One of publishing’s most important market sectors is education. The IPA supports this vital sector through our Educational Publishers Forum (EPF), chaired by Stephan de Valk (MEVW, Netherlands), which brings together professional educational publishers from around the world. The mission of educational publishers is to provide the learning resources that teachers need to best implement curricula, in ways that will lead to better learning outcomes. The EPF believes in three core principles to achieve this goal:
- Choice
- Local solutions
- Collaboration
To do this, publishers need:
- The marketplace to be open, competitive, and feature a range of publishers’ products and services;
- Copyright to be respected and strengthened to ensure the continual development of specialized, high-quality content;
- Sustainable business environments and respect for the freedom to publish.