This document discusses using the Open Government Partnership (OGP) as a platform to advance open education policies. It provides examples of OGP national action plans from the US and Slovakia related to open educational resources and open access. The US commitments include workshops on open education policy, overseas pilot programs using OER, and an online skills academy. Slovakia's commitments involve identifying and releasing educational resources as OER, analyzing procurement processes, and establishing open access repositories. The document argues that open education supports efficient use of funds, access to knowledge, new technologies, and international cooperation. It suggests advocacy strategies like engaging champions and stakeholders.

1. OGP as a Platform
for Advancing Open Education
Policy
Nicole Allen @txtbks
Jan Gondol @jangondol
#oeglobal | April 22, 2015

2. www.opengovpartnership.org

3. Open Government Partnership
● Open Government Declaration
– Increase the availability of information
about governmental activities.
– Support civic participation.
– Implement the highest standards of professional
integrity throughout our administrations.
– Increase access to new technologies for
openness and accountability.
● 2-Year National Action Plans & Reporting

4. Open Education in OGP
National Action Plans
http://tinyurl.com/ogp-usa

5. U.S. OGP Commitments
“There is a growing body of evidence that the
use of open education resources improves the
quality of teaching and learning,
including by accelerating student
comprehension and by fostering more
opportunities for affordable cross-border and
cross-cultural educational experiences.”

6. U.S. OGP Commitments
● Organize a workshop with stakeholders to foster international
collaboration and produce best practices on open education
policy. (White House OSTP, Depts. of State and Ed.)
● Conduct three pilot programs overseas that use OER to
support learning. (Dept. of State)
● Launch an online skills academy through $25 million in
competitive grants that will offer open online courses and create
high-quality free or low-cost pathways to degrees and other
credentials. (Depts. of Labor, and Ed.)

7. Open Education in OGP National
Action Plans
http://tinyurl.com/ogp-slovakia

8. Slovak OGP Commitments
(OER)
● Identify digitally available educational resources at the Ministry of Education,
Science and Sport that can be released openly, and evaluate existing repositories at the
Ministry for the purpose of establishing a central repository to publish OER.
● Analyze the procurement process for educational resources in primary and secondary
education and run a pilot program of a new proposed procurement process that would
enable the release of such materials under an open license.
● Propose and implement awareness measures for open educational resources.
● Join multilateral activities in Europe and beyond that support the creation,
improvement, sharing and reuse of open educational resources.

9. Slovak OGP Commitments
(Open Access)
● Identify and evaluate existing repositories at the Ministry for the
purpose of establishing a central repository for storing
scientific publications, including text and data.
● Work together with affected institutions to
identify barriers to Open Access implementation and conduct
an analysis of requiring that publications be provided to the public
in a free and open manner.
● Propose a mechanism for voluntarily publishing data related to
scientific publications as Open Data.
● Inform Slovak educational and research institutions about the
benefits of Open Access.
● Cooperate with other countries on the creation of Open Access
strategies and share knowledge gained in Slovakia.

10. Making the Case
● Efficient use of Public Funds
● Access to Knowledge
● Harnessing New Technologies
● Civic Engagement
● Transparency
● International Cooperation

11. Advocacy Strategies
● Engage Inside Champions
● Propose Strong Language (and go from
there)
● Consult Outside Experts
● Consult Stakeholders
● Identify Existing Opportunities
● Plan for Implementation

12. www.opengovpartnership.org

13. www.openpolicynetwork.org
@openpolicynet

14. Nicole Allen
@txtbks
nicole@sparc.arl.org
Jan Gondol
@jangondol
gondol@gondol.sk