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e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f38348c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e391f1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e391f1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-transform: none;\">01 Establish a learner-centred, inclusive, digital and green open university with a European scope, widening access to quality higher education and lifelong learning to all.<\/h4><p>Our well-established experiences offering online and flexible education commit OpenEU to making lifelong learning a reality, transitioning towards new ways of involving individuals and institutions in the Knowledge Square. OpenEU makes use of technology to provide the knowledge and skills needed to meet today&#8217;s social, economic and environmental challenges in our complex ecosystem, building in resilience to meet new ones tomorrow.<\/p><h4 style=\"text-transform: none;\">02 Contribute to the digital transformation of Higher Education Institutions, supporting them in the integration of digital technologies for education, resulting in the reinforcement and invigoration of the EHEA\u2019s digital dimension<\/h4><p>Our unique blend of know-how in the use of digital technologies in higher education \u2013 for learning and teaching, research and innovation, community engagement, and also governance and management \u2013 puts OpenEU in an ideal position to lead the digital transformation of higher education. Thanks to digitalisation, OpenEU will develop and scale up innovative approaches to cooperation and knowledge exchange that foster the internationalisation and personalisation of higher education at individual, institutional and systemic levels<\/p><p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/613\/2026\/02\/20241202-MSOpenEU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-remote=\"true\"><br \/>Download the Mission Statement<span class=\"inline-block mx-0.5\" data-external-link=\"true\"><span class=\"sr-only\">(External link)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8bca7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a8bca7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87394c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"87394c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a0787e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a0787e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd6054 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ccd6054\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80f1723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80f1723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Bifr\u00f6st University<\/strong>: Educating people for impact and responsibility in business and society\n\n<strong>Daugavplis University:\u00a0<\/strong>A place for bright minds\n\n<strong>Fernuniversit\u00e4t in Hagen:\u00a0<\/strong>Leading Lifelong Learning\n\n<strong>Hellenic Open University:\u00a0<\/strong>All. Join. Learn. Do. Change. Improve\n\n<strong>Open Universiteit:\u00a0<\/strong>Accessible. Think Open.\n\n<strong>Open University of Cyprus<\/strong>: Higher education within your reach\n\n<strong>Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia:<\/strong>\u00a0Seamless learning for all\n\n<strong>Universidade Aberta:\u00a0<\/strong>For an innovative and sustainable university open to the world\n\n<strong>Univeristat Oberta de Catalunya<\/strong>: Learning. Transforming.\n\n<strong>St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo:\u00a0<\/strong>Education that links tradition to innovation\n<h3 style=\"text-transform: none;\"><strong>Rector&#8217;s meeting<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ebb47 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d3ebb47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=wkVHeKYT-48&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11659c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"11659c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f9f8fb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f9f8fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840773b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"840773b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We focus on<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f87ee8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f87ee8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1d97a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c1d97a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-transform: none;\">Digital transformation, climate emergency, democracy and European values at the core of OpenEU<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-transform: none;\">01 Developing and scaling up innovative approaches to knowledge exchange through digital technologies<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-transform: none;\">02 Building on our experience of offering flexible learning pathways for our lifelong learners<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-transform: none;\">03 Widening access and participation in higher education to traditionally underrepresented groups<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb3c1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb3c1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Communication &amp; Dissemination Plan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51178f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51178f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bccfc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bccfc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Communication and Dissemination Plan of OpenEU outlines a comprehensive outreach strategy to maximize the impact of the Alliance\u2019s initiatives and to ensure that the key outputs of all work packages effectively reach a broad audience of relevant stakeholders. The Plan is critical in fostering awareness and engagement across various sectors in the public domain \u2014\u00a0 academia, industry and business, governors and policymakers, citizens. 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Our well-established experiences offering online and flexible education commit OpenEU to making lifelong learning a reality, transitioning towards new ways of involving individuals and institutions in the Knowledge Square. OpenEU makes use of technology to provide the knowledge and skills needed to meet today&#8217;s social, economic and environmental challenges in our complex ecosystem, building in resilience to meet new ones tomorrow. 02 Contribute to the digital transformation of Higher Education Institutions, supporting them in the integration of digital technologies for education, resulting in the reinforcement and invigoration of the EHEA\u2019s digital dimension Our unique blend of know-how in the use of digital technologies in higher education \u2013 for learning and teaching, research and innovation, community engagement, and also governance and management \u2013 puts&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/about\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4337,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/4337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uned.es\/openeu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}