OECS Commission Launches Global Digital Library

The Library marks the first Digital Public Good for Education in the OECS

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is pleased to announce the launch of the Global Digital Library as its first Digital Public Good for education. This launch is an important part of the broader strategic objective of the OECS Commission to develop a digital learning ecosystem that supports lifelong learning throughout the Member States.

The vision for this ecosystem is a digital platform and hub that houses resources for K-12 learning and manages teacher capacity development, knowledge management and professional training. 

The Global Digital Library (GDL) is an Open Education repository targeting early learners and contains over 6000 books in 83 languages and a fast growing repository of early mathematics resources. It can be found at https://digitallibrary.io/

The GDL is designed to be user-friendly for children, teachers, parents and other caretakers. 

The Library has been chosen as the first Digital Public Good (DPG) in education to be launched in the OECS under the GIGA Initiative, a collaboration between the OECS and UNICEF, ITU and the DPG Alliance. DPGs in Education will contribute significantly to the goal of achieving equitable access to quality instructional materials in the OECS.

OECS Director General, Dr. Didacus Jules, at the 6th Council of Ministers of Education Meeting in February this year, stated:

“Covid-19 has taught us that pivoting to online learning has not led to an automatic widening of access and participation. Embracing Open Education will remove obstacles to digital education in cost, geography, time and entry requirements by giving ALL learners the opportunity to access education resources at a lower or nearly no cost, and in a flexible way – extremely important considerations in the context of the vulnerabilities faced by OECS Member States today.” 

Content from the Library and other OECS-led content development initiatives will be integrated into the OECS eLearning platform by the end of October this year.

About the Digital Public Goods Programme:

The Digital Public Goods (DPG) Programme is a multifaceted Open Innovation agenda aimed at progressing the development of the building blocks required to institutionalise DPGs into the fabric of the education ecosystem of the OECS sub region. 

Germain Anthony

Technical Specialist, Education Development Management Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

Tahira Carter

Senior Communications Specialist, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

OECS Communications Unit

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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