COL supports countries with the development of ODL, open schooling, OER, and gender and open schooling policy development. Support is also available for open school implementation and management training.

COL Senior Adviser: Open Schooling, Dr Johannes Hendrikz, met with the Permanent Secretary and senior officials of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Jamaica in 2018 to introduce COL’s Open/Innovative Schooling model. The meeting was aimed at discussing collaborative areas related to improving teaching and learning and supporting initiatives related to the challenges of out-of-school youth in Jamaica.