At the heart, they are an exercise in planning and as I have argued already, entrepreneurs need to switch from a planning based model to a learning based model.

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"We extend an open invitation to all post-secondary institutions that care about sharing knowledge as a core value of education to join us in planning these sustainable learning futures, " said Dr Robin Day, Chair of the Board of Directors of the OER Foundation.

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Up until May 2013, twelve 5-day workshops will be held to train professionals on several themes such as organizational development, change processes, learning, sustainability, institutional diagnostics, strategic planning, and elaboration of projects.

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Youth are far from defeated however, as many of them have become informal yet active participants in the creative learning and educational planning process.

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