Professional High School “Prof. Dr Asen Zlatarov” is the biggest high-school in the district of Vidin. Annually the school trains on average about 650 students in the field of economy, tourism and electronics. There are about 50 teachers and 16 administrative staff members. In addition to the vocational preparation of the students they also acquire secondary education. The high-school actively works under various projects, which aim at improving the quality and results from teaching, increasing the vocational skills of students and teachers, acquisition of key competences, creating a modern and adequate learning environment. Each year between 20 and 40 students conduct their production practices in various partner organizations in the EU, while about 30 youths and teachers work on diversified topics with colleagues and peers from more than 10 European countries. During the last year the school worked under 7 projects, supported by the OP Human resources development and the Lifelong Learning Programme.
Zinev Art Technologies Ltd. is a company developing, implementing and managing European projects and providing consultations in the spheres of culture, art, Internet-based activities and education, VET, e-learning and school education development, as well as regional development. ZAT team has a long-term experience in implementing successful EU projects under the LdV, eLearning and Lifelong Learning programmes. ZAT also provides school administrations, SMEs, NGOs and local authorities with EU project development/implementation and regional development services and trainings. ZAT is a part of a network of school and VET partners throughout the country, developed and maintained under the “eTalent” (2007 eLearning programme), “Michelangelo” (2008, LLP), “OnAir” (2009, LLP), “I am not scared” (2010, LLP), “Archilandia skills” (2013, OP Human resources development) and “Goerudio” (2014, LLP) projects. ZAT is an experienced organization with a broad scope of collaborators and partners within the country and abroad.
Institute equalita is a non-profit and non-governmental organization for qualification and networking in Europe, located in Cologne, Germany. Since 1992 it has carried out numerous projects, trainings and consulting for ecological and social institutions and business, cultural associations and non-profit organizations, financed by national and private funds, but also in the framework of European Union programs like ESF, ADAPT, QUATRO, PHARE, Europeaid, Leonard da Vinci, Grundtvig and Erasmus+.
Latvian Education Foundation (LEF) was founded in 1990 as public organization to support and develop all kinds of education especially comprehension/understanding in Latvia and collaboration with similar organizations from other countries. Main founder was Latvian University. In 2005 according to changes of law LEF was registered as foundation. LEF is collecting donations to support research work in education, pay scholarships, support creation of education materials and research work. LEF participate and organizes conferences, seminars etc. LEF have published number of text books and have supported creation and maintenance of website www.goerudio.com intended to increase comprehension/understanding in sciences.
Latvian Education Foundation (LEF) was founded in 1990 as public organization to support and develop all kinds of education especially comprehension/understanding in Latvia and collaboration with similar organizations from other countries. Main founder was Latvian University. In 2005 according to changes of law LEF was registered as foundation. LEF is collecting donations to support research work in education, pay scholarships, support creation of education materials and research work. LEF participate and organizes conferences, seminars etc. LEF have published number of text books and have supported creation and maintenance of website www.goerudio.com intended to increase comprehension/understanding in sciences.
Kaunas Juozas Grusas Art Gymnasium has 1200 students, aged 7-19.. The gymnasium implements the programmes of primary, basic and secondary education as well as the programme of non-formal education of Art and Technologies. The gymnasium is located in the dormitory district of Kaunas City. The number of students living in the suburbs of Kaunas City is a little less than a half of the number of all gymnasium students. The computerized system of the internal audit, IQESonline, is used for the assessment of the quality of the gymnasium activities. Also, the quality of students’ achievements is evaluated by the National Examination Centre by implementing standardized tests for students’ achievements in the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th forms as well as the exams of basic and secondary education. Students’ achievements outside the school are constantly analysed and evaluated.
Pixel is an international education and training institution with 18 years of experience in international cooperation and European project management. Established in Florence (Italy) in January 1999, Pixel is engaged in a constant improvement in the quality of the services performed. Pixel obtained quality certification according to UNI EN ISO 9001. Pixel is also accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education and by the Tuscany Regional Government. The main target groups Pixel work with are: Higher Education Institutions, Schools, VET Organizations, Adult Education Institutions, Public Authorities (Ministries, Regional bodies), Research centres, Cultural institutions, Hospitals etc. based all over the world. 15 people work as full time staff at Pixel. Also, over 100 external experts and trainers cooperate with Pixel.
Connectis is founded in 1999 by a team of professionals with over 15 years of experience in the field of web design and software creation. Connectis’ core activity is the production of e-learning platforms but they also focus on various IT areas: web software development and computer systems, creation and production of multimedia material and computerized advertising graphics. The business is oriented to the New Technologies based on Internet use and Connectis produces Commercial and educational software for private companies and Public Administration.
Associació Empresarial l’Alqueria Projectes Educatius is an association of secondary education school teachers, vocational education teachers and trainers in different disciplines that focuses its activities on the field of education, training and cultural promotion in the European environment.
Founded in October 2009 in Valencia, its main objectives are :
- Collaboration with countries of the European context in the promotion of education and culture.
- Promoting lifelong learning to enhance employability, especially for young people in Europe.
- Assistance in the training of secondary education school and vocational education teacher.
- Encourage the use of ICT in teaching and as communication tool.
- Dissemination of innovating teaching methods.
- Promoting European citizenship.
EuroEd Foundation is a non-profit organisation set up in 1992 and located in Iasi, Romania. It delivers educational services to all age categories and developed a series of programmes, including language courses (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Romanian), international training courses for language teachers.
EuroEd’s relevant experience lies with co-ordinating and participating in EU funded projects, as well as in strategies and methodologies of co-operation at local, regional, national and trans-national level.
In addition, EuroEd Foundation co-ordinated and implemented over 60 national and international educational projects since 1995, in the field of: learning languages for specific purposes, online resources, educational materials, games and drama techniques, networks, employability, development of competences for job profiles, social inclusion, motivation and support, promoting quality in developing European projects, sports, social responsibility and volunteering, etc.
EuroEd is a founder member of QUEST (The Romanian Association for Quality Language Services). EuroEd received 9 international awards in the last 5 years for the quality of its projects: 8 European Label Awards and a Worldaware distinction.
