The Open Policy Registry

Creative Commons hosts a crowdsourced Open Policy Registry Links to an external site.. As of early 2013, there were 66 OER policies in the registry, including legislation, institutional policies, and/or funder mandates that lead to the creation, increased use, and/or support for improving OER. (A registry of policies requiring open access to research is maintained elsewhere Links to an external site..) Take a few moments to browse the registry and get a sense of the breadth and variety of OER policies around the world.

Country	Jurisdiction	Tags	Status	Policy	Date
Argentina	National	Intellectual Property	Current	Gleducar policy Links to an external site.	2010/01/01
Australia	Institution - Tertiary			University of Canberra Proposed Policy on Intellectual Property Links to an external site.	2011/07/31
Australia	National		Current	AUSGoal - Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework Links to an external site.	2011
Brazil	Province / State	"Bill" "Draft law" "Brazil"		Projeto de Lei REA do Estado de São Paulo Links to an external site.
Brazil	National	Bill Draft law Brazil	Proposed	Projeto de lei REA será analisado na Câmara Links to an external site.	2011/06/09
China	National	informization	Current	Decade Plan on Development of Education Informatization from 2011 to 2020 (教育信息化十年发展规划 2011-2020) Links to an external site.	2012/03/01
China	National		Current	Establishment of National Open University (国家开放大学) Links to an external site.	2012/07/01
China	National		Current	Chinese Quality Open Course Project (国家精品开放课程计划) Links to an external site.	2011/11/01
China	National		Current	Construction of Internet shared courses (精品资源共享课) Links to an external site.	2012/06/01
Colombia	Institution - Tertiary	Acceso abierto repositorio institucional biblioteca Colombia	Current	Resolución 001 de 2011 Links to an external site.	2011/01/01
España	Global Institution - Primary Institution - Secondary	Guía profesores	Current	Publicación de una guía para la creación de recursos educativos abiertos Links to an external site.	2012/10/10
España	National Institution - Primary Institution - Secondary	Eduation free software share	Current	CeDeC Links to an external site.	2012/10/10
España	Global National Institution - Primary Institution - Secondary	Educación Lengua Matemáticas	Current	Recursos educativos para enseñanza presencial Links to an external site.	2012/10/10
France	Institution - Tertiary		Current	ParisTech Charter of Open Courseware and Licensing Practices Links to an external site.	2007/03/21
Ghana	Institution - Tertiary			Policy for development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) - KNUST Links to an external site.	2011/05/11
Hungary	National		Current	Apertus Nonprofit Kft. – Szakmai koncepció Links to an external site.
Indonesia	National		Current	Higher Education Law Links to an external site.
Lithuania	National		Current	Provisions of the National Education Strategy 2003-2012 Links to an external site.	2003/10/01
Mauritius	National	education	Current	Education and Human Resources Strategy Plan 2008-2020 Links to an external site.	2009/10/01
Mexico	National	educacion abierta educacion a distancia ESAD normas de control escolar		Normas de Control Escolar, Aplicables a losServicios Educativos del Tipo Superior que Imparte la Subsecretaría de EducaciónSuperior, en la modalidad no escolarizada (abierta y a distancia) Links to an external site.	2010/01/01
Mexico	Institution - Tertiary	UNAM educacion abierta educacion a distancia		Normativa Académica de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Sistema Universidad Abierta y Educación a Distancia Links to an external site.	2009
Netherlands	National		Current	Program Plan: Wikiwijs 2011 – 2013 Links to an external site.	2011/05/19
New Zealand	National		Current	NZGOAL The New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing Framework Links to an external site.	2001/10/08
New Zealand	Institution - Tertiary		Current	Otago Polytechnic Intellectual Property Policy Links to an external site.	June 2008
Poland	National	government education k12	Current	Cyfrowa szkoła (Digital School) Links to an external site.	2012/04/03
South Africa	National	government	Proposed	Draft Policy Framework for the Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities (pdf) Links to an external site.	2012/06/28
South Africa	Institution - Primary			A Free Content and Free and Open Courseware implementation strategy for the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) Links to an external site.	2005
United Kingdom	Institution - Tertiary	metadata intellectual property learning objects repository	Current	Operational policies for Leeds Metropolitan University institutional repository Links to an external site.
United Kingdom	National		Current	Introduction to the UK Government Licensing Framework Links to an external site.	2011/07/29
United Kingdom	National		Current	Policies and Statements of the Open University Links to an external site.
United Kingdom	Institution - Tertiary			Summary of UK HEI OER Policies from SCORE workshop, 2012 Links to an external site.	2012/05/04
United Kingdom	National	open access funding open source	Current	JISC Terms and conditions of funding annex to JISC Grant and Contract Letters for Projects Links to an external site.	2011/12/16
United States	System	Guide		An Expectation of Sharing. Guidelines for Effective Policies to Respect, Protect and Increase the Use of Digital Educational Resources Links to an external site.	2010/03/01
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law Maine	Current	L.D.569 An Act To Support and Encourage the Use of Online Textbooks Links to an external site.	2011/06/06
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft Law Texas	Proposed	H.B.2488 Relating to open-source textbooks and other instructional materials for public schools. Links to an external site.	2009/06/19
United States	Province / State	Bill Passed Oregon	Current	H.B.4058A Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to convene work group to study strategies for and make recommendations on reducing higher education textbook costs. Links to an external site.	2012/01/01
United States	National		Current	Solicitation for Grant Applications Links to an external site.	2011/01/01
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft Law Washington State	Proposed	H.B. 2336 Requiring a model policy for open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. Links to an external site.	2012/01/11
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law California	Proposed	S.B.1053 California Digital Open Source Library Links to an external site.	2012/02/08
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law California		A.B. 577 Open Education Resource Centers Links to an external site.	2007/02/21
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft Law	Proposed	H.B. 2337 Regarding open educational resources in K-12 education. Links to an external site.	2012/01/11
United States	Province / State	Georgia K-12 GAVS	Proposed	Georgia Virtual Learning OER terms of use Links to an external site.	2001/12/08
United States	Province / State	Curriculum Utah		Rule R277-111 Sharing of Curriculum Materials by Public School Educators Links to an external site.	2009/11/13
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law		H.R. 1464 Learning Opportunities With Creation of Open Source Textbooks (LOW COST) Links to an external site.	2009/03/12
United States	National	Act Senate Education Labor and Pensions House Education Labor		H.R. 3221 Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009 Links to an external site.	2009/09/17
United States	Province / State	Law California	Current	S.B.1052 California Open Education Resources Council Links to an external site.	2012/09/27
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law Florida	Proposed	H.B.5201 Postsecondary Education Funding Links to an external site.	2010/07/01
United States	National	Grant priority OER U.S. Department of Education	Current	Supplemental Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs for U.S. Department of Education, 75 FR 78486 Links to an external site.	2010/12/15
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law New York		A.09162 An act to establish the taxpayer access to publicly funded research act Links to an external site.	2012/01/31
United States	National	TAACCCT DOL Dept. Labor Dept. Education CC BY	Current	Department of Labor Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant program Links to an external site.	2010/03/30
United States	System		Current	SBCTC Open Policy Open Licensing on Competitive Grants Links to an external site.	2010-07-01
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law	Current	H.B. 1946 - Regarding higher education online technology. Links to an external site.	2009/04/16
United States	Province / State	Public postsecondary education: California Digital Open	Current	S.B. 1053 Creates the California Open Source Digital Library Links to an external site.	2012/09/27
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law New Hampshire		H.B.418 relative to the use of open source software and open data formats by state agencies and relative to the adoption of a statewide information policy regarding open government data standards. Links to an external site.	2011/01/06
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law Texas		H.B.6 Instructional Materials Allotment Links to an external site.	2011/09/01
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law	Current	H.B. 1025 - Requiring disclosure of certain information relating to higher education course materials. Links to an external site.	2009/07/26
United States	National	National Training & Education Resource	Current	Terms of Service - NTER Learning Portal Links to an external site.	2012/07/01
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft Law Washington State	Proposed	S.B. 6460 Requiring a model policy for open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. Links to an external site.	2012/01/24
United States	National	Dept. Education CC BY	Current	Comprehensive Centers Program: Final Priorities, Requirements, and Selection Criteria Links to an external site.	2012/06/06
United States	National	Bill Draft law	Proposed	H.R.4575 Open College Textbook Act of 2010 Links to an external site.	2010/02/01
United States	National	Textbooks Colleges Bill Draft Law	Proposed	S. 1714 Open College Textbook Act of 2009 Links to an external site.	2009/09/23
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law		H.B.1941 Patent and copyright policies; requires Secretaries of Administration and Technology to establish Links to an external site.	2009/04/08
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft Law Washington State	Proposed	S.B. 6231 Relating to open educational resources in K-12 education Links to an external site.	2012/01/16
United States	Province / State	Bill Draft law Virginia		H.B.1940 Open Education Resource Center Grant Fund Links to an external site.	2009/01/14