About us
INNOVATE is an engaging project aimed at helping European Vocational Enterprises (EVEs) stay on the path of development by enhancing their management skills through innovation as a new management paradigm. This innovative approach enables enterprises to adapt to changing organizational structures and environments, seize new opportunities, and enhance the expertise, skills, and creativity of their workforce.
Through this initiative, EVEs will gain the capacity to transition to innovation while integrating new processes. The main objective of the project is to find, create, test, and promote new methods to improve European Vocational Enterprises (EVEs) in today’s changing market, addressing challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and economic inflation. The pandemic has changed the way we live and work, highlighting the need for better management practices and adaptable methods that do not undermine business plans.
To cope with these changes, European Vocational Enterprises (EVEs), such as start-ups, small businesses, and vocational training providers, need to improve their management practices to match market needs and the rapid changes in today’s economy. By teaching people in EVEs about innovation management and its tools, they can enhance their operations and develop better, more innovative solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s labor market.
INNOVATE focuses on two main areas:
- Helping SMEs, startups, and VET providers improve their management practices for innovation, and effectively using innovation within their organizations.
- Helping managers and entrepreneurs become more innovative themselves, thereby fostering a more innovative environment within EVEs and the broader system.
Objectives:
- Link EVEs to innovation to increase the quality and resilience of the VET sector.
- Equip EVEs with innovative processes to better meet market needs.
- Transform management practices into more digitally supported innovative processes.
die Berater
die Berater Unternehmensberatungs GmbH specializes in adult education, vocational training, and human resources development. They offer comprehensive expertise in all aspects of Human Resource Management, encompassing recruiting, HR counseling, coaching, education and training, staff satisfaction surveys, outplacement, and temporary staffing.
Bridges to Europe is the joint platform for the EU project activities of die Berater®. Over the past years, die Berater have participated in different roles—coordinator, partner, sub-contractor—in 160 EU-funded projects with more than 800 partner organizations from 45 countries. Leveraging this extensive experience with numerous EU funding programs, they provide consulting services in funding, project, and media support.
Helsinki Business College
Business College Helsinki has a long history and a strong reputation as an expert and developer of high-quality vocational education. As a forward-looking training provider, we offer our students versatile learning environments, individual career paths, and various opportunities for developing personal and professional skills. In addition to teaching, we emphasize our strong connections with the working world.
We specialize in business as well as information and communication technology, making us the largest private Finnish college in these fields. We offer our students great opportunities for specialization. Approximately 2,800 students study at our college in Pasila.
CSES
CSES (Center for Social Entrepreneurship) is a Swedish organization that supports and promotes social and cultural innovation and entrepreneurship both in Sweden and at the European level. Founded in 2011 as a project, it launched Sweden’s first incubator focusing on social entrepreneurship at Stockholm University and became a national NGO in 2014. Since then, CSES has worked with impact companies and social entrepreneurs through various projects, directly providing coaching to entrepreneurs who aim to create a sustainable impact.
CARDET - Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology)
CARDET – Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology)
CARDET (Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental research and development organization based in Cyprus. It is one of the leading research and development centers in the Euro-Mediterranean region, with global expertise in project design and implementation, capacity building, and e-learning. ARDET is independently affiliated with universities and institutions worldwide, such as Yale University, the University of Nicosia, and the International Council of Educational Media.
CARDET has completed numerous projects related to capacity building and planning in education and vocational education and training (VET), youth support, adult learning, literacies, digital tools, e-learning, educational technology, and the social integration of marginalized groups and seniors.
CATRO Bulgaria
CATRO Bulgaria is an HR consulting and training company, part of the leading Austrian consultancy company CATRO Personalberatung, providing cutting-edge know-how in all areas related to HR management and development. Since 2010, CATRO has been supporting its clients in Bulgaria with recruitment, training, and organizational development services. CATRO Bulgaria specializes in providing corporate training in soft skills, psychological and career counselling, and offering innovative solutions in all areas of people management: talent acquisition and employer branding, training and development, leadership programmes, and employee engagement and wellbeing programmes.
A crucial part of CATRO’s mission is to develop and implement corporate socially responsible projects, aiming to build a bridge between different socially disadvantaged groups and the corporate sector, creating opportunities for sustainable partnerships. As a reliable partner, coordinator, evaluator, and trainer, our team has successfully implemented more than 30 EU projects in various fields: labor market integration & career consulting, well-being at the workplace, sustainable development, competence assessment & validation, entrepreneurship & creativity, digital skills & media literacy, informal & non-formal learning, and empowerment.
Orange Hill Sp. z o.o.
Orange Hill Sp. z o. o. is a private company operating in the consulting and educational industry. Our main areas are the development and implementation of tools for human resources and organizational management, HRM services, project management, and training for professionals. We serve clients from both the business and public administration sectors.
We create methodologies and tools to explore and develop organizations, such as employee satisfaction e-diagnosis, organizational culture e-diagnosis, Knowledge Management Audit, and client satisfaction e-diagnosis. We help organizations grow by providing advisory services in the following areas: competency-based HRM, talent management, change management, diversity management, organizational audit, assessment and development of employees, designing and evaluation of training, and diagnosis of competencies.
As a leader or partner, we create and realize HRM projects by combining knowledge with practical experience.
SYNCNIFY
Syncnify is a Paris-based consulting agency founded with a vision to develop innovative solutions to real-time challenges with a strong economic, social, and political footprint. Since its inception, it has quickly established itself as a dynamic firm in the field of strategic partnerships and synchronized multilateral action. With a strong focus on innovation and sustainability, Syncnify has developed a wide network of collaborators and peers across the EU, including national and international public entities, universities, research institutions, and civil society organizations (CSOs).
In addition to its consultancy services, the firm is committed to supporting research and development in policy development, community mobilization, and the design of social strategies and assessments.
