PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF PTUJ | Slovenia

Public University of Ptuj (LUP) is a modern, user friendly adult education center, professionally recognized, highly experienced with rich mixture of programs for different target groups. With almost 100 years of experience in both formal and non-formal education, LUP is the leading adult education center in region. LUP was established by the Municipality of Ptuj for educational services, the implementation of which is in the public interest. LUP offers vast number of formal and non-formal learning programs for both professional and daily life, with high emphasis on inclusion of seniors through numerous activities for active ageing.

Our programs are predominantly under the domain of Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, and in the last years also the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture.

p-consulting.gr | Greece

p-consulting.gr is an IT, Training and Consulting company, located in Patras (Greece). Main objective of the company is the provision of:

  • quality IT and consulting services in business terms to companies and enterprises in all sectors of economy,
  • training services which address the needs of various target groups (young people, teachers in primary and secondary schools, people from vulnerable groups, elders, unemployed people, entrepreneurs, etc),
  • IT services, focusing in web development and creation of online educational platforms,
  • managing and developing of project services, mostly oriented to improve the quality of people, especially people who from social vulnerable groups.

METHODO ESTUDIOS CONSULTORES SL  | Spain

Método is a Spanish-based international consulting company focused on advanced services in training, social-labour research, technology and social projects with 18 years of experience. Our main expertise area is training for employment, especially through e-learning mode, on which we are among the leaders on Spanish market, in the same time we are also providing other training modes such as blended learning or traditional classroom training. Since our very beginning, we use new technology to provide innovative solutions that optimize our clients’ resources in the training field by providing e-learning solutions, software development, apps and web development. Método’s experience ensures the participation in both national and international projects and it has got many years of experience in the knowledge and state of the art technologies. Since 2014, Método has participated in 12 European projects from Erasmus+ calls and H2020; as partner and as coordinator.

LYCEE ET DUPUY | France

Lycée C. et A. Dupuy- Greta du Velay is a regional VET and adult education provider gathering 21 public secondary schools, high schools and colleges in the South of the Auvergne Region in France. With 4 training advisers, 45 trainers and a pool of professional free-lancers, it delivers around 300.000 training hours per year to 2000-2500 learners, in response to local needs from companies and to other prescribers of training (such as the Region, the State or Pôle emploi). Founded in 1975, it is member of the Greta network covering the whole French territory with more than 4350 training sites.

Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V. | Germany

Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V. (VHS Cham) is a registered, non-profit association in Upper Palatinate and counts as one of the largest adult education centres in Bavaria. About 90 employees and 300 freelancers complete the administrative, teaching and training activities of the institution in 30 different locations in the district of Cham. In year 2019 the VHS Cham carried out more than 1000 courses in the field of society, vocation, languages, health, culture, special courses (second chance schools and literacy programmes). VHS Cham provides guidance, counselling and vocational information as well as trainings in order to get new qualifications adjusted to the labour market.

Nation-wide the VHS Cham takes on a leading role in regards to the conception and implementation of transnational projects in the field of vocational and adult education and has a European-wide network of various partner institutions.

Center for Social Innovation (CSI) | Cyprus

Center for Social Innovation (CSI) is a Research and Development organization, which focuses on fostering social innovation that can bring about a positive change to local, national, regional, and global entities. These entities include but are not limited to governments, local administrative agencies, non-for-profit agencies, commercial entities, and educational institutions. The CSI team is composed of open-minded, fully equipped researchers, entrepreneurs, project managers, trainers, and Information Technology specialists. CSI encompasses the capability and capacity to identify social needs, design and implement adjusted initiatives, and provide for sustainable growth. The CSI team’s areas of expertise are in the fields of traditional education and e-learning, entrepreneurship, start-ups, innovation, creativity, negotiations, IP advisory services, social responsibility, business advisory solutions, data analytics, information technologies, project management, project evaluation services, product validation, training and computer gaming. CSI draws know-how and skills from its wide global network, which includes academic institutions, IT companies, public services, international organizations, start-ups, and public services.