# OE Café session 5 - Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oe-cafe-session-5-nurturing-the-creation-of-sustainability-models-for-oer/5840
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**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oe-cafe-session-5-nurturing-the-creation-of-sustainability-models-for-oer/5840 "2023-10-03T09:55:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Paola](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Paola)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oe-cafe-session-5-nurturing-the-creation-of-sustainability-models-for-oer/5840/1 "2023-10-03T09:55:23Z")
Dear all,
The **fifth Open Education Café** , organized by [SPARC Europe](https://sparceurope.org) and the European Network of Open Education Librarians ([ENOEL](https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/enoel/)), is approaching on **Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 4-5 pm CEST**! The topic is **Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER**.
In this session, we will sit down with:
- **Ebba Ossianillsson** (ICDE Board Member, ICDE OER Ambassador and Chair ICDE OER Advocacy Committee and Vice President Swedish Association for Open, Flexible Distance Education, Sweden) - Independent expert, consultant, researcher, and quality reviewer. Professor in Innovation and open online learning. Focusing on Policy, Quality, Leadership, and international co-operation
- **Jacques Dang** (Secretary of the Board of Directors, L’Université Numérique, Paris, France) - French digital University - Promotes the use of OER France and francophone countries
- **Paul Stacey** (Independent consultant for open education efforts worldwide, paulstacey.global, Canada)
They will talk about their experiences relating to Action Area 4 of the UNESCO Recommendation on OER: Nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER. The floor will be open for the audience to ask questions and engage in the discussion directly with our experts.
Attend this session, and you will learn:
- About OE Champion experiences and research regarding sustainability models for OER
- How librarians can help sustain Open Education, both directly and indirectly.
Register using this link: [Meeting Registration - Zoom](https://tinyurl.com/OEcafeS5)
We hope you can make it and encourage you to pass this on to your colleagues.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Paola
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oe-cafe-session-5-nurturing-the-creation-of-sustainability-models-for-oer/5840/2 "2023-10-03T17:19:27Z")
This looks fantastic, especially given that all panelists are friends here in OEG Connect, and sustainability being the theme for the OE Global 2023 conference.
So hoping we can see some followup discussion?? from @EbbaOssiannilsson @Jacques_Dang @paulstacey – well Paul has already started one that already has some responses
> [@OER Sustainability Models](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oer-sustainability-models/5833):
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> Photo of [City Farmer](https://www.cityfarmer.eco/) garden near my home in Vancouver. Since 1978, City Farmer has been teaching people how to grow food in the city, compost their waste and take care of their home landscape in an environmentally responsible way. I’m looking forward to being a panel speaker at SPARC Europe’s Open Education Cafe on October 10, 2023 at 7am Pacific Time . This, the fifth in a series of open education cafe’s SPARC Europe has arranged around the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educatio…
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### Author:  [@Paola](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Paola)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/oe-cafe-session-5-nurturing-the-creation-of-sustainability-models-for-oer/5840/3 "2023-10-15T11:44:42Z")
Dear all,
The recording of the OE Café session about the sustainability of OE is available on our ENOELforOpen YouTube Channel.
This is the direct link: [https://youtu.be/iqiMZ-rYYtM](https://youtu.be/iqiMZ-rYYtM)
If you didn’t make it to the live session, I would encourage you to have a look: it was very insightful.
Paola