“ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin e.V. is a state-recognized academic institution according to German law. It is part of ESCP Europe: a transnational school of higher education with campuses in Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Spain. Established in 1819, ESCP Europe is the world’s oldest business school and has educated generations of leaders and entrepreneurs. It is triple-crown accredited (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB), and welcomes 4,000 students and 5,000 executives from 90 different nations every year across its five urban campuses in Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid, and Torino. ESCP Europe’s true European Identity enables the provision of a unique style of cross-cultural business education and a Global Perspective on international management issues. Through a combination of innovative pedagogy, cross-campus programmes with integrated curricula, and a research-active faculty, ESCP Europe is an essential contributor to the development of a European, cross-national management culture.

The chamber of commerce of the region Paris Ile-de-France is the supporting agency of ESCP Europe. It is now almost 200 years that CCIR (former CCIP) is committed to education in management. Today, it spends more than 50 % of its budget for this aim. CCIR represents 800.000 companies which generate a quarter of the French GDP. Alongside the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Paris Ile-de-France region, which guarantees the financial resources of the school through an annual subsidy, the Berlin Government (Senate) has provided its support to the School for over 20 years. ESCP Europe also enjoys the backing of the Turin Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and Crafts Industry, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and a host of players belonging to the European business community.

For ESCP Europe in general and ESCP Europe Berlin in particular an international research focus is inextricably linked with excellent teaching and high-level management training. The combination of theory and practice is a central element of ESCP Europe’s various teaching programmes. Consequently, research and development is the backbone of ESCP Europe Berlin as the school of management for Europe. The activities of ESCP Europe faculty members reach across three domains: teaching, research and academic programme leadership. Besides, ESCP Europe increasingly supports transversal research conducted with non-management disciplines, facilitated by its academic alliances and partner universities.”

Our website is: http://www.escpeurope.eu/

Skills Norway is the Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning and belongs to the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.

Our vision is “Lifelong Learning for an Inclusive Society and Working Life” and our main goal is to contribute to supporting active citizenship, improving employability and increasing participation in education.

Skills Norway promotes access and participation in formal, non-formal and informal adult education providing knowledge base for policy development in the area of lifelong learning.

Our agency is also involved in international cooperation and we are the current national coordinator for the European Agenda for Adult Learning, and the National Support Service for EPALE, the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe. Vox also acts as the secretariat for the national council for tertiary vocational education (Nasjonalt fagskoleråd), as well as for the Nordic Network for Adult Learning (Nordisk Nätverk för Vuxnas Lärande, NVL).

For more about Skills Norway, see www.kompetansenorge.no/english.

CVO Antwerpen is an Adult Education Center with several campuses in and around the City of Antwerp in the Flemish region of Belgium. CVO Antwerpen is one of the largest centers for adult education certified and funded by the Flemish Government.

It organizes more than 950 modular daytime and evening courses per year. These courses are clustered around:

• courses for immigrants (Dutch as a second language, ICT, other languages);
• formal Vocational Education and Training at the level of secondary education (Second Chance to Learn, potentially leading to a diploma of secondary education in the domains of general administration, welding and multimedia graphics);
• higher professional education (accounting, architectural draftsman, ICT);
• a range of language courses (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish);
• entrepreneurial training courses, maritime training, welding, courses in application software and cooking.

CVO Antwerpen offers an increasing percentage of its courses as blended learning. The center is, was and remains a leading player in the introduction of different types of distance learning using e-learning platforms, developing interactive content (learning objects), multimedia and video recording, social software, automated evaluation, mobile learning … The centre employs a team of ICT-staff and course designers to support the implementation of its distance education.

The main campuses offer an open learning center, providing facilities for intake and advisory, self-paced study, counseling, individual tutoring and study groups.

The Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (SVEB) is the national umbrella organisation for general and vocational adult learning. SVEB groups over 700 members, both private and state providers of adult learning. SVEB has permanent secretariats in the German-, French- and Italian-speaking parts of Switzerland.

SVEB develops innovative national and international projects in the field of lifelong learning for various target groups such as adults with basic skills needs, migrants, women or elderly people.

Furthermore SVEB promotes cooperation among adult learning institutions and creates awareness of the importance of adult learning. For example, SVEB coordinates the national „numeracy network“ (Netzwerk Alltagsmathematik) consisting of trainers, researchers and decision makers in the field of numeracy promotion. Moreover, SVEB contributes to the professionalization and the national legislation in this field.

http://www.alice.ch/

Ljudska univerza Velenje www.lu-velenje.si is public non-profit institution providing adult education. It takes an active part in regional community by improving the educational structure of the population by providing various educational programs and by motivating and informing the members of the community.

56 years of tradition, the provision of expert knowledge and quality and friendly attitude towards its participants without doubt contribute to the fact that each school year more than 3.000 participants take part in various educational programs. LUV offers formal and informal programmes adapted to adults, young adults and seniors. It provides counselling, especially for people with distance to labour market. LUV cooperates with institutions in the region by promoting the importance of education, by offering its participant’s various educational programmes and by involving them in different EU and national projects.

Modern-English are one of the leading digital technology specialists in the UK. We specialise in building innovative technology for the content era. This includes websites, apps, mobile solutions and interactive digital products for all manner of platforms.

We have an excellent background in creating award winning solutions, for clients like the BBC, NHS, The English Cricket Board, the UK government, AstraZeneca and Oxford University. We also frequently supply cutting edge solutions to many major brands through a variety of global agencies including MEC, Aegis, Mediacom, McCann Erickson, Havas, VCCP etc.

Originally supplying services to the music industry, we have developed a long track record of working for all the major record labels, concert promoters and bands including Madonna, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd, Blur, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Peter Gabriel, Faithless, Swedish House Mafia, Elbow and Cypress Hill to name but a few.

The work we do now spans across many sectors, including music, advertising, education, experiential and pharmaceutical.

We have been lucky enough to be nominated for numerous awards over the last 3 years, and won App Of The Year at the Prolific North Awards in 2014 for ‘Maths Everywhere’, which is now on version 2 and has been introduced as an official learning tool for Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

A new independent policy and research organisation dedicated to lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion. We bring together over 90 years of combined history and heritage from the ‘National Institute of Adult Continuing Education’ and the ‘Centre for Economic & Social Inclusion’.

We want everyone to have an opportunity to realise their ambitions and potential in learning, work and throughout life.

We believe a better skilled workforce, in better paid jobs, is good for business, good for the economy, and good for society.

We want learning and work to count.

Learning and work count because…

• We need more people finding work, staying in work and building their careers
• We need to reduce gaps in learning and employment for disadvantaged communities
• We need learning opportunities throughout life for stronger families, healthier people, more inclusive communities
• We need a more balanced and more productive economy

But there are significant challenges…

• • Resources are tight – we need to make every pound count
  • Productivity is too low – employers, individuals and government do not invest enough in training
  • Worklessness is still too high – there are over 3 million people on benefits
  • Skills and employment gaps are too large – we need to close them so that communities and people can benefit
  • Learning investment is too focused on younger people at the expense of adults across their careers and in retirement

http://www.learningandwork.org.uk

ROC West-Brabant (ROCWB) is a leading college for secondary VET and adult education in the south of the Netherlands. It aims to be an innovative regional training centre for high quality education for all people irrespective of their age, background or social position. The education and training it offers aims to qualify people for the demands of the national and international labour market, thus enhancing their opportunities for a better position in society. In addition ROCWB wants to contribute to people’s personal development and to prepare people to function better in a multicultural, diverse and complex society.

Kellebeek College is one of the eight colleges of R.O.C. West-Brabant and it has extensive experience in the field of adult education in the region of West-Brabant in the Netherlands. Most of the adult learners take basic courses in either/both literacy and numeracy and empowerment and are consequently much more able to function in society both in a professional and personal way. Another part of the adult education department offers language courses to immigrants, varying from A1 to C1 levels of Dutch. A third division focuses on young adults who have dropped out of regular education for various reasons but who want to get their secondary school diploma to go on to higher vocational or university education.

For all three target groups an additional programme like Managing Money to increase their financial capabilities to better understand and manage their financial situation would be extremely helpful. Kellebeek College, adult education department, takes part in various local, regional and national networks of adult education in the Netherlands and is consequently able to get feedback and disseminate the products and processes of the Managing Money project on a large scale.

https://rocwb.nl/