Project partners

Iberika

Project Coordinator – Germany

Iberika Group, based in the centre of Berlin since 1996, is a private non-profit education provider with many years of experience in language teaching and European projects management. Its main purpose is to promote education, international attitude and tolerance in all fields of culture and in order to do this it organizes and implements courses, seminars, workshops, meetings, exhibitions, performances and public discussions in the areas of new teaching/ learning methods, motivation strategies for trainers and learners as well as development and inclusion of extra-curricular aspects, such as anti-bullying strategies. One of its pillars is the development and implementation of new language tendencies and technology based curricula. Iberika has been involved in European projects since 2007 and its staff is familiar with the development, implementation and dissemination of funded projects.

Iberika has ten experienced multilingual full-time staff who works alongside thirty to fifty highly qualified language trainers. Iberika was established with an intercultural focus on the languages and cultures of the Iberian peninsula (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque and Galician) before expanding to English, French, Dutch and German.

Iberika offers intensive language courses based on the European reference framework for languages that take place in small groups. The courses are tutored exclusively by native speakers, who are able to communicate engagingly about their culture of origin. Its language courses are therefore never simply theoretical, but on the contrary varied and lively learner experiences. Students often play games, listen to music and even taste typical regional specialties during sessions. Iberika is regularly updating and improving its curricula in line with new trends such as online systems, blended learning solutions and courses based on social media tools.

Danmar Computers LLC

Project partner – Poland

Danmar Computers LLC is a private company operating in the field of Information Technology and providing vocational training in this field. Danmar has an extensive experience in developing modern Web and mobile applications that are used for educational purposes. Danmar also has long-term experience of carrying out European projects within which company’s R&D staff conducts research and prepares trainings tailored to the needs of various learners. During 15 years, Danmar has successfully implemented over 50 projects within Grundtvig, Leonardo da Vinci, Progress and recently Erasmus+. In many of these projects Danmar was responsible for designing and coordinating dissemination strategies.

Danmar Computers is the developer and provider of AdminProject (adminproject.eu), the on-line system for management of European projects. All activities of the company are based on wide and well-established cooperation network, both on national and international levels. The national networks include training and counselling institutions, universities, schools, non-governmental organisations as well as private sector companies. International network include partners of various profiles coming from every European Union’s country. Danmar Computer’s mission is the promotion of life-long education and assurance of equal access to education for everyone with the use of modern technology.

Community Action Dacorum

Project partner – UK

Dacorum CVS (working name Community Action Dacorum) is an NGO based in Hemel Hempstead, UK and delivers at a local level a range of services to meet the needs of local community groups and individuals. These include:

– Support community groups to develop their expertise and knowledge through a range of practical services – training, payroll service, printing, minibus hire, governance and fundraising advice
– Adult Learning provision – deliver a range of work and leisure related courses, including English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Language Interpreter training, Confidence building for Employment, Exercise classes, Arts and Crafts courses
– Mobility Services – hire of scooters for individuals with mobility difficulties to access the town centre, shopping trips and day outings for older people, social car scheme
– Corporate Social Responsibility project – to link businesses into the community where they are located
– Interpreting and Translation Service – to enable members of the public overcome language barriers to access public services
– Radio Dacorum – internet community radio station

The activities at a local level provide the base of expertise to engage in a range of European trans-national projects. In recent years we have engaged in projects funded through Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens, European Social Fund, Lifelong Learning Programme and Youth in Action. We are accredited for EVS as a host and send organisation, have been active in the field of senior volunteering, led on large scale projects around language interpreting and migration, as well as being a partner in projects supporting youth, adults and people with disabilities into employment and the innovative use of technology to support language learning.

Active Citizens Partnership

Project partner – Greece

Active Citizens Partnership is an NGO based in North Eastern Greece. We have extensive experience to design and support programs that address contemporary training and social needs at national and European level. With the assistance of the State and the European Union have developed measures to prevent and tackle social problems and assist vulnerable groups. In order to provide a high quality service develops and operates innovative activities relating to:

– Studies and research in the field of non-formal education and training
– Development and implementation of technology enhanced training
– Greek language program for refugees and immigrants
– Entrepreneurship counseling and mentoring with special focus on unemployed and women.

Active Citizens Partnership has offices in Athens and in Sapes at the region of East Macedonia and Thrace and implements programs throughout Greece.

Instituto de Enseñanzas a Distancia de
Andalucía (IEDA)

Project partner – Spain

IEDA (Instituto de Enseñanzas a Distancia de Andalucía) is a public educational organization dedicated exclusively to online learning. We work at various levels of education: secondary education for adults, high school, vocational training, intermediate and advanced special regime sports education and foreign languages.

Our centre is made up of 67 teachers and 4,410 students are taught. The context of our work is entirely online, so that the social profiles of our students are very diverse. Currently, IEDA is formed by 35 teachers of compulsory secondary education and baccalaureate for adults, 5 of sports education, 17 of vocational training (high education) and 11 of language teaching.

IEDA participates both in the training of its own teaching staff (through internal training, with or without external support) and in the training of external teaching staff. A large part of IEDA teachers has participated as trainers in various official courses on: management of LMS platforms (Moodle), digital tools for education, video creation, design of OERs and strategies for online education. Some of our teachers have contributed to the training of professors from other public online centres, such as CEED – CEEDCV in Valencia (Spain). In addition, our centre maintains a new faculty program through ongoing training activities and specific training classrooms for teachers. Finally, part of our teaching staff collaborates with the CEP (Centre for Teachers), which is the public entity that manages the official teachers’ training and certification.