openpolicynetwork.org

WHY?

FOUR KEY TENETS

1. (The obviousness of) OPEN POLICY

2. Publicly / foundation funded resources

should be openly licensed

3. Default = Open (via funding requirement)

4. 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

Current research funding cycle does not maximize

dissemination, economic efficiency, social impact

Government RFPs

announced, research

grants awarded

Scientific research

conducted and papers

written

Articles submitted

to journals and

peer review occurs

Acceptance in journals;

authors transfer

copyright to publishers

Articles published in

mainly closed access

journals

Libraries subscribe or

public pays per article

fee to view on

publisher's website

Public granted little or

no reuse rights beyond

access to read articles

Slow scientific progress,

poor return on public

investment

Optimized research funding cycle maximizes

public access, economic efficiency, social impact

Government RFPs

announced, open

license requirements

included, research

grants awarded

Scientific research

conducted and papers

written

Acceptance in journals;

public access policy

ensures deposit in open

repository

Articles published in

traditional journals

under embargo

Public can download

articles from open

access repository

Public granted full reuse

rights under open

licenses

Accelerated scientific

progress, optimal return

on public investment

Articles submitted

to journals and

peer review occurs

Publicly funded

resources should be

openly licensed

resources.

EXAMPLE

$2 billion over four years

CC BY required

● Warsaw CC Summit 2011

● OER on the radar of policymakers

● affiliates requested support

● current efforts decentralized and uncoordinated

● need a network to share and discuss

● need best data, toolkits, arguments

● let’s not miss opportunities that arise!

IDEA

MISSION● 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.

PRINCIPLES● ‘Open Policy’: publicly funded resources are

openly licensed resources

● Default aim for policy licensing: Open Definition (with

preference for CC BY and CC0).

● Do not recreate the wheel; leverage expertise

● Work from existing policy recommendations: Paris

OER, BOAI, Panton Principles, Communia, etc.

● Free for anyone to join. Contribute and abide by

mission and guiding principles.

WORK PLAN

● Link to, catalog, and curate existing policy resources.

● Build new resources and/or services only where

capacity or expertise does not currently exist.

● Connect policy makers to experts.

● Provide baseline level of assistance for all

opportunities.

● Share information with openly with members and the

public, using open licenses (of course), multiple

languages, transparent fashion.

opn@creativecommons.org

Credits● Institution - by Thibault Geffroy from the Noun Project - CC BY

● Big idea - from the Noun Project, Public Domain

● Blueprint - by Dimitry Sokolov from The Noun Project - CC BY

● Check List - by fabrice dubuy from The Noun Project - CC BY

● Hackathon - by Iconathon 2012 - CC0

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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.

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