ICORE promotes, supports and enhances Open Research and Open Education worldwide. The main objectives of ICORE are the recognition, progress and application of Open Research and Open Education: ICORE wants to bridge both worlds of Open Research and Open Education. The goal is the mutual re-usage of their results and outcomes, e.g. through the usage of digital resources from Open Research in Open Education.
SURF unites Dutch research universities, universities of applied sciences and research institutions as an initiator of innovation in higher education and research. It is an umbrella for four organisations:
1.SURFnet
2.SURFmarket
3.SURFsara
4.SURFshare
These are concerned with the provision of ICT infrastructure and support for ICT based innovation in higher education and research.