With a letter of intent the above institutions agreed and assured that they will support the following activities on the basis of reciprocity and approval from both sides, as the cooperation will in each case depend upon the availability of finances, either internal or external:

• Development and availability of all levels of Open; open digital pedagogies, open educational resources, open ICT-based technologies, open innovative business models, open digital-supported learning environments.
• Validation of approaches to the architectural models of Open.
• Enabling personalization, collaboration and better links between formal and informal learning.
• Mobilizing all Member States and stakeholders (teachers, learners, families, economic and social partners) to create, test and change the role of digital technologies at education institutions.
• Evaluate social, research, academic and industry acceptance of Open technologies and services.
• Interest in submissions for the European Union’s research programmes; Horizon 2020, Erasmus+
• Support the creation of an “Innovative Incubator for Open Educational Learning Technologies” to host all the above mentioned activities.

These institutions therefore expect that the proposed project undertaken by the consortium will make a significant contribution to the present traditional education systems and structures with exciting new opportunities. Additionally, the project results will have a positive impact in solving common problems in the associate organisations and will contribute considerably to achieve the EU communication objectives relevant to this topic.

They therefore fully support this initiative and seek to find immediate benefit from its results. They encourage the “OpeningUpSlovenia” programme and project and wish every success to the participants and for the accomplishment of the proposed work.

• Faculty of Computer Science, Graz University of Technology

• UNESCO OER Chair
• Open University Netherlands
• EADTU, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities

• Lublin University of Technology.
• University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce

• Karst Research Institute, Postojna, Slovenia
• British Council Slovenia
• Abelium
• Educational Research Institute
• IAM – Institute and Academy of Multimedia
• School centre Kranj
• Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
• National School of Leadership in Education
• Geodetic Institute, Slovenia
• National Examinations centre
• Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted