This document provides an overview of an open policy survey conducted by a team from several organizations to analyze open educational resources (OER), open data, open heritage, and open science policies around the world. The survey examines the strength and implementation of relevant policies in different countries and jurisdictions, as well as discovery mechanisms and influential models. It includes sample results on OER policies and implementations scores for several countries and provides information on the survey methodology and funding sources.

1. Open Policy Survey
The Goal
An overview of open policies
around the world
Geo. Scope:
All countries & Jurisdictions
Thematic Scope:
OER
Open Data
Open Heritage
Open Science
(incl. Open Access)
Method: a short survey
on: 1) policy strength, 2) implementation,
3) discovery mechanism, &
4) international influencers/ role models
BY: Team for State of Open Policy 2015 project
Centrum Cyfrowe*, re:share, Karisma Foundation, SPARC,
CommonSphere**, AusGOAL, & the National Copyright Unit Australia
* Project lead **Responsible for survey design& this poster

2. <OER> Policy
Imple
menta
tion
AFRICA
Tanzania 3 2
AMERICAS
Argentina 4 4
Bolivia 3 3
Chile 1 2
El Salvador 0 0
Guatemala 0 0
Paraguay 0 0
Uruguay 2 2
Venezuela 0 0
<OER> Policy Implementation
ASIA& OCEANIA
Australia 2 1
Japan 1 1
Republic of Korea 4 4
Turkey 1 0
EUROPE
Finland D/N D/N
France 4 4
Iceland 1 0
Poland 3 2
Romania 1 0
Scotland 1 1
Slovak Republic 2 1
Sample Results (OER)
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Score Policy (OER)
5 Government-wide decision made + implementation guideline
published for quality and standardization
4 Policy decision made requiring all relevant government agency to
mandate open provision of government-funded educational resources
3 Policy decision made requiring at least one government agency to
mandate open provision of government-funded educational resources
2 Policy discussion in progress
1 Some OER experimentation but no policy discussion
0 No OER policy discussion nor experimentation
Score Implementation (OER)
5 4+ at least one of the following:
1) policy review and revision
2) long term practice, or
3) legislative measure taken to make the policy last long
4 Government-wide policy implementation on an ongoing basis
3 Government-wide policy implementation in progress
2 Wide-scale implementation in progress
1 Some implementation tried with OER policy
0 No implementation on OER policy
Credits& Acknowledgements
Open Policy Survey is a part of State of Open Policy 2015 project,
which is partly funded by Open Policy Network.
Special Thanks: Igor Lesko, Tim Vollmer, and other OPN members
for valuable feedbacks on survey instruments.
This poster is licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Creator is Tomoaki Watanabe