Rogepa – Romania

Rogepa is a Romanian-German company focusing on adult education. We provide authorized training in different domains as following: training of trainers, foreign languages, ICT, CNC, curriculum development, entrepreneurship, project management, commerce, e-learning, web design, tourism and food services, hairstylist, construction, wood processing, business management, quality management, key competencies.

Between the years 2016 and 2017 we had 460 trainees.

Together with our collaborators, we have the expertise to organize national and international events, development of curricula and teaching aids, and manage European projects.

We also help small and medium companies in the development and modernization of training processes.

For a number of years, we have been providing Web Design, Graphic design and Web Development services through our Graphic Design department.

We maintain good working relationships with other national institutes of education, city halls from our region, local councils, and several professional associations.

DİDİ – Türkiye

For a Better World is a non-profit, non-governmental organization.

The main purpose of our association is to carry out studies to make the world we live in a better place. These studies are generally in the form of local, national and international projects, trainings, conferences, aid organizations, social cultural relations. One of the main objectives is to carry these studies from a local to an international dimension. The For a Better World association was established by experts in the field in order to take a more active role in the European dimension. For a Better World members are experts in their fields. Each member has high level experience in terms of European Union projects. For a Better World is an association operating in the field of adult education. All of the members of the association have performed adult education or are still involved in these activities. Our association provides adult language trainings (English, Spanish, German, Russian and Urdu), basic ICT courses, advanced software courses (Htlm, Aspx), augmented reality and virtual reality, cyber security, web 2.0, web 3.0, handicraft courses. In addition, all of these courses are free and applied to disadvantaged groups. Our target audiences consist of disadvantaged groups between the ages of 25 and 75. Our target audience is adults who have not been able to develop themselves digitally, people who are deprived of their profession, especially women, housewives. Some of the groups we apply development studies to are also immigrants. It carries out studies to help immigrants integrate into the country. For a Better World association deals directly with environmental issues. One of the aims of the establishment is to bring holistic solutions to environmental problems. Our association also examines the issue of recycling from an environmental perspective. It carries out activities related to the environment and carries out local, national and international projects.

For a Better World association has 30 registered members.

These members are actively involved in all studies. In addition, our association has 150 volunteers. 35 of these volunteers are university students. Most of these students are studying at Adnan Menderes University. Some of them are from Aydın and continue their education in other provinces. Again, 50 of our volunteers are retired teachers or government employees. These are people who have finished their active working life but do not want to break away from society and life. 20 of our volunteers are Syrian immigrants. They have taken lessons from the members of our association before and they provide the relations between the immigrant mass and our association. In addition, these people contribute to the integration processes of other immigrants and become the focus of solution for the problems they experience. In addition, they help those who have language problems, especially in official transactions.
For a Better World association voluntarily participates in the project activities of all nongovernmental organizations and official institutions operating in our province. It voluntarily participates in the promotion and dissemination activities of all organizations carrying out the project and provides support to all organizations in both physical and social media. Since our association provides access to all segments of the society, it performs the dissemination work at the best level.
All participants of our association work on a voluntary basis. Our association has no paid staff or members. The entire workflow is carried out on a voluntary basis. Members of our association gladly participate in activities and enjoy doing these activities. The organization of our association consists of experts from the main branches gathered under the shadow of the president. 7 of the members of our association work in the management department, including the president. In addition, different people lead different areas under the sub-titles. The social relations leader is naturally the president of the association. It establishes and egulates relations with all official institutions and informal organizations. The youth affairs leaderis involved in all youth activities local, national and international projects. Adult education leader is also an instructor at Efeler Adult Education Center. It deals with both the content and the conduct of all formal or informal training. The refugee affairs leader establishes and maintains relations with all refugees living in our province. The promotion and dissemination leader carries out the dissemination of all project activities and manages the social media tools of the association.

Epralima – Portugal

Epralima is situated in the small picturesque town of Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal, conveniently situated between the cities of Oporto and Vigo (Spain) and close to the coastal towns of the Atlantic Ocean.

Epralima is a cooperative organization, composed by institutions deeply solidified within the social, economic, cultural and local levels.

The goals of EPRALIMA are as follows:

Prepare youths and adults towards the exercise of a qualified profession;
Develop mechanisms in which Epralima and the local economic, professional and cultural institutions and associations can create better relationships;
Provide trainees with professional experience and contact with the labour market, preparing them for an adequate socio-economic insertion.

We are active in the following EU priority fields:

• Innovation projects – improving the quality of training systems through the development and transfer of innovative policies, contents, methods and procedures within vocational education and training.
• Knowledge society – modernization of education and training in the context of Information society, based on full social inclusion, contribution to the transfer of technologies and innovations from the education sector to business and in this way supporting the development of SME’s sector.
• Promoting public-private partnership and establishing contact networks for best practices exchange.
• Vocational education and training – our aim is to develop vocational education and training systems through the participation in various international projects aimed to improve the quality of initial education of teachers and trainers, and of their continuous professional development during their career.

SBH Nordost GmbH – Germany

SBH Nordost GmbH provides WBL & entrepreneurial education and incubation as an education company operating in 11 federal states and promotes a competence area which is oriented towards Industry 4.0. Together with the umbrella organisation it runs labour market promotion courses and projects plus ECVET allowing VET learners to accumulate, transfer and use their learning in units.

SBH Nordost GmbH is committed to contemporary education at around 130 locations. Our offerings range from early childhood education and career orientation to vocational training and further education.

Diverse goals require diverse approaches. From career entry to career advancement: with advice, training, and qualifications, we prepare and support the right paths.

As a company of the Education, Crafts Foundation, SBH Nordost is part of the internationally active SBH Group. Lifelong learning is our motivation.

As a committed and experienced service provider for educational work, SBH Nordost GmbH are active for you in Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia.

Our goal is to promote education across all stages of life and in this process, we value the holistic development of our customers. This makes us a strong partner for educational work in the region and for your individual career success.

Lodz Chamber of Industry and Commerce (LCIC)

Lodz Chamber of Industry and Commerce (LCIC) is a private, non-profit self – government institution based in Lodz, Central Poland. The Chamber serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience and contacts between enterprises to boost business opportunities. It was reactivated in 1990 and now associates 400 companies from the region. The majority of members come from the textile and construction industry and are primarily small and medium enterprises. The statutory aim of the chamber is supporting entrepreneurship spirit in the region. Therefore, the Chamber actively supports people to help them start their own businesses by grants, coaching and training. These trainings consist of topics like creating business plans, law and taxes, marketing etc. Secondly, the chamber organizes different activities for existing entrepreneurs and employees from the region – they are connected with training on soft skills, management but also tackle advanced topics like law, taxes, and transfer prices.

The Chamber has been involved in various projects connected to entrepreneurship in the region and nationwide, as well as internationally. National projects are mainly related to providing support for starting and running a business and also for the lifelong learning process by subsidizing training for SMEs – with a special emphasis on digitization. The Chamber’s international activities are manifested in the organization of foreign missions for chamber members, establishing contacts with representations of other countries, but also through participation in projects financed by EEA and Norway grants and Erasmus Plus.

Lviv Polytechnic National University – Ukraine

Lviv Polytechnic National University is the oldest technical higher educational institution in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1816. The University consists of 17 institutes, more than 100 departments; autonomous, additional and general subdivisions; Tech StartUp School and SID CITY Science Park etc.

Over the past ten years, according to the results of international and national rankings, Lviv Polytechnic National University has been in the top five Ukrainian universities. Almost 34,000 students are trained in 64 bachelor’s specialties (67 educational bachelor’s programs), 54 master’s specialties (158 master’s programs). The university prepares doctors of philosophy in 54 educational and scientific programs and doctors of science in 38 specialties. The educational process is provided by more than 2,100 scientific and pedagogical workers (inkl. about 500 doctors of science, professors, and 1,500 candidates of science, associate professors).

International cooperation at Lviv Polytechnic is implemented through international academic mobility, training of foreign students, implementation of international scientific and educational projects and grants (primarily Erasmus+), double degree and “guest lecturer” programs, etc. In 2023, about 220 international cooperation agreements with higher education institutions and organizations from 35 countries were in force.

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