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Abel Caine ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section

UNESCO Open Suite Strategy 2010 WSIS Forum E-Science Meeting. Abel Caine ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section Communication and Information (CI) Sector UNESCO. UNESCO. Our Mission is to contribute to the: Building of Peace; Eradication of Poverty; Sustainable Development; and

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Abel Caine ICT in Education, Science and Culture Section

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  1. UNESCO Open Suite Strategy 2010 WSIS Forum E-Science Meeting Abel CaineICT in Education, Science and Culture Section Communication and Information (CI) Sector UNESCO

  2. UNESCO Our Mission is to contribute to the: • Building of Peace; • Eradication of Poverty; • Sustainable Development; and • Intercultural Dialogue, through – • Education • Sciences • Culture • Communication and Information

  3. Communication and Information Sector • Overarching Objective 5: Build Inclusive Knowledge Societies OPEN SUITE STRATEGY • Open Educational Resources (OER) • Open Access (OA) to scientific information • Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

  4. Open Educational Resources (OER) • 2010 – 2011 Benchmark: • 5 regional digital repositories of educational resources established • benefitting from South-South cooperation • Develop new, innovative UNESCO OER Platform • Sharing UNESCO products in OER format • Allowing Communities of Practice to freely share and copy content • Support OER standard-setting • European OPAL Project

  5. Open Training Platform (OTP) • www.opentrainingplatform.org • Online directory of 3,500+ e-learning courses • 21 subject areas • 9 UN partner agencies (ITU, UNEP, UNITAR, UNU, FAO, WHO, ILO, UNV and UNESCO) • 630+ training providers: commercial - NGOs • 1M+ visitors

  6. Open Access (OA) • Access to scientific information • Developing countries universities, think tanks, research institutions, Government policy units • Undertake 2010 Global Map with OSI and OASIS within WSIS UNGIS • Awareness and links to existing global OA respositories • Building capacities to create dynamic, viable local OA repositories

  7. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) • UNESCO FOSS Suite • CDS/ISIS, IDAMS, Museolog, Enrich • UNESCO FOSS Portal • http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/ • UNESCO support for: • Greenstone, Koha, AtoM • Governments enactment of ODF laws • Support user develoment: computer science faculties, Software Freedom Day, localisation • Partnerships critical: Sun – UNESCO MOU

  8. Target Groups • Global Priority 1: Africa • Global Priority 2: Gender equality • LDCs • SIDS • Youth • People with Disabilities • People living in rural or PCPD areas (IDPs) • Indigenous people, minority languages

  9. UNESCO Strengths • UNESCO’s unique mandate: peace and development • Wealth of knowledge and experience • Steady budget • Dedicated Team • 32 Field Offices worldwide • 192 National Commissions for UNESCO • 2,500 schools in ASPnet • UNESCO Ambassadors, Clubs, Parliamentarians

  10. Partnerships • Foundations – Free Software Foundation • NGOs – Curriki.org • Private sector – Sun, TAG-Org

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