Cape Town Open Education Declaration

The Cape Town Open Education Declaration arises from a meeting convened in Cape Town in September 2007. The purpose of the meeting was to accelerate the international effort to promote open resources, technology and teaching practices in education.

The participants represented many points of view, many disciplines and many nations. All are involved in ongoing open education initiatives.

In Cape Town, this group explored how their separate initiatives could work together to achieve much broader, deeper impact.
They explored strategies for opening up and enlivening the world of education. The first concrete outcome of this meeting is the Cape Town Open Education Declaration. It is at once a statement of principle, a statement of strategy, and a statement of commitment.

The meeting that led to the Cape Town Declaration was jointly convened by the Open Society Institute and the Shuttleworth Foundation. Together with others who attended the meeting, the education and information programs of these foundations have committed to pursuing the strategies outlined in the Declaration.

To read and sign the declaration, translate it into your language, visit the Cape Town Open Education Declaration website.