Events

3rd UNESCO World OER Congress Digital Public Goods: Open Solutions and AI for Inclusive Access to Knowledge

Date: November 19, 2024 - 10:00 AM - November 20, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Location: Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates

Rooms: Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Type: Cat IV – International Congress

Arrangement type: In-Person

The 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress, ‘Digital Public Goods: Open Solutions and AI for Inclusive Access to Knowledge' (19 – 20 November 2024, Dubai U.A.E.) will identify how the implementation of this UN Normative instrument can effectively contribute to United Nation’s Secretary General’s Road Map for Digital Cooperation, Commitment 7 of ‘Our Common Agenda’: to “Improve of digital cooperation” and contribute to the Global Digital Compact. Hosted by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF), the Congress aims to enhance global cooperation and innovation in Open Educational Resources (OER)  in the framework of the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER.

For more information: oerrecommendation@unesco.org

A series of online regional consultations are being held in the lead up to the 3rd Global UNESCO OER Congress until October 2024. The expected outcome of the 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress will be Guidelines on how the UNESCO 2019 Recommendation on OER can optimize openly licensed content to address the challenges and opportunities posed by emerging technologies.

• Africa Regional Consultation, 31 May 2024
• Caribbean Regional Consultation, 10 July 2024
• Asia Pacific Regional Consultation, 30 July 2024

Further regional consultations to be held September to October 2024:

• Arab States Regional Consultation, Date TBC
• Europe Regional Consultation, Date TBC
• Latin America Regional Consultation, Date TBC

Related links:

• Open Educational Resources
• Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)

URL: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/3rd-unesco-world-oer-congress