Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado

What Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado does

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado (INTEF) is a public government institution under the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, headquartered in Madrid with approximately 107 employees. It serves as Spain's national institute for educational technology and teacher training, operating across all non-university educational levels from Early Childhood Education through Baccalaureate. INTEF develops digital competence frameworks for educators (aligned with the European DigCompEdu), curates open educational resources, runs teacher professional development programs, and manages interoperability standards for the Spanish K-12 system.

INTEF's product portfolio operates as a multi-platform ecosystem centered on five pillars: (1) open educational resource repositories such as Procomún (semantic network connected to the Linked Open Data Cloud) and CEDEC; (2) specialized subject platforms including MatesGG (mathematics with GeoGebra), CodeIntef (computational thinking, programming, robotics), and AseguraTIC (digital security); (3) pedagogical frameworks including Situaciones de Aprendizaje and Itinerarios Didácticos; (4) metadata and interoperability infrastructure built around the LOM-ES V1.0 standard (UNE 71361:2010) and the AGREGA federated repository platform; and (5) teacher training services including Formación INTEF, Educharlas webinars, and Aula del Futuro. INTEF also coordinates Spain's participation in the European eTwinning school collaboration platform.

The organization has no commercial revenue model: all resources, platforms, and educational materials are provided free of charge to Spanish educators and institutions, funded through national education budgets. Content is published under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 ES. Recent product activity includes the September 2025 renewal of the Formación Abierta platform and the June 2026 release of Version 3.0 of INTEF's GDPR-adequacy classification covering 1,144 digital educational tools. As a state entity, INTEF operates under the Dirección General de Evaluación y Cooperación Territorial and holds regulatory authority to mandate educational technology standards across all Spanish autonomous communities.

Name

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado

Legal name

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado

Website

https://educalab.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

INTEF is Spain's public national institute for educational technology under the Ministry of Education. It develops digital competence frameworks, open educational resources, teacher training programs, and the LOM-ES metadata standard for all non-university K-12 educators and institutions across Spain.

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Product category

Educational Technology Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Curriculum Repositories (EDAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Learning Outcomes & Competency Framework Authorities (EDADAEAC), OER Quality Review, Alignment & Certification (rubrics/standards) (EDAGAJAN)

Keywords

• Educational technology standards
• Teacher training platforms
• Open educational resources
• Digital competence frameworks
• Learning object metadata

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

INTEF develops and disseminates digital educational resources, teacher training programs, metadata interoperability standards (LOM-ES V1.0), and digital competence frameworks for the Spanish non-university education system. It operates multiple web platforms including Procomún (open educational resource repository), CEDEC (curricular development), AGREGA (federated repository), CodeIntef (computational thinking), and Formación INTEF (teacher training), and manages Spain's participation in the European eTwinning initiative. All resources and services are provided free of charge under Creative Commons licensing to teachers, students, schools, and families across Spain.

Product overview

INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado) is a Spanish public institution under the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training that manages a comprehensive portfolio of digital educational resources and services. The portfolio operates as a multi-platform ecosystem centered on: (1) open educational resource repositories (Procomún for sharing and discovering resources, CEDEC for developing curricular content), (2) specialized subject-specific platforms (MatesGG for mathematics, CodeIntef for programming/robotics, AseguraTIC for digital security), (3) pedagogical frameworks and tools (Situaciones de Aprendizaje for competency-based learning, Itinerarios Didácticos for sequenced learning, Experiencias Educativas Inspiradoras for sharing best practices), (4) metadata and interoperability standards (LOM-ES V1.0 for educational resource metadata), and (5) teacher training and professional development services (Formación INTEF, Educharlas, Aula del Futuro). The infrastructure includes the AGREGA federated repository platform for managing educational objects and the eXeLearning open-source authoring tool. Additionally, INTEF supports European collaboration through eTwinning and provides thematic resources like La Aventura de Aprender and Radio Escolar.

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Brands

• Procomún: Network of open educational resources and multimedia elements, where you can search, view, download and share learning objects in standard formats with open use licenses
• CEDEC
• LADA - La aventura de aprender
• Formación Intef
• CodeIntef
• Aula del Futuro (ADF)
• eTwinning
• Observatorio Tecnológico
• AseguraTIC
• EduCharlas
• Experiencias Educativas Inspiradoras
• Itinerarios Didácticos
• Situaciones de Aprendizaje
• Intef, Cámara y Acción
• MatesGG
• LOM-ES
• Competencia Digital Docente

Products and services

• Procomún Semantic network of open educational resources and multimedia elements where users can search, view, download and share learning objects in standard formats with open-use licenses. Targeted at Spanish educators and the educational community.
• CEDEC (Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Curricular en Sistemas B-P de Gestión del Aprendizaje) Design, promotion and development of open educational resources facilitating methodological and digital transformation in classrooms. Targeted at teachers across Spanish non-university educational levels.
• Observatorio de Tecnología Educativa Virtual library of articles created by teachers for teachers about digital innovation in the classroom, covering hardware and software analysis. Targeted at non-university educational levels.
• LOM-ES V1.0 Metadata Standard Spanish application profile of the IEEE-LOM metadata standard for digital educational objects. Enables standardized cataloging and interoperability of educational resources across Spanish autonomous communities.
• CodeIntef Platform promoting computational thinking, artificial intelligence, programming and robotics in education through resources, proposals, training and initiatives. Targeted at Spanish educators and students.
• AseguraTIC Collection of materials on digital security and minors, targeted at students, educators and families.
• Formación INTEF Online learning experiences aimed at permanent teacher training and the educational community, grouped in various modalities with digital support resources. Targeted at Spanish educators.
• AGREGA Federated Repository Platform Federated repository platform for Spanish Digital Educational Objects managed by all Educational Administrations (MECD-INTEF, MINETUR-Red.es and Autonomous Communities). Provides cataloging, packaging and syndication of educational resources under LOM-ES V1.0 and SCORM standards.
• eXeLearning Open-source authoring tool for creating, editing, integrating, cataloging and packaging Digital Educational Objects. Generates web-exportable content in various formats with accessibility and interoperability features under LOM-ES v1.0 and LOM standards.
• Aula del Futuro (ADF) Project exploiting active methodologies by flexibilizing learning spaces and leveraging technology potential to improve teaching and learning processes with a competency approach. Targeted at Spanish schools.
• eTwinning Spain European action for non-university schools aimed at collaborative work between teachers and students through the use of technologies. INTEF coordinates Spain's participation in this European Commission program.
• Educharlas Live virtual conversations with experts on educational topics of interest, aimed at teachers of non-university stages.
• Situaciones de Aprendizaje Collection of learning situations and other competency-based didactic materials for Infant Education, Primary Education, Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate.
• MatesGG Teaching guides created from selected mathematics curriculum materials developed with GeoGebra tool, targeting teachers of Infant, Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate education.
• Experiencias Educativas Inspiradoras Showcase of innovative educational experiences carried out in schools that serve as examples for other schools or teachers.
• La Aventura de Aprender (LADA) Web space about learning in non-academic environments featuring audiovisual reports, collaborative and research proposals connecting classrooms with the outside world.
• Orientaciones sobre herramientas digitales Guidelines on the use of digital tools in education from a data protection perspective. Includes classification of digital educational tools by GDPR adequacy level and an evaluation model for educators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,144 educational digital tools classified according to GDPR adequacy (Version 3.0, June 2026)
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Recent moves5 records

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Others

• OECD Directorate for Education and Skills: Sets the international policy frameworks (e.g., DigComp, PISA-adjacent competencies) that INTEF's Competencia Digital Docente framework aligns with. Comparable as the supranational policy counterpart whose frameworks INTEF localizes and operationalizes.
• Creative Commons: Global non-profit stewarding the CC BY-SA licensing framework that INTEF uses for all its educational resources. Comparable as the enabling licensing layer that makes INTEF's open-publishing model legally and operationally viable.
• Geogebra Institute / GeoGebra: Open-source mathematics software ecosystem that INTEF's MatesGG platform integrates with to deliver Spanish mathematics curriculum materials. Comparable as an enabling technology partner whose tooling INTEF wraps with Spanish curriculum-compliant didactic guides.
• European Commission DG EAC (Education and Culture): EU body that funds and sets policy for eTwinning, Erasmus+, and the European Education Area. INTEF is the Spanish implementation arm for these programs, making DG EAC the policy principal and INTEF the national delivery counterpart.

Broad incumbents

• Red.es (Entidad Pública Empresarial Red.es): Spanish government entity under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation that co-managed the Internet en el Aula program with INTEF to develop LOM-ES. Direct counterpart in digital-infrastructure policy and a co-developer of INTEF's metadata standard.
• European Schoolnet: Brussels-based not-for-profit consortium of European education ministries operating common platforms (including eTwinning's central services). Directly comparable to INTEF as a multi-country educational technology coordinator and the European umbrella that INTEF connects into nationally.

Emerging players

• LEAR (Lifelong Education and Awareness Resource) / Common Sense Education: US-based non-profit providing digital citizenship, digital literacy, and educational technology ratings (similar to INTEF's AseguraTIC and the GDPR adequacy Classified Tools initiative). Comparable as a parallel authority building public-resource guidance for safe EdTech adoption.
• ISKME: US-based non-profit specializing in OER infrastructure, curriculum quality, and the OER Commons repository. Comparable as an OER infrastructure and quality-alignment specialist, though operating at a much smaller scale than INTEF and lacking statutory mandate.

Direct peers

• CNIIE (Centro Nacional de Innovación e Investigación Educativa): Spanish Ministry of Education's sister institution alongside INTEF, focused on educational innovation and research. Operates under the same ministerial structure covering complementary topics (innovation, research, programs) where INTEF focuses on technology and teacher training.
• INEE (Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa): Another Spanish Ministry of Education national institute, focused on educational assessment. Comparable as a peer-level national institute within the same ministerial structure, providing complementary evaluation services to the same teacher and student base INTEF serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/educaintef
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/educacionlab
• Facebookfacebook.com/educaINTEF
• Pinterestpinterest.com/educalab
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instituto-nacional-de-tecnolog-as-educativas-y-formaci-n-del-profesorado

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