institutions and non-governmental organisations. Cross-sectoral integration and joint projects will harmonise development activities as well as produce synergistic effects. Following the EC initiative, Slovenia will form a national strategic partnership for digital employment and establish the Slovenian Digital Coalition. The main objective of the Coalition will be partnering various stakeholders in an effective and coordinated implementation of the strategy DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - A Strategy for the Development of Information Society by 2020 and other sectoral strategic documents, in seeking synergistic effects, and particularly in improving the digital skills of the population, stimulating young people to choose ICT careers and connecting them with the needs and training of the private sector for new digital jobs. Joint projects with the private sector and nongovernmental organisations will be designed. The Slovenian Digital Coalition will be established for the period until 2020; an interim review of the implemented activities and achieved effects will be made in 2017. Through the Slovenian Digital Coalition, Slovenia will accelerate the development activities of contemporary digital society and thus make the most of the opportunities provided by ICT. In education, the entire school system will work towards adapting curricula to the needs of new generations, for their integration in the digital society, with Slovenia as a reference environment for new practices. It will encourage various stakeholders to participate in the opening of education at all levels, from kindergartens to universities, as well as in later phases of lifelong learning. Seeking synergies will be based on interdepartmental cooperation and development and use of new approaches to education and new content based on the use of ICT and the internet, which will require the following:  development and provision of open innovative learning environments (open and innovative schools, innovative teachers, creative students ready for comprehensive development, life and work in society),  development and provision of open education sources (educational e-materials, services),  integration of public and private education and non-profit sectors in the development of new educational approaches and services, and provision of equal approach to them,  shaping joint and complementary projects with the private sector and non-governmental organisations for synergistic effects and harmonious development. In order to ensure projects’ complementarity and synergistic effects, harmonisation of development of the digital society and promotion of competitiveness of the ICT sector will take place at the interdepartmental level and through the Slovenian Digital Coalition. The guiding principle will be to achieve cross-sectoral multiplicative development effects and develop advanced services with lower investment costs for state authorities or public sector. Slovenia will devote particular attention to achieving synergistic effects of development projects by integrating infrastructural capacities of public authorities, institutions and enterprises, sharing the available capacities, joint investments and simultaneous implementation of activities. It will strive for minimum interventions with the space, sustainably-oriented solutions and efficiency of public development resources. To this end, it will promote the establishment of open standard technological platforms that will encourage the integration of stakeholders. 18 DIGITAL SLOVENIA 2020 - Development strategy for the information society until 2020