UNESCO, supported by the Commonwealth of Learning and other international and regional organisations and associations, should
play a brokering role and be driving the international agenda to promote OER in the international context. The Policy Forum
on 1 December 2010 was attended by participants from 60 member countries focused on raising awareness of OER at the policy
level. In his welcoming address Dr Tang, the Assistant Director‐General for Education at UNESCO asserted that OER had the
potential to transform education at all levels of the system by providing quality teaching and learning resources. He also
promised that UNESCO would be paying greater attention to higher education, especially the use of OER, and that it will need
to decide on specific entry points so as not to duplicate current initiatives.
Published 2011 by UNESCO