The Educational Research Institute (ERI) was established in 1965 by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia as an institute devoted to the study of education. The ERI was associated with the University of Ljubljana from 1970 until 1995 when it obtained the status of a public research institution and thus became an independent research foundation. The ERI is the central research institution in Slovenia for research in education, undertaking basic, research, development and applied projects on issues of current interest in all sectors of education and related areas. The Educational Research Institute has been involved in various international projects which have a central role in the institute’s work, eg Education for Citizenship (Council of Europe) and IEA Studies (CIVICS, TIMSS, IEA Pre-primary Education). The Institute has also established firm links with OECD.