Aspire-igen is the largest training and careers organisation in the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Through its international department it has been the UK Euroguidance centre for the 25 years. Furthermore, the department also works on international projects within the fields of LMSI, training and careers guidance, something which means they are a trusted project manager for these kinds of initiatives.
CIT is an Irish Higher Education institute who, through their Department of Technology Enhanced Learning, have long been involved in a wide range of national and international projects with a focus on the use of technology to support and enhance teaching and learning across multiple fields. As such their technical knowledge and experience will be invaluable in the design and development of an innovative GBL platform.
Sataedu is a large vocational training centre for young people based in Finland. It has extensive experience in working on international projects which share best practice and develop cutting-edge solutions within VET. They will provide expertise knowledge of VET provision, as well as extensive experience in VET-based research on the project.
BFE is a Bulgarian non-government organisation which specialises the fields of lifelong learning, guidance, vocational education and youth work. Through this they have developed a deep knowledge of guidance and support for young people, including VET learners, with a particular focus on labour-market needs. This expertise will be invaluable in the project’s research and development of LMSI resources.
The Government Office of Békés County acts as the regional labour market hub within the Békés County region of Hungary. They collect offer employment and labour market support through career and job-search guidance, job placements, production of local LMI/job profiles. Central to this work is cooperating closely with the VET sector, in order to make sure local young people are gaining the correct skills to meet the needs of employers. As a result, their expertise in offering guidance and support tailored to the needs of the labour market, with a strong focus on VET, will be of paramount importance to the project’s activities.
VHS Cham is a vocational training provider based in Germany. They have extensive experience of working on collaborative projects to develop tools and resources which feed into VET curriculums. This includes digital solutions and embedding European tools such as ECVET within their work. Therefore, they will bring extensive VET experience to the project resources, offering a strong understanding of the needs, challenges and opportunities facing VET in the digital age.
Caped Koala is a UK-based developer who specialises in game development for educational purposes, and so they have a solid understanding of applying a GBL approach to VET. They will act as the project’s development experts, leading the build and test of the GBL platform and providing technical feedback on other project outputs. Whilst they have good experience of working on European-funded projects through streams such as the Lifelong Learning Programme, this would be the first time they have worked on an Erasmus+ funded project.