AEVA was founded in 1998 as a non profit organisation to meet the needs of local businesses in tackling skills mismatch by bringing education and the working world closer together. Currently, the association employs 159 qualified professionals and operates within 13 brands. AEVA-EPA (www.epa.edu.pt) has 6 units in Aveiro Region, located in urban, rural, coastal and in industrial transition areas, and offers several IVET, CVET and TVET qualifications targeting per year around 1000 learners (14–21 years old), most of them with fewer opportunities, migrant background and dropout history. The learning path is based on learner centred approaches and principles of inclusive education. In addition, Psychological and Career Guidance services are provided by 14 professionals to all students, learners and educators.
YuzuPulse is a SME that was created with the aim of bringing innovative solutions to spark social innovation in areas where IT tools are not always widely adopted, such as the social economy and education. Its founders noticed that even though technology is becoming more accessible and easy to design even for non-experts, and that numerous open source solutions exist, those who are not IT experts often feel intimidated and think that technology is too complicated and has nothing to add to their daily practice. However, technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning, to name a few, are developing fast and interesting features and tools are becoming accessible to non-experts in these fields.
ENOROS Consulting Ltd was established in 2006 and has since been active in the field of Project Management in Cyprus and the European area, providing comprehensive consulting services to the public and private sectors. ENOROS objective is to provide specialized knowledge in planning, management, and evaluation of development programs and projects at national and European levels. It comprises of three Directorates (Public Sector works, Private sector projects and International & European projects), which are appropriately staffed by 10 committed consultants with high scientific education and training, extensive experience and knowledge in thematic fields relevant to the company’s areas of expertise. Their disciplines have a wide range from Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Engineering, Agronomy, etc. The company also cooperates with external experts in various thematic areas (Human Resources, Rural Development, Tourism, Immigration policies etc.) and has a wide network of local partners in the field of education and culture, youth and employment, justice and public order, human resource development, citizen protection, social innovation and entrepreneurship etc.
TATICS is a company operating mainly in the sectors of 1) Education and training; 2) Marketing and communication; 3) European projects. TATICS has in its portfolio also the knowhow and expertise in the field of new technologies and new media approaches, especially for the experimentation of new solution in in the fields of education, marketing and communication. Tatics Group designs efficient tools for evolution and growth for companies, institutions and people, through services ranging from strategic planning to online and offline marketing, from communication to design and webdesign, from vocational training to European planning, from tools for internationalization to territorial marketing. Tatics Group proposes innovative solutions, guaranteeing a complete and personalized consulting service that goes from the preliminary analysis to the conception of the development project, from planning to implementation up to the evaluation of the results achieved.
Ekonomska šola Novo mesto is comprised of two units – the Secondary School and the Higher Vocational College. The secondary school (students aged 15 – 19) are educated in high school and in courses for economists, media technicians and shop assistants. The Higher Vocational College was founded in the year 2000 and belongs to tertiary education. The students (aged 19 to 23) are educated in two study courses – economist and media production engineer. All together there are 112 students enrolled to the college and there are 34 teachers (13 full-time and 8 part-time). Both courses are 2- year study courses (4 semesters), including 10-week field placement per academic year, which enables the students to combine theory with practice. They have a wide net of organizations they cooperate with, the emphasis is on developing the students’ entrepreneurial thinking and acquiring practical work experience in the fields of economy and media.
MECB Ltd. is a Malta based Excellence Consulting Bureau, dedicated to driving excellence & innovation support through the provision of relevant, multidisciplinary, high-quality: > technical consulting services > research and training services > EU project partnering services As an organization, MECB is a member of the EU Digital Skills & Jobs Coalition. MECB Ltd is registered with the Malta Financial Services Authority is private limited liability company with registration number C 37773. In addition, MECB Ltd is a corporate member of the Malta Chamber of Commerce Enterprise & Industry.