders to create, access, re-use, adapt and redistribute OER

Have there been awareness raising activities on the benefits of OER organized or foreseen to be organized by end of 2023 in your country? (ref.: (i)11.(a), (c))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have capacity building programmes on how to use/re-use, adapt and redistribute OER as well as related digital skills taken place? (ref.: (i), 11.(b), (e),(f))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Are there existing national or institutional OER repositories and/or plans to establish such repositories by end of 2023? (ref.: (i),11.(d))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have there been capacity building interventions focused on the use and/ or development of OER repositories and tools and/or are there such interventions foreseen by end of 2023? (ref.: ( i),11,(d), (b))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant

Developing Supportive Policy

Is there a policy at national and/or institutional level(s) that foresees that educational resources are developed using public funds and made available as open educational resources? (ref.: (ii), 12, (a))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

How do policies and existing frameworks in place at national and/or institutional level(s) provide incentives for stakeholders (e.g. teachers, learners, researchers) to use/re-use/ adapt and redistribute OER, including for professional and academic merit? (ref.: (ii),12, (b), (c), (d),(f))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

How do procurement models in place at national and/or institutional level(s) provide incentives for governmental bodies and institutions to support OER use/re-use/ adaptation and/or redistribution OER? (ref.: (ii),12, (b), (c), (d),(f))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

To what extent have OER policies been embedded into national policy frameworks and strategies and aligned with other open policies and guiding principles such as those for Open Access, Open Data, Open Source Software and Open Science? (ref.: ( ii), 12, (e))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have policies and/or guiding principles been developed with regard to privacy and data protection during the production and use of OER, OER infrastructure and related services? (ref.: (ii), 12, (h))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Encouraging effective, inclusive and equitable access to quality OER

Are there OER in national languages? (ref.: (iii), 13. (b))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Are there OER available for use in low/ no connectivity contexts? (ref.: (iii), 13. (a))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have OER have been contextualized for local social, economic and cultural contexts? (ref.: (iii), 13.(b), (c), (d)) Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have quality assurance criteria for OER, based on principles of learning excellence, equity and inclusion, been developed and/or adapted? (ref.: (iii), 13. (f))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant

Have studies and/or research on OER development been conducted and/or are planned to be conducted by end of 2023 at the national and institutional level? (ref.: (iii),13.(e))

Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Nurturing the creation of sustainability models of OER

Have OER sustainability models (in particular those that foresee that the cost of accessing educational materials is not shifted to individual educators and students) been developed and/or are foreseen to be developed by end of 2023? (ref.: (iv), 14, (a), (b), (c), (d))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have mechanisms to encourage feedback from stakeholders and constant improvement of OER been established? (ref.: (iv), 14, (f))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Promoting and reinforcing international cooperation

Has your country and/or institutions in your country signed agreements and/or other collaborative mechanisms, including for funding to co-develop and/or share OER through inter-institutional, national, regional and/or international cooperation? (ref.: ( iv), 14, (g)); (v),15 (a) (b), (d), (e), (f))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Have specific clauses related to OER been incorporated, where appropriate, in international agreements concerned with cooperation in the field of education? (ref.: ( v), 15, (d))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Are there peer networks that share OER, based on areas such as subject matter, language, institutions, regions and level of education at local, institutional, national, regional, and/or international level currently active? (ref.: ( v), 15, c))

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Miscellaneous

Has your country used OER to meet the educational challenges in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic?

If yes, please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

Please enter below any other information or achievements you would like to share regarding your country’s implementation of the 2019 Recommendation on OER. Please provide details and hyperlinks as relevant.

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