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	* CC Bulgaria		* CC Bulgaria
		+	* CC Ireland

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 The answers below are supported by the following CC Europe affiliates:
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 Area 1 - Access, inclusion and equity (maximum 200 characters)
-* '''Establish an open licensing requirement for educational resources developed with public funding, in line with UNESCO's Paris Declaration on OER. Publicly funded resources should be openly licensed resources.'''
+* '''Establish an open licensing requirement for educational resources developed with public funding, in line with UNESCO's Paris Declaration on OER.'''

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−	~~'''~~Public consultation on "Opening Up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies"~~'''~~	+	==== Public consultation on "Opening Up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies" ====

	Before responding the present questionnaire, please read carefully the consultation document where the initiative is presented together with its priority areas and activities. You can find this document in the "useful links" above. Questions marked with an asterisk * require an answer to be given.		Before responding the present questionnaire, please read carefully the consultation document where the initiative is presented together with its priority areas and activities. You can find this document in the "useful links" above. Questions marked with an asterisk * require an answer to be given.

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 '''The Commission should support the recommendations in the [http://www.unesco.org/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_B1430391CD13C2C8B40540FED22665CCF03A0100/filename/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf 2012 Paris OER Declaration] (PDF), which was ratified by UNESCO member nations at the World Open Educational Resources Congress on 20-22 June 2012. As described in the consultation document, “the EU will use the tools at its disposal (policy guidance, EU regulation whenever relevant, funding mechanisms, exchange of good practices and innovative pilots).” By leveraging these various tools in alignment with the suggestions laid out in the Paris Declaration, the EC can be very effective in promoting the development and use of OER. Those recommendations urge UNESCO member nations to:
-# Foster awareness and use of OER.
+# '''Foster awareness and use of OER.'''
-# Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).
+# '''Facilitate enabling environments for use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).'''
-# Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER.
+# '''Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER.'''
-# Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.
+# '''Promote the understanding and use of open licensing frameworks.'''
-# Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality learning materials.
+# '''Support capacity building for the sustainable development of quality learning materials.'''
-# Foster strategic alliances for OER.
+# '''Foster strategic alliances for OER.'''
-# Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts.
+# '''Encourage the development and adaptation of OER in a variety of languages and cultural contexts.'''
-# Encourage research on OER.
+# '''Encourage research on OER.'''
-# Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing of OER.
+# '''Facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing of OER.'''
-# Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds.
+# '''Encourage the open licensing of educational materials produced with public funds.'''
-In addition, the Paris Declaration reaffirms OER as “teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.” The EC should support this definition of OER so that users of OER know the rights available to them and so that producers of OER get the credit they deserve. Also, since we agree that the potential of OER is not being fully exploited at least in part because of the lack of a clear legal framework applicable within the European Union, we strongly suggest that the  EC should consider promoting the use of Creative Commons licenses and public domain tools like the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. CC licenses are globally applicable and are seen as the gold standard for content licensing. It would be beneficial for the EC to adopt CC licenses because they are already established and understood, instead of creating customized licenses that may not interoperate with existing solutions.'''
+'''The European Commission is in a position to help coordinate, promote, and support most--if not all--of these recommendations. In addition, these recommendations align with the Europe 2020 priorities, especially in increasing effective investments in education by encouraging free open access to publicly funded educational content.'''

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 * CC Finland
 * CC Bulgaria
 '''Public consultation on "Opening Up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies"'''
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 Are you responding as an individual or as organisation?
 * '''Organisation'''
 Name of the organisation (maximum 50 characters)
 * '''Creative Commons'''
 Country where the organisation is based (maximum 50 characters)
 * '''United States'''
 Is your organisation registered in the "EU Transparency Register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation"
 * '''Yes'''
 Please indicate the number of registration of your organisation  (maximum 50 characters)
 * '''15262256432-95'''
 Please indicate one contact person regarding this answer (maximum 50 characters)
 * '''Timothy Vollmer'''
 Please indicate one contact (email or telephone) where this person could be reached  (maximum 50 characters)
 * '''tvol [at] creativecommons [dot] org'''

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 * '''Agree'''
 * Strongly agree
 There is a clear rationale for public intervention in order to promote and facilitate the provision of and access to OER;
-Strongly disagree
+* Strongly disagree
-Disagree
+* Disagree
-Agree
+* Agree
-Strongly agree
+* '''Strongly agree'''
 An initiative at European level to support and complement initiatives at Member State level would allow for significant synergies and increase overall results for society;
-Strongly disagree
+* Strongly disagree
-Disagree
+* Disagree
-Agree
+* Agree
-Strongly agree
+* '''Strongly agree'''
 Ensuring wider availability and use of OER and ICT in education should be a top priority for the EU and its Member States in the coming years;
-Strongly disagree
+* Strongly disagree
-Disagree
+* Disagree
-Agree
+* Agree
-Strongly agree
+* '''Strongly agree'''
 How much benefit do you consider each educational sector will gain from opening up
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 Pre schooling
 None
-Little
+* None
-Some
+* Little
-A lot
+* '''Some'''
 School education
-None
+* None
-Little
+* Little
-Some
+* Some
-A lot
+* '''A lot'''
 Higher Education

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 * CC Germany
 * CC Belgium
-* CC United Kingdom - Yes
+* CC United Kingdom
 * CC Sweden
 * CC Czech Republic
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 * CC Bulgaria
-== Public consultation on "Opening Up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies" ==
+=== Public consultation on "Opening Up Education - a proposal for a European Initiative to enhance education and skills development through new technologies" ===
 Before responding the present questionnaire, please read carefully the consultation document where the initiative is presented together with its priority areas and activities. You can find this document in the "useful links" above. Questions marked with an asterisk * require an answer to be given.
-=== Identification of the respondent ===
+==== Identification of the respondent ====
 The contributions received will be published online together with the identification of the respondent, unless you oppose. In the end of the questionnaire you will be asked whether you authorise or not such publication.
-Are you responding as an individual or as organisation?*
+Are you responding as an individual or as organisation?
-* '''Organisation'''
 Name of the organisation (maximum 50 characters)
-Country where the organisation is based* (maximum 50 characters)
+'''Creative Commons'''
 United States
 Is your organisation registered in the "EU Transparency Register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation"
 Yes
 Please indicate the number of registration of your organisation  (maximum 50 characters)
 15262256432-95
 Please indicate one contact person regarding this answer (maximum 50 characters)
 Timothy Vollmer
 Please indicate one contact (email or telephone) where this person could be reached  (maximum 50 characters)
-PART I - Rationale and scope of the initiative
+==== PART I - Rationale and scope of the initiative ====
 To what extent do you agree with the following  statements
-A more systematic use of ICT in education, together with extended availability and use
+A more systematic use of ICT in education, together with extended availability and use of Open Educational Resources, could have a significant and positive impact on the quality of education and on learning outcomes;
-Strongly disagree
+* Strongly disagree
-Disagree
+* Disagree
-Agree
+* '''Agree'''
-Strongly agree
+* Strongly agree
 There is a clear rationale for public intervention in order to promote and facilitate the provision of and access to OER;