Despite early discussions of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Sweden, their uptake remains limited, partly due to fragmented infrastructure. Recent national open science guidelines and the updated roadmap of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF) call for stronger coordination, a sharing culture, and international collaboration around OER. This abstract presents the development of a forthcoming lightweight national platform for OERs in Sweden that directly addresses these ambitions. The initiative combines technical reuse with service design. Technically, Karlstad University and the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), together with Sunet and Swedish HEIs, integrate the Open Educational Resources Search Index (OERSI) as a central search layer that aggregates distributed OER repositories without hosting content itself. A simple WordPress-based front end, open APIs, and repository-grade services such as Zenodo minimize proprietary development while ensuring persistence, openness, and FAIR-aligned discovery. Equally important is the process behind the solution. Using design-led and agile methods, the project evolved through iterative prototyping, shared governance, and close engagement with educators, librarians, and national actors. The work was further shaped by cultivated serendipity arising from international collaboration and a "ready to reuse" mindset. The case offers a transferable reference architecture and practical lessons for sustainable, collaborative national (OER) infrastructures.
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