Thanks to the long preparatory work and signature from John May, Secretary General of The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation have granted us Preliminary licience which enables us to use the name and logo of the programme. Besides this, the Foundation help us license a maximum of 12 Independent Award Centres in Slovakia through The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation. By February 2016 and based on this license, Slovak National Office will prepare to meet all the standards for signing the Conditional license, which will enable to create the full National Office and enable to license directly the organisations that would be interested in providing the Award in Slovakia.