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Kaunas Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (project coordinator)

Kaunas Chamber of CIC as a non - governmental and a non - profit seeking organization is one of the five chambers of commerce in Lithuania. Based on private law with its main goal in supporting the development of companies’ economic activity and representing, and defending the interests of business community. The community is comprised of various businesses, and educational, and scientific, and high technology institutions. Kaunas CCIC has a long standing reputation for best practices in providing information and consulting services to entrepreneurs.

IDEC SA

IDEC is a training and consultancy company based in Piraeus. Clients of IDEC are both SMEs and the larger Greek companies, Entrepreneurs’ Associations, Universities and Chambers of Commerce/Industry. The personnel are mainly mechanical, electrical and software engineers with post-graduated studies and long-term industrial experience.
 The main areas of activities are training and management consulting, ISO-9001, software and multimedia development, internet applications, distance learning, e-business, e-commerce, telecommunications and networks.
IDEC has long experience in participation in European projects and especially in VET projects. The last 11 years IDEC is dealing with the theme of quality assurance in training and has coordinated the projects EQUAL, Quality.net and BEQUAL in the same subject. Moreover IDEC has consulting experience in developing quality management systems in Greek training centers.

Norton Radstock College

Norton Radstock College is a small Further Education College in the south west England, UK. The College is well placed to serve the local communities in and around Bath, Bristol, Wiltshire and Somerset.
The College has steadily expanded since it began in the 1940s to serve the Somerset coal mining industry. As a true Community College, it has continued to respond to the needs of individuals, local groups and surrounding business communities, expanding the range of vocational programmes and becoming an established part of the community.  The College also has many links with partner institutions across Europe.
 This friendly and welcoming college, refurbished in 2011, provides a calm and peaceful place to learn and develop a high level of skills. Students of all ages benefit from a wide range of full-time and part-time courses and qualifications from Entry Level through to Higher Education, Apprenticeships and training in the workplace.

Kaunas Vocational training centre for Service Business Specialists

Kaunas Vocational training centre for Service Business Specialists is one of the largest professional training institutions in Lithuania. Vocational training institution was established in 1944. Over the years changed its name, the school grew increased number of students and training programs, there was growing the staff competencies, expanded project activities.

During more than 65 years of activity centre has earned a reliable and competent educational institution name. In the centre are studying more than 3,000 students, annually are retrained about 500 adults.