Partners

Berlink

Berlink is a German organisation with a consolidated experience in organising qualified professional, educational and work placement experiences in Berlin.

The aim of the company matches with the general goals set by the Erasmus Plus programme: improving the quality and the volume of mobility and cooperation between educational institutions and enterprises across the EU.

Berlink has in fact a strong collaboration with a wide network of local companies and is actively involved in EU projects that compile innovative experiences and good practices on active participation of SMEs as host partners in mobility projects. Thanks to a solid network of international partners and an ongoing process of transnational experiences exchange, Berlink is able to provide work placement experiences with a relevant impact on the learning process by applying innovative methods (ECVET system implementation) and common approaches to plan and deliver successful training on the job preparation for work experiences. Berlink is very active in the participation of European projects with the aim to enhance the development, transfer and implementation of innovative practices, fostering the use of ICT in education, training and labour market.

Berlink is part of “ETN Network” with companies in Italy (Rimini and Potenza), Spain (Malaga), Bulgaria (Sofia), Germany (Berlin) and Ireland (Cork).

Axonforce

Axonforce is a company specialised in providing advanced and innovative IT solutions in the field of education.

As such, Axonforce aims to respond to the challenges concerning new generations and the ways they interact in such a fast-paced and globalised world. Axonforce’s strength resides in the combination between its education-related and technical competences through which it aims to unleash the benefits of digital technology applied to the field of education.

Rightchallenge Association

Rightchallenge Association is a non-governmental organization which aims at the promotion of education as a means of social inclusion and equal opportunities. With an active engagement in the community, lifelong learning is one of their pillars: it is in fact essential to sustainable development, as it promotes active, democratic and responsible citizenship among citizens.

Rightchallenge activities are aimed to ensure quality and access to non-formal education and to overcome the deficits in access to lifelong learning in Portugal, while promoting the valorisation of human capital and generating value in organizations by providing integrated training services.

Rightchallenge recognises that non-formal education and lifelong education are extremely important to develop social, emotional and cognitive competences, while promoting the individuals’ personal fulfillment and well-being, also facilitating the access to learning opportunities for citizens who face educational attainment obstacles.

The Square Dot Team

The Square Dot Team is an organization committed to tackle societal challenges through tailor-made policy advice provided in projects with interest in EU countries and supporting the EU ecosystem of entrepreneurs through targeted mentorship and trainings.

The Square Dot team specialises in the policy fields of social inclusion, migration, VET and skills development. In this context, they aim to develop research and provide policy advice with the view to enrich public policy with tailor-made, innovative and socially responsible solutions in the areas of:

• School support & curriculum design: developing curricula for students and teachers that ensures everyone can make progress and develop new skills that will increase the quality of their services.
• Trainings and capacity building
• Policy research
• EU funding Advice

Career coaching & Business Mentoring: targeting individuals and young people who want to design a better career path or become independent, organizations that want to maintain high-performance and explore EU funding opportunities as well as entrepreneurship trainings.

Furthermore, The Square Dot team have extensive expertise in

• training materials for upskilling designed for students and youth
• training and mentorship to boost entrepreneurship and related skills
• implementation of Living Labs among youth to create awareness about the environment and circular economy developing specific programs, tools, educational materials and strategies.

Impact Hub Stockholm

Impact Hub Stockholm is part of a leading global network of entrepreneurial communities, capacity building programs and collaborative spaces, that supports impact-driven entrepreneurs and innovators on their journey from idea to scale.

Impact Hub was established with the vision of creating a space for social entrepreneurs; operating with the core values of trust, courage and collaboration. Part innovation lab, part business incubator, and part community centre, it offers its members a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration and collaboration opportunities.

Impact Hub believes true impact cannot happen without appropriate local contextualisation. By prototyping a model emphasising co-ownership instead of individual ownership, it potentially serves as a role model for healthy, bottom-up globalisation.

Impact Hubs unite people from every profession, culture and background with a drive to use business to serve the needs of people and the planet. The network has created a global ecosystem of people, places, and programs that inspire, connect and catalyse impact.

Through events and networking opportunities, Impact Hub hosts both physical and virtual gatherings, it has built experience running educational events for adults, in areas that range from business development to social sciences, from lectures to workshops: the events are human centric, designed to be diverse in content and inclusive across demographics.

VAEV R&D GmbH

VAEV R&D GmbH (VAEV Research & Development Agency GmbH) is the private extension of VAEV (Vienna Association of Education Volunteers), a non-profit organization with multi-year experience in implementation of Erasmus+ projects.

VAEV R&D GmbH aims to enhance and promote education by cooperating with local schools and education centres on the development of comprehensive and updated curricula with the skills and competencies needed for the 21st century.

Specifically, VAEV R&D GmbH empowers people by providing community-based coaching as well as educational and career opportunities for disadvantaged people including immigrants, refugees, unemployed individuals, NEETs and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

The aim is to spread commitment to modernization of education, through the usage of technology and online tools, as well as promoting peace, democracy, diversity, and inclusion in education by supporting schools, youth and education centres, special education centres, and all other relevant NGOs working in this field.

The scope of VAEV R&D GmbH is to provide flexible non-formal education programs and coaching in various fields within the framework of lifelong learning. It has oriented its services toward the main guidelines and priorities stressed out by the European Commission. Focus is given to skills training and initiatives that will enable people to be active in social and professional life.

Projects for Europe

Projects for Europe, acronyme PFE, is an ASBL based in Brussels which present itself as as an entity to promote and valorize European artistic and cultural resources with a particular attention to young and emerging artists through the broadcasting, diffusion of news, studies and deepening in the field of secondary artistic heritage, abandoned or little considered by the institutions.

The priorities of PFE are expressed through its activities, such as:

• Promote all initiatives of the European institutions dedicated to finance, assist and develop economic, social, political and cultural activity, on the European territory.
• Writing, managing and implementing European projects in support of European policies; with particular attention to the themes of social inclusion, integration, media literacy, youth, lifelong learning, permanent training, active European citizenship.
• Promote international cultural exchanges and mobility for young people and adults within the framework of European programmes.
• Organise events, seminars, training, conferences
• Promote political activities in all possible forms
• Establish prizes, scholarships and research contracts in order to be a meeting and reference point for all employees working in Italy and abroad.
• Carry out studies and research.
• Participate and contribute to the constitution of associations, foundations, consortiums and other associative forms, public or private, to follow the objects of the association.