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Home>Partners Regional Centre of Profession & Vocational Training in the Lungau 
Lungauer Zentrum fur Beruf & Bildung – LUZ (www.lungauerbildungsverbund.at)The centre is located in a rural region in the south of Salzburg. The rate of unemployed people there is very high. The biggest trade in the region is tourism and the building trade. The LUZ founded qualification teams of each trade for needs analysis. Afterwards the LUZ develops and organises the appropriate vocational training. The same is done with special target groups like women, pupils and the unemployed. Traditional training is also offered, e.g. in computing, and new skills not for a special target group like social competence for everybody. The LUZ also takes care that the idea of "Lifelong Learning" is manifested in the region. Discussions, symposia etc. are organized. The organisation works together with other vocational training institutions of the region, but also with the trade union, the chamber of commerce and the local politicians of the 16 villages in the region. LUZ is a non-profit-organisation. M.T. Servicios De Formacion  M.T.
Servicios De Formacion (www.mtservicios.com)
is a private company specialized in training and education. Its priority is to
offer global and multiplier quality services to develop open, full and flexible
training for anyone concerned with the teaching-learning processes.
M.T.Servicios works in three main areas: Education area: where a series of
activities complement the educational offers. Values, skills and capacities
that allow trainers to have an integral education are offered. The offers are
diverse and appropriate for each student and are always adapted to their
evolutional potential and are relevant to the level where they can evolve.
Training area: Specialized courses for each client based on their necessities
and involving M.T.Servicios best professionals. Consultancy Area and New
Technologies: Effort is being made to adapt it to its own necessities and those
of its clients by providing consultancy services as well as experts in program
procedures and public bids with a technical assistance.
Computer Technology Institute  Computer
Technology Institute - CTI (www.cti.gr) is a
non-profit National Research Organization under the supervision of the Hellenic
Ministry of Education. CTI has been conceived and organized as an integrated
environment of research, development and design of products and solutions. At
present, CTI is operating according to the Private Sector Regulations and is
governed by its Board of Directors. Most of the funded research comes from the
competitive Programmes of the E.U. while the Hellenic private sector
participation in commissioning projects to CTI, exhibits a positive gradient
over the last seven years. More than 200 scientists, engineers and other staff
support its activities and daily operation. CTI's measurable performance during
the last seven years includes more than 150 publications in prestigious
international journals and conferences, over 40 R&D externally financed
projects completed or being in progress and a number of prototypes, already
delivered to the local industry. Research Unit 5 (em5.cti.gr)
is one of the 7 research units of CTI and was founded in 1997. Its activity
focuses on Internet and Multimedia Technologies.
Regional Institution of Lifelong Learning  Regional
Institution of Lifelong Learning - FSNV (www.fsnv.is)
operates in the northwest of Iceland. FSNV is owned by the 12 local
communities, the local labour unions, the Regional Development Centre in
North-western Iceland, the local college, and the National Workers/ Educational
Association. The main objective of FSNV is to promote and assist in adult
education in an area with special attention to the increase of continuing
education, increased qualification as well as well-being of the population. The
institution cooperates with schools at university level, private schools,
specialized schools and individual instructors. It gives hobby courses, courses
for unemployed people, courses for unskilled employees and continuing education
for skilled personnel. Courses are prepared in cooperation with other
educational institutions, companies, individuals and organisations. New
teaching methods and technology are used to distribute material to a widespread
population. Among courses which have been given by FSNV are courses for:
FSNV provides continuing education to assistant nurses, carpenters, metalworkers, various computer courses and special courses for long-time unemployed women. The average number of attendants per year is 700 for the past 3 years. Holar Agricultural College  Holar
Agricultural College (www.holar.is) is a
research, development and educational institution run by the Ministry of
Agriculture. It is one of three schools of agriculture and land-based
industries in Iceland. The College aims to enhance the economic and social
development of rural areas by vocational education in land-based industries
such as Aquaculture, horse breeding and training in rural tourism.The College has three departments: Department of Aquaculture offers a program in Aquaculture and is a leading research centre on arctic char. International Centre for the Icelandic Horse offers programs in Horse breeding and training and Riding instructor and trainer, and also conducts research. Department of Rural Tourism offers a program in Rural Tourism studies and participates in local research and development programs. Social Science Research Institute of the University of Iceland  Felagsvisindastofnun
Haskola IslandsSocial Science Research Institute of the University of Iceland (www.fel.hi.is) is a well-established institution which specializes in conducting both theoretical and practical research with the objective of to strengthening research in the social sciences in Iceland. The Institute makes its results available to theorists as well as the public. Over the last 10 years the institute has gathered data in every aspects of the social sciences. The institute has, for example, gathered extensive data on welfare, income, education, media, politics and family affairs. The data the Institute now has on these issues can give valuable information of the development of these aspects in Icelandic society. The Institute of Social Science Research has also been involved in many international studies, for example on people’s values and attitudes and studies on living standard. These international studies give valuable information on the development of the Icelandic society, especially in comparison to other societies. Over the last few years the emphasis has been on educational studies, with one long-term project in progress, studies of income and workplace evaluations. The institute also publishes theoretical books and papers in the field. Centre of Education, Adult Learning  Centre
of Education, Adult Learning (Larcentrum) is a non-profit education
organisation in the city of Sandviken, county of Gavleborg, Sweden. It offers
adult education on various levels, on basic level, high school level,
university level and college level. The Centre of Education cooperates with
several universities and companies in Sweden. It plans, develops and implements
vocational training in close cooperation with companies and universities among
others, in the field of information technology and in vocational training with
distance course methodology in social care with focus on the elderly and the
handicapped. It is a cooperation forum between five municipalities in Sweden.
It also cooperates with the neighbouring University of Gavle in many different
types of courses. At the Centre of Education there is education where new
technology is used, for example telepicture conferences and seminars, training
via intranet (first class). Distance learning is important at the Centre of
Education. This method is constantly being developed and there is a well
functioning network in Sweden, cooperating on this type of training. A network
called NITUS – a cooperation forum between 44 municipalities and fourteen
Universities in Sweden is working together within this task.
Encounter AB  Encounter
AB (www.encounter.se) is an
enterprise focusing on transnational development, mainly within the area of
equal opportunities. Encounter offers services such as project design,
establishment of transnational partnerships, project administration, process
evaluation and guidance and counselling for project leaders. Encounter has also
been involved in the development of experience based learning and
entrepreneurship education, designing a wide variety of programmes ranging from
short courses to a three-year entrepreneurship education at university level.
The CEO of Encounter, Inger Danilda has been involved in several Community
funded projects at improving equal opportunities between women and men as an
expert. She is also an expert on formative evaluation and currently evaluating
projects financed by ADAPT and by the Action Programme on Equal Opportunities
for Men and Women. The focus of her research is on how the infrastructure for
women entrepreneurship is affected by factors such as culture and values,
business support structures, family traditions, choice of branch and
geographical location of the business.
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