Katrin Niglas
Tallinna Ülikool
Our Ref: 04.09.2023 No 1.1-14/2023/4088-
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Letter of Endorsement
We hereby confirm that Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications is interested to
cooperate with the Centre of Future Competences TOGETHER led by the Principal
Investigator Kai Pata.
We fully share the understanding that to advance future competences for digitalized labour
and promote sustainable and democratic behaviours, values and core human rights for
learners in the transition to digital and sustainable Estonia, it is crucial to validate how
emerging data-informed socio-technical lifelong learning ecosystems can adapt to
individuals’ flexible lifelong learning paths and self-development needs without decreasing
human autonomy and agency.
TOGETHER intends to make a radical breakthrough by demonstrating through novel
practices and lifelong learning labs how wellbeing, sustainability, agency, democracy, human
rights, inclusiveness and trust can be sustained when developing future competences in the
lifelong learning ecosystem.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications appreciates the effort of three
universities – Tallinn University, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Tartu
to join forces in the Center of Excellence and working together in developing a novel lifelong
learning ecosystem. Also, the Centre presents an excellent example of the systematic work
of Steam4Edu, MINT and other cooperation clusters at Tallinn University to work across
disciplines and in a four-helix framework to find novel solutions for human-technology
interaction in learning, working and societal practices.
The goals and expected research results of the Center of Excellence will be of great value
for achieving the development goals set forth in the „Estonia 20235“ development plan and
will enable to adapt novel solutions for the lifelong learning ecosystem in Estonia.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications appreciates the interest of
researchers in the topics falling into our organisation’s field of interest. People, their
educational trajectories, and transitions to and from labour market are an extremely
important part of the learning ecosystem. Therefore, we are very interested in the
information gathered and new knowledge acquired and shared within this project.
Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA
Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail:
[email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee
We are also pleased to offer our expertise and support to the project if it gets funded. This
would be an excellent opportunity to extend the knowledge transfer and build a solid
cooperation platform between Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and the
Center of Excellence.
With best regards,
(signed digitally)
Sille Kraam
Deputy Secretary General for Economic Development
Külliki Tafel-Viia
+372 625 6478
[email protected]
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