Libraries in EIFL partner countries have planned several events for Open Education Week, a global initiative to highlight the ways in which open education can help people meet their goals in education, by developing skills and knowledge for work, supporting formal studies, learning something new for personal interest, or looking for additional teaching resources.

Open Education Week is coordinated by the Open Education Consortium, an association of hundreds of organizations around the world that are committed to the ideals of open education.  During Open Education Week, universities, colleges, schools and other educational organizations showcase what they’re doing to make education more open, free, and available to everyone.

Events organized in EIFL partner countries include:

EIFL Open Access country coordinator in Serbia, Milica Sevkusic, plans the following events, jointly organized by the University Library in Belgrade Svetozar Markovic, Librarians' Section of the Serbian Association of Institutes and KoBSON:

• The application of new media in education: open access tools
• University libraries, institutional repositories and education
• New Paradigm: Massive Open Online Courses
• Wikipedia – free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit: Project Wiki Librarian

University of Belgrade, in Serbia, has entered a webinar titled Open Badges in Education.

In Molova, an event titled What is Open Education? Why is Open Education important? will take place at the Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova (Free International University of Moldova).

Get involved - help spread the word!

• Display the Open Education Week banner on your website or blog (download the banners).
• Direct people to the Open Education Week social media sites: facebook.com/openeducationwk, (twitter.com/openeducationwk), https://www.youtube.com/user/openeducationweek/.
• Post or retweet tweets using #openeducationwk in your language.
• Write an opinion piece for the editorial page of your local newspaper or for news websites.
• Contact community education or on-campus groups and ask them to participate.
• Write blog posts about Open Education Week (and share them on the info@openeducationweek.org website site).

To find out more about Open Education Week, how you can take part and what events are planned visit the Open Education Week Website.