Open education and educational resources.

National policy and executive plan by the higher education and research community for 2026-2030.

The policy has been prepared by the Finnish higher education and research community. A working groups commissioned separately by the Expert Panel in Open Education under the national Open Science Coordination have been responsible for developing the policy (introduction, principles and Policy component for open access to educational resources 2020, Policy component for open educational practices 2022 and Policy component for open access to theses 2024) and for updating it. The work has been guided by the Finnish National Open Science and Research Steering Group. The policy supports the Declaration for Open Science and Research 2025-2030.

The policy is composed of joint principles and policy components of (a) open educational practices, (b) open access to educational resources and (c) open access to theses that determine objectives and actions. Policy component for open access to theses is shared with the Policy on open access to scholarly publications.