Partners - Who we are - sCOOL-IT Erasmus+ Project

The partners

Who we are

The sCOOL-IT consortium consists of 6 partners from 5 EU countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Cyprus, Portugal and Netherlands. The partners have different but complementary skills and there is variety in each partner’s experiences and their specialized knowledge required to complete each outcome.

Project Coordinator

National Vocational Secondary School of Computer Technologies and Systems (NPG)

The National Vocational School of Computer Technologies and Systems (NPG), was established in 1986 as a Training Qualification Technology Center. In 2004 the name of the school was changed and it was affiliated to the Technical University (TU). From 25.10.2017, NPG acquired the status of a national vocational secondary school specialized in providing education in the area of IT to students from all over the country.

Today the school educates more than 500 students in the discipline System Programming and prepares highly qualified specialists who successfully continue their development in Bulgaria or abroad. In its work, the school strives to provide its students with the best opportunities to develop relevant and up-to-date knowledge and skills in order to participate fully in diverse and quickly changing societies and to be successful in the labour market.

To achieve this goal NPG relies on its highly qualified staff, consisting of 57 teachers and 40 administrative staff. Additionally more than 20 professors, associate professors and senior assistants from the TU teach in the school.

Project Partners

FONDAZIONE HALLGARTEN-FRANCHETTI CENTRO STUDI VILLA MONTESCA (CSFVM)

The Hallgarten Franchetti Centro Studi Villa Montesca Foundation (CSFVM) carries on the tradition of the Centro Studi e Formazione Villa Montesca founded in 2001 at Villa Montesca where in 1909 Maria Montessori organized a seminar that gave birth to the first publication of the scientific pedagogic method universally known as the ‘Montessori Method’. CSFVM is nowadays internationally renowned for top quality research and training in teacher training, information technology and communication, education on European integration and regional cooperation in the field of education and culture at local, regional and European level.

The Foundation has a vast experience in managing interdisciplinary project teams composed of researchers from Universities and other educational organizations. FCSVM serves as an experimental workshop for pilot projects for primary and secondary school
students, teachers, trainers, adults and people with special educational needs. These projects are carried out by the “Montesca Network”, a European cooperation network working for the promotion and development of joint projects currently involving 20 European countries. The CSFVM coordinates and develops specific activities and research on new teaching methods in relation to didactics and the definition of formal and informal knowledge.

PCX COMPUTERS & INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD (PCX)

PCX Computers & Information Systems Ltd is a Cypriot SME, with high expertise in applying innovative technology solutions in education. It was established in 1998 in the beginning of educational reformation due to Technology and World Wide Web development.

As an ICT consulting company, PCX has the capacity and the knowledge to promote the benefits of the application of ICT solutions and the adoption of digital solutions at enterprise and educational level.

Its core business is focused on 3 main lines of expertise: 1) Consulting & Advising: Highly specialized services to support SMEs development; 2) Education & Training: Innovative training methods and tools, training materials and contents’ production on different areas of business development; 3) Specialised software development and web designing and development.

Agrupamento de Escolas José Estevão (AEJE)

The Cluster of Schools named AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS JOSÉ ESTÊVÃO (AEJE) is founded in April 2013 and is consisted of 7 schools with a long history and established traditions. The mission of the cluster as a training center is to achieve academic excellence, personal and professional development of its students. The educational model of the AEJE is based on the pursuit of constant development, a positive attitude towards the challenges and the ability to adapt to the new requirements of society. This cluster of schools works with pupils from 3 years old up to the adult population and has more than 2 800 students, gathering experience in working with different types of students with different social status and different backgrounds and interests.

The schools of AEJE has a long and rich experience in providing high-quality education to enhance the career prospects and personal well-being of the students. Moreover, it supports growth and cultural development by exchanging good practices, creating and sharing new methodologies, curiccula and transferring know-how and good practices with partner organizations from Europe.

AEJE has a team of experienced and highly qualified specialists who strive to constantly develop, learn and create new ways of working through a wide variety of innovative methods, tools and projects.

Vereniging Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (Fioretti)

Fioretti College is a school for preparatory vocational training and education (VMBO), secondary education (MAVO) and practice based learning (PRO). Its staff works on the basis of a specific and clear educational perspective, focusing on the development of talent. Fioretti stimulates pupils to pursue their ambitions by providing a safe learning environment. The school population consists of more than 1500 young pupils in the age of 12 up to 16/17 years.

Fioretti is part of a fairly large regional group of schools, called Ons Middelbaar Onderwijs (OMO), a name that translates roughly as: Our Secondary Education, in which the word “our” reflects the commitment of parents and other stakeholders to enhance and maintain a high level of educational quality, combined with a mild appreciation of the religious background of the population in the area where this group operates, the Province of Noord Brabant.

In the core of Fioretti college is the mission to work with the students every day on their future and thus the future of the society by offering pupils plenty of opportunities, discovering and developing their talents. This way they prepare optimally for further education and / or qualify for entry into the labor market. They also get to know themselves and develop into independent and conscious participants in society.

EUROPEAN CENTER FOR QUALITY OOD (ECQ)

European Center for Quality Ltd was founded in 2001 and specializes in 4 main fields:

+ Management consulting in the field of EU-funded projects
+ Design and delivery of training programmes for business entities and employees
+ Implementation of various initiatives linking the worlds of business and innovation with the education and training sectors
+ Development and implementation of international standards for quality management.

ECQ is experienced in training SME managers and employees in the application of different quality standards. Since its establishment ECQ Ltd. has developed, implemented and/or supported the realization of projects for more than 150 enterprises and more than 13 municipalities.

ECQ commits to the set of principles and values outlined in the “Code of Ethics for EU project management” for which ECQ is official signatory.

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