Abstract
An exciting new avenue for establishing and expanding national commitments to open education has emerged through the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative that aims to secure commitments from governments to make their governance more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. In the past, there has not been a strong link between open education and open government, but that has changed in the last year as both the United States and the Slovak Republic adopted commitments to open education in their OGP national action plans. The purpose of this paper is to explore OGP as a strategy for securing national-level commitments to open education in participating countries. We begin by providing background on the OGP, then discuss case studies from the United States and the Slovak Republic, and finally offer recommendations for advocates other countries to consider.
Highlights
Support from national governments can help accelerate the open education movement both directly through supportive policies and projects, and indirectly by promoting awareness and support within civil society
The purpose of this paper is to explore Open Government Partnership (OGP) as a strategy for securing national-level commitments to open education, to help advance open educational resources and practices
OGP action plans provide an unprecedented opportunity to establish national commitments to open education that fuel the movement by raising visibility, providing key resources, and enacting supportive policies
Summary
Support from national governments can help accelerate the open education movement both directly through supportive policies and projects, and indirectly by promoting awareness and support within civil society. A recent report by Creative Commons found that 14 countries have made national-level commitments to open education (Creative Commons, 2014). An exciting new avenue for establishing and expanding national commitments to open education has emerged through the Open Government Partnership (OGP). OGP is an initiative that aims to secure commitments from governments to make their governance more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. The purpose of this paper is to explore OGP as a strategy for securing national-level commitments to open education, to help advance open educational resources and practices. Overall our aim is to demonstrate that OGP is an important opportunity to establish footholds toward strong open education policy in OGP participating countries
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