Tag: TAROCH

Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner

by Creative Commons Community, Open Culture, Open Science, Press
UNESCO © 2025 by Brigitte Vézina is licensed under CC BY 4.0
UNESCO © 2025 by Brigitte Vézina is licensed under CC BY 4.0

UNESCO © 2025 by Brigitte Vézina is licensed under CC BY 4.0 We are proud to announce that we are now established as an official NGO partner to UNESCO (consultative status). UNESCO stands for “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization” and is the UN’s specialized agency that aims to foster international cooperation in the…

Creative Commons Launches TAROCH Coalition for Open Access to Cultural Heritage

by Brigitte Vézina, Beverley Francis Open Culture, Open Heritage
Fancily-dressed people gathered in a field surrounded by trees and a tall fence for the launch of a blue-yellow striped hot-air balloon held by long strings.
“ The Launch of Blanchard's Balloon at The Hague in 1785 ” is marked with CC BY 1.0.

Creative Commons (CC) is proud to launch the TAROCH Coalition (Towards a Recommendation on Open Cultural Heritage), a collaborative effort to achieve the adoption of a UNESCO standard-setting instrument to improve open access to cultural heritage. We are grateful to the Arcadia Fund for supporting this initiative. Below we share an overview of TAROCH and…