The activities of the Estonian Information Technology Foundation can be
given as an example of close and targeted cooperation between
educational institutions and employers since the foundation’s work is
aimed at improving the study process in the ICT field and also at
supporting ICT related development activities in Estonia. In 2002, the
state ICT higher education programme. "The Tiger University" was
launched, aimed at supporting the development of Estonian higher
education institutions’ ICT infrastructure and at improvement of the
study environment. In the following years, the e-University and
e-Vocational school projects have been successfully launched on the
higher and vocational education level, providing a basis for
involvement of ICT applications and development of e-learning in the
study process.
At the end of the 1990s, "open universities" that
have made the acquisition of higher education more accessible for
people working full-time, were established by higher education
institutions. Studies are conducted in a flexible form, based on
independent study and distance learning.