The general strategic objectives of the SELF Project are:

• to bring together universities, training centres, Free Software communities, software companies, publishing houses and government bodies to facilitate mutual support and exchange of educational and training materials on Free Software and Open Standards;
• to centralise, transmit and enlarge the available knowledge on Free Software and Open Standards by creating a platform for the development, distribution and use of information, educational and training programmes about Free Software and its main applications;
• to raise awareness and contribute to the building of critical mass for the use of Free Software and Open Standards.
  

The concrete project objectives of the SELF Project are:

• to research the state of the art of currently available Free Software educational and training programmes and detect the potential gaps;
• to create an open platform for the development, distribution and use of information, educational and training programmes on Free Software and Open Standards;
• to develop educational and training materials concerning Free Software and Open Standards - the project aims for including information on at least 50 software applications in the initial period;
• to make the SELF Platform self-sustainable by creating an active community of individuals and institutions (universities, training centres, Free Software communities, software companies, publishing houses and government bodies) around it.
  

While the SELF platform will be started by the members of the consortium, its final goal is to become a community of different interested parties (from governments and educational institutes to companies) that can not only exploit the SELF materials but also participate in its production. The commercial and educational interests of exploiting the SELF materials will assure the self-sustainable character of the SELF Platform beyond the EC funding period. The SELF Project aims for involving at least 150 members in the SELF community by the end of the project.