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assist Gesellschaft für Unternehmensberatung und Personalentwicklung mbH (assist GmbH)

Assist GmbH is a medium-sized private limited company with the Head Office in Paderborn, central Germany. The company offers training in the areas of communication skills, intercultural skills, leadership skills, as well as trainer skills. A particular unique selling proposition is that assist GmbH is able to offer skills development in a wide range of different languages. The client target group that assist GmbH focuses on is companies across Europe who would like to develop the skills and competencies of their team members. assist GmbH has experience in the development of training materials and also in coordination, implementation, quality management and dissemination of EU projects which is an important factor in such projects and has been involved as partner in many Erasmus+ Strategic Projects.
assist GmbH is involved in supporting organisations in the development of their team members and leaders. It has many years of experience in training IT experts in communication topics: including communication, presentation, facilitation, conflict management.
Consequently assist GmbH has a high amount of expertise in training core communication topics to IT personnel including:
– Communication principles
– Trust building
– Empathetic listening
– Giving and receiving successful feedback
– Motivation via communication
– Powertalking
– Influencing strategies
– Managing workplace conflicts
– Workplace negotiation
– The IT consultant as a trainer

Website: www.international-hr.de/impressum/


Heraklion Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI)

Heraklion Chamber of Commerce and Industry is one of the largest chambers of commerce in Greece, and the largest independent networking and business support organisation in Crete. Representing the interests of approx. 22.000 members from all sectors of the economy, the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce and Industry offer its members a wide range of practical and professional advisory services. HCCI is a public body established in 1918, receives no subsidy from any governmental body and it is financed entirely by its members’ contributions and fees and by community grants. The HCCI’s role is to act as an advisor and consultant to the general government for issues concerning commerce, industry and other issues relevant to economic development. A high priority aim for the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the continuous improvement of the services it provides to its members, in order to support their economic welfare.
HCCI is a member in the following International bodies:
Enterprise Europe Network
International Chamber of Commerce
Euro-Chambers – Member of the network of the Association of the European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Insuleur – Network of the Insular Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the E.U.
Arab-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Development

Website: www.ebeh.gr


Hanse-Parlament

The Hanse-Parlament is an association of 50 chambers of industry, commerce and crafts from 13 countries. The members represent more than 475,000 SMEs in the entire Baltic Sea region. The Hanse-Parlament is dedicated to strengthening the economic performance of the Baltic Sea region in general and promoting SMEs in particular. The improvement of vocational training in the EU is a particular priority. A powerful secretariat based in Hamburg serves as a service center, think tank and development department. With the involvement of SME representatives, the Hanse-Parlament is constantly developing new support measures, especially in the area of vocational training. It is testing the measures with individual partners and then transferring them to all members. The members receive training for the trainers as well as intensive implementation advice from the Hanse-Parlament. In this way, new demand-oriented support measures are developed and implemented permanently throughout the Baltic Sea region with a broad impact.
The Hanse-Parlament has been in existence since 1994, international cooperation is well established, and a high level of sustainability is achieved through the organization as an association. On the initiative of the Hanse-Parlament, the Baltic Sea Academy was founded in 2010, to which 17 universities from 9 Baltic Sea countries belong. The members of the Baltic Sea Academy carry out dual study programs as well as research and development tasks for SMEs. Together with the members of the Hanse-Parlament, they effectively shape knowledge and innovation transfer. The Baltic Sea Academy is a department of the Hanse-Parlament. info@hanse-parlament.eu

Tel: +49 40 82 24 47 0

Website: www.hanse-parlament.eu


Centrum Wspierania Edukacji i Przedsiębiorczości (CWEP)

Centre For Education And Entrepreneurship Support (CWEP) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2004 by a group of entrepreneurs, teachers and social activists from Rzeszów, Poland. CWEP cooperates with businesses and educational institutions. The mission of CWEP is to increase the quality of education training at all levels and in all its forms, as well as to promote entrepreneurship in order to foster integration of any social group, regardless of their gender, age or ethnic origin. Particularly, the aims are to improve accessibility, quality and efficiency of education of all people, to promote and contribute to adult education, life-long learning, e-learning and the usage of new technologies in education and entrepreneurship. The Association works with many partners from Europe in order to strengthen the economic position of enterprises and provides on-line platforms for companies.

Website: www.cwep.eu


LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT)

LUT University (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT) is a pioneering science university in Finland, bringing together the fields of science and business since 1969. Our international community is composed of approximately 6,500 students and experts engaged in scientific research and academic education. Clean energy, water, and air are life-giving resources for which we at LUT University seek new solutions with our expertise in technology and business. We help society and businesses in their sustainable renewal.
LUT has a tradition of strong links with the business community. We promote business generated by scientific research. This is demonstrated by the university’s own investment company Green Campus Innovations, which supports LUT’s research-based start-up companies. We aim to be a forerunner in education by securing international quality labels for our degree programmes as a sign of excellence in teaching.
LUT Kouvola Research Unit, founded in 2002, has participated in many international activities. It will contribute to the project with its expertise in innovation management, co-creation, open innovation, ecosystem design. We have extensive experience in bachelor, master’s, and Ph.D. curricula development. LUT University also has substantial experience managing large international projects within Erasmus, Horizon, ITEA, and other frameworks.

LUT University
Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
Website: www.lut.fi
+358 29 446 2111


E&D Knowledge Consulting Lda. (Portugal)

E&D Knowledge Consulting is a consulting and professional training company specialised in a support for development of competencies needed for fostering innovation in business, public and social sector. E&D main activities are focused on providing managers and entrepreneurs the competencies, knowledge and tools needed to successfully implement and execute innovation strategies in their organisations, but also to foster innovation in their environment.
E&D specializes in support to introduction of innovation operations of organisations – from innovation audits, through support to defining and implementing innovation strategies, to developing innovation processes and mechanisms adapted to individual needs of organisations. It pays special attention to provision of skills and competencies required for successful innovation, among leaders and managers, as well as employees.
While products of E&D are individually defined based on specific needs of each organisation, the most approached by E&D topics cover:

  • Building proper understanding of innovation among professionals in non- and low-tech sectors (especially in tourism and hospitality, agro-food, industrial and service sectors) and their ability to implement innovation process and turn their innovation efforts into profit (financial, as well as social),
  • Development and innovation of business models, with a special focus on their application for building resilience to market changes and building innovation-oriented strategies for economic sustainability,
  • Support to creative processes and ideation for innovation,
  • Development of innovation mindset among individuals and across organisations,
  • Development of mechanisms and culture for innovation,
  • Development of entrepreneurial and soft skills,
  • Collaboration for innovation (skills, mechanisms and tools for relationship building and open innovation).

Website: www.ed-knowledgeconsulting.com


University of Zagreb – Faculty of Economics and Business

The Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb was founded in 1920; hence, it represents the oldest institution of higher education in economics and business in the Republic of Croatia, but also in wider international context. The Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb is one of 31 constituents of the University of Zagreb, founded in 1669, which position it in the group of the oldest universities in Europe. Based on the results of its economic, social and political activities, the number of current students and members of its Alumni society, the number and the competencies of its professors, associates and accompanying staff, awarded international accreditations, and many top economists, managers, entrepreneurs and politicians, the Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb is recognized as leading and largest institution of economic and business education in the Republic of Croatia, and the wider region.

The Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb is a community of 260 professors and associates who carry out study programs and participate in various research projects. In addition to the teaching staff, there are 115 non-teaching staff members assigned to Faculty’s professional services. More than 8,500 students at all levels of study are currently attending the Faculty, and each year about 1,500 students complete their studies at various study programs.

Faculty of Economics & Business Zagreb is the holder of national accreditation, signed by the Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education and the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia, but also two international accreditations, AACSB Business accreditation at the institution level, and EPAS accreditation for the university study program in English Bachelor Degree in Business.

Website: www.efzg.unizg.hr