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Open Method of Coordination (OMC) is an intergovernmental means of governance in Europe Union, based on the voluntary cooperation of its member states. In its implementation, OMC is divided into two steps: initiated by ‘the government’, a top-down approach, and the second, initiated by its member states towards experimental dynamic with the involvement of local and regional actors. The idea of OMC is how to make a ‘learning’ community based on voluntary to share idea to others.

In Indonesia, OMC is planned to be used in research institution network. The OMC include a database system with some blank space to be filled by the research institutions and hoped to accelerate research collaboration among actors. Some of my skeptical point of view: are our society ready to change their passive paradigm into active?

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