New Delhi; 02/12/2015: Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), UNESCO and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) jointly organized a National Consultation on the theme ‘Open Educational Resources for Inclusive Development: Identifying Challenges, Addressing Opportunities’ at the Convention Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University on 1^st  and 2^nd  December 2015.

The objectives of this consultation were to (a) identify challenges to the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER); and (b) identify opportunities for interventions for inclusive development through OER at the institutional and national level. The Consultation focused on seven themes, each of which were addressed during a dedicated consultative session. The themes were: Examining the benefits and implications of the 2014 Open Licensing Policy Guidelines of the National Mission on Education through ICT; Examining good practices and case studies on OER-based learning; Exploring the role of digital libraries vis-à-vis OER initiatives; Adapting existing institutional OER policies; Developing and applying frameworks to assess the quality of OER; OER for persons with disabilities; and OER for skill development. A total of 150 participants including OER experts, practitioners and content developers from different parts of India participated in the consultation. A set of recommendations and suggestive actions were made by all the participants.