INSTITUTE FOR OPEN LEADERSHIP CULTIVATING OPEN POLICY LEADERS

FOUR KEY TENETS

• (The obviousness of) OPEN POLICY

• Publicly / foundation funded resources should be openly licensed

• Default = Open (via funding requirement)

• CC BY on content, CC0 on data

OPEN POLICY NETWORK

• Foster the creation, adoption, and implementation of open policies that

advance the public good

• Do this by supporting advocates, organizations, policymakers, and

connecting policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance

• 49 institutional OPN members

• CC founded OPN / on steering committee

• OPN work plan funded (in part) with support of Hewlett Foundation

INSTITUTE FOR OPEN LEADERSHIP

• Global open movement requires new generation of open policy leaders

• 1-week in-person training on ‘open’ domains & open policy + 1-year open

policy project @ institutions / governments

• 13 “fellows”: Bangladesh, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Greece, Nepal, New

Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Somalia, United States

• “Mentors” from open: education, science, access, data, software, culture

WHAT ARE THE FELLOWS DOING?

• https://openpolicynetwork.org/iol/#2015fellows

• Let’s hear from the IOL Fellows!

WHAT’S NEXT?

• IOL #1 fellows and mentors establish 13 new open policies in 2015

• IOL #2: Q1, 2016: location TBD

• Scale IOL (virtual, regional IOLs) to accommodate unmet demand (95+

applications for IOL #1)

IMAGE CREDITS

Institution - by Thibault Geffroy from the Noun Project - CC BY 3.0

Blueprint - by Dimitry Sunseifer from the Noun Project - CC BY 3.0

Jumping IOL - by Cable Green (IOL #1 Flickr group) - CC BY 3.0