The meeting, held to exchange experiences in projects, policies and implementation of OER on the national, regional and institutional
levels, drew a series of useful conclusions. It also created an action plan for the UNESCO Chairs in OER based around two
key activities: the establishment of a Global OER Graduate School, and the development of an OER Knowledge Cloud. Actions
will also be carried out to attain global balance in the network, and to connect the Chairs in OER in a UNESCO University
Twinning and Networking (UNITWIN) network.
ICDE member institutions Athabasca University, Canada, and Open Universiteit, the Netherlands, are the current holders of the UNESCO Chairs in OER. The network it represents focuses on capacity building on an institutional, national and international level and research that will contribute to the growing investigation of the OER phenomenon and its potential, and impact on education and learning.