Africa/CC Africa Regional Meeting 2012/African Priorities 2012

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This page documents the final outcomes from the discussion sessions on CC's priorities in Africa, at the CC Africa Regional Meeting 2012. It details the topics and projects put forward are potential priorities for CC's community in Africa, as well as the number of votes from participants for each topic/project.

Priority Topics

  • Open Education Resources (OER) – 17
  • Government adoption – 14
  • Health – 7
  • Advocacy - 7
  • ICT development - 6
  • Business models - 6
  • Transparency - 5
  • Skill development - 3
  • Localisation - 3
  • GLAM - 3
  • Arts – 3
  • Promotion – 3
  • Media content release – 0


Priority Projects

  • collaborative projects eg with individual artists – 13
  • toolkits – 11
  • teaching life skills (with CC licensing) – 10
  • teaching about creative commons – 8
  • gatherings/networking – 7
  • salons/concerts – 4
  • dissemination of information eg in schools – 4
  • engage with other institutions/peers – 4
  • research – 3
  • creation/promotion of local content – 3
  • international engagement (and local implementation) – 2
  • developing/working with dedicated teams eg cultural centres – 2
  • promotion of case studies/evidence – 2
  • review of existing policies/guidelines to ensure consistency – 2
  • monitoring and evaluation of initiatives – 1
  • consultation with stakeholders/grassroots - 1
  • government lobbying – 1
  • work with local services – 1
  • translation – 0


Proposed Activities

  • Uhurubus - localised version of the Latin America Librebus
  • CC Africa Website - potentially including:
    • a CC resource repository
    • portfolios/advertisements for local creators using CC
    • regional subpages/categorisation
  • CC Africa resource archive on Wikicommons - could be easily seeded by taking part in existing WikiAfrica activities, such as the Wikipedia Loves Art initiative
  • Africa-specific toolkits - eg around CC business models and OER
  • yearly CC Africa festival
  • Africa animation styled on the Arab World video
  • Affiliate case studies documentation - collecting stories of activities undertaken by one team, so they can be highlighted on website and replicated by other affiliates
  • Regional collaborative projects eg East Africa, Southern Africa
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