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ACCEPT.INSTITUTE was founded in November 2017 and is the successor to the Open Ticketing Institute (OTI). OTI (founded in 2010) was the outgrowth of an initiative from Translink from the Netherlands. 

The organisation of the ACCEPT.INSTITUTE consists of a Supervisory Board, Management Board and secretary. 


The Supervisory Board consists of:


The Management Board:

Roel Testroote 

managing director




Janine Zwiers 

secretary of the board



The ACCEPT Advisory Council is an external council that advices the board of the Institute and consists of the following 5 members:


** The Ministry is represented by the transport authority of Aachen, the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV), who will coordinate closely with the Ministry.

In this overview the history of ACCEPT.INSTITUTE is presented.