HEXTLEARN grows on solid relations among partners, as it should be expected from a network project, and has a very clear network orientation approach, assured not only by the consolidated relationship existing among the participants, but also for the roles that they play in the main HE networks at European level.

It is important to mention here the complementary profiles of the institutions composing the consortium, which includes universities, research centres and networks:

• BME, the Budapest University of Technology, as Applicant will be responsible for the whole action and formal aspects of the project, as well as of the dialogue with the Commission; BME will coordinate the WP2 (good practices research) supported by Scienter, and will give its contribution in particular in WP3 (peer review organisation and support); its involvement in other WPs is foreseen as well.
• SCIENTER, given its experience in transnational project management, will be the Coordinator and in charge for project management (WP1), supported by BME, and it will co-coordinate WP2 (research) with BME; it will work closely with University of Granada for evaluation and quality management and will be involved to all other WPs.
• ACA, The Academic Co-operation Association, an independent European organisation dedicated to the management, analysis and improvement of education and training co-operation within Europe and between Europe and other parts of the world will also give its main contribution in networking and dissemination, although contributing to all the WPs planned.
• EUROPACE, who represents universities and non-university partners involved since the ‘80s in exchanging experience and developing collaboration on the themes of Virtual Campus and Virtual Mobility, will give its main contribution in supporting EDEN coordination of WP4 (supporting to transnational cooperation and networking), although contributing to all the WPs planned.
• EFQUEL, the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning, that provides a general framework and a network to work on quality of eLearning and that have recently founded a working group focussed on quality in HE, will be in charge for coordination of WP6 (dissemination and exploitation of results), supported by EDEN.
• ESIB, the most representative Student Associations Federation, who has already been active at policy and study level on student’s view on ICT in teaching and learning, will give its main contribution in WP3, co-coordinating with Scienter ES the peer review organisation and support, although contributing to all the WPs planned
• FIM-Psychologie, a research and development unit at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg with a specialized mission for 'Development and Evaluation of Advanced Multimedia Open Learning Systems', will contribute to all WPs, giving support in particular to the University of Granada for Evaluation and Quality WP.
• UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA is in charge for the coordination of WP5 (evaluation and quality), but will contribute in all the activities planned by the network as well, especially supporting Scienter ES in coordinating WP3 (peer review support and organisation), given the previous experience as coordinator of MASSIVE project.
• SCIENTER ESPAÑA will be in charge for co-coordination of WP3, peer review organisation and support, given the experience achieved thanks to the role played in MASSIVE project, where it was in charge for peer review methodology development, as well as contributing to other planned WPs.
• EDEN, the most representative ODL and eLearning association in Europe, with more than 150 institutional members and more than 600 members of its Network of Academic and Professionals, that constitute a natural users community for HEXTLEARN, is in charge for the coordination WP4 (support to networking), will contribute supporting EFQUEL for dissemination activities, being active as well in other activities planned.

In addition, the strategic composition of the consortium allows the direct involvement of other several European association and networks where the partners are already active, such as:

• EUA, the most representative Association of European HEI, which has followed the MASSIVE development since its start, as it represents an ideal continuity with the project “Restructuring Universities”, SOCRATES MINERVA – 1996-98, through which CRE was offering support to its members on ICT integration, and in which several partners of HEXTLEARN were involved.
• EUCEN, a highly representative network of continuing Education Units/Departments of traditional universities in Europe, which develops expertise on the use of ICT for the target of adult learners at work.
• EUN, the European Schoolnet, a unique not-for-profit consortium of 28 ministries of education in Europe created in 1997, that provides major European education portals for teaching, learning and collaboration and leads the way in bringing about change in schooling through the use of new technology.
• EIFEL – Europe Institute for eLearning an independent, not-for-profit European professional association whose mission is to support organisations, communities and individuals in building a knowledge economy and a learning society through innovative and reflective practice, continuing professional development and the use of knowledge, information and learning technologies.
• EENet – European Education Experts Network an Association aiming at connecting, consolidating, and disseminating knowledge about ICT-related transformations in European school education. The experts' network analyses and reflects upon the processes linked to the transition towards the knowledge society. It intends to link theoretical insights and research experiences with policy aims and their implementation in order to contribute to the quality of European school education.

Finally, all the network partners are experienced in European projects, and thus it is expected that the work of the network can start effectively. The key structure for decision-making is the Steering Committee meeting, which will take place two times a year. The project is establishing its own web-based collaborative working environment– this web-based environment will be the practical daily communication platform, in addition to e-mail and phone, under a communication flow procedure that the partners will agree since the first meeting.

The project is working five different European languages: however, the common working language within the network will be English, as one language is required for the actual common conceptualisation work.