The strategic plan states that ICDE is committed to follow up the work of the ICDE Task Force on OERs by developing a strategy for enhancing OERs in an international setting.
The first step in doing this is through ICDE’s engagement in the OPAL Initiative (http://oer-quality.org/) on open educational practices which will focus on innovation and quality through the use of open educational resources. Although the project is funded by the European Commission, the involvement of ICDE and UNESCO underlines the international relevance of the research, and both ICDE and UNESCO have committed to stimulate and provide two-way traffic between the European and other international contexts.