Dear all, Sharing news of an event that will take place during October. Here's the invite I got from Alek Tarkowski. Please see it as if it was made to you individually. It is really important that we send someone from our community to interact with this community, so anyone interested in Open Education Advocacy, this one's for you! Note that there are scholarships, but you need to *apply by July 28t*h, so please hurry up. Here's a link to the application form <https://oerpolicy.eu/oe-policy-forum/> is in the first link. Best, Shani & the Wikipedia & Education User Group. -------------------------------------------------------- I am writing to invite you to the fourth edition of the Open Education Policy Forum. Every year, we bring together advocates, activists, and policymakers working on Open Education policies, in Europe and beyond. This year, we are introducing some changes to our concept and hope to provide stronger support for people working on open education policies. I hope that you will consider joining us this year and becoming one of our Forum’s Fellows. Our call for participation is open until 28 July. Please visit our website for detailed information concerning the Forum, participation in the policy incubation program and scholarship opportunities: https://oerpolicy.eu/oe-policy-forum/ <https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Foerpolicy.eu%2Foe-policy-forum%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3sIwZqA0NR-xwcDCnzirfybOZrGec2AbGqLSpfoMR9GBAj182AAixzyOQ&h=AT3cE4SCesJ7CXO3kB_7sfvSylv9bO1WdDqjcWadXibaavthdavpCZwJzmJOzak4j0xAInDYy29FfRFQYZtxeF-S8O64bPyb9kLADUYpBtb-9Ok0SjW0zbQkNVFsRv94-g_6B9hYFg> For this year’s edition, we chose the theme “Empowering Advocates for Change”. The two-day event will be the beginning of a six-month policy incubation process that will help Forum participants develop open policies in their institutions, regions or countries. This year’s Forum will take place on 7-8 October in Warsaw, Poland. We are very happy to partner with SPARC and Open Education Consortium, two leading organisations in the field of open education advocacy. We are seeking activists and advocates - both experienced and beginning Open Education policy work - who want to become this year’s Fellows of the Open Education Policy Forum. We are looking for people who are developing open education policies on the international, national or institutional level. We are keen to support policies that concern various aspects of open education, as well as related fields of openness. Participants in our Forum will get support for their policy work from key experts in our field. We are also seeking mentors for our program - please get in touch if you would like to share your knowledge and experiences with others. We will also be grateful for sharing this information with your colleagues who might be interested in participating. We are looking forward to having some of you as our Fellows, Alek (and the Open Education Policy Forum team) ----------------------------------------------- *Shani Evenstein Sigalov* * Lecturer, Tel Aviv University. * EdTech Innovation Strategist, NY/American Medical Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. * PhD Candidate, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. * OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator, UNESCO Chair <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495> on Technology, Internationalization and Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University <https://education.tau.ac.il/node/3495>. * Chairperson, WikiProject Medicine Foundation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med>. * Chairperson, Wikipedia & Education User Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group>. * Chairperson, The Hebrew Literature Digitization Society <http://www.israelgives.org/amuta/580428621>. * Chief Editor, Project Ben-Yehuda <http://bybe.benyehuda.org>. +972-525640648