Partnership
Organization name: Hospital Gradenigo of the "Congregazione delle Figlie della Carità di San Vincenzo de' Paoli"
Address: Corso Regina Margherita, 8/10 - 10153 Torino - Italy
Tel: +39/0118151548
Fax: +39/0118151428
Website: www.gradenigo.it
Description: Established in 1900, the Gradenigo hospital is an health organisation based in Turin (Italy).
Gradenigo’s mission is to promote and support human life in the respect of the person’s dignity, to defend human rights, in particular the vulnerable, the children, the sick, terminally ill people as well as the elderly and frail, without distinction of any kind, such as race, sex and religion, to improve the quality of life for all patients at all stages of the care pathway.
The Gradenigo hospital constantly works on its daily Mission providing primary care, diagnosis and treatment, offering services and care to patients with serious illnesses who cannot be looked after at home.
Organization name: Státní Zdravotní Ustav (National Institute of Public Health)
Address: Srobarova 48, 100 42 Prague 10
Tel: +420 267 082 295
Fax: +420 267 310 291
Website: www.szu.cz
Description: The Institute of public health is a governmental body ruled and funded by the Ministry of Health with national responsibility in the very wide field of public health (epidemiology of communicable and non- communicable diseases, working and living conditions, environmental health, food and nutrition , disease prevention). Education for professionals in public health, and in health promotion is responsibility given by Public Health Act (No. 258/ 2000).
Organization name: BUPNET GmbH - Bildung und Projekt Netzwerk (Education and Project Network)
Address: Am Leinekanal 4D - 37073 Göttingen
Tel: +49 (0)551-547070
Fax: +49 (0)551-54707-17
Website: www.bupnet.de
Description: BUPNET GmbH, Bildung und Projekt Netzwerk – founded in 1985 is an adult education provider based in Germany accredited by the TÜV CERT - Certification Body of the Rheinland Group according to the quality management standard UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 and the AZWV – a special certification for training institutes working with the national unemployment office - Bundesagentur für Arbeit and stands for professional and innovative training projects in the health and social sector, environment, tourism, e-business and journalism. BUPNET is collaborating with the national Unemployment Office and offers further training courses and requalification courses for unemployed people. In the framework of ESF-funded projects, BUPNET offers also training courses for employed people.
BUPNET developed a multilingual eLearning platform which has successfully been tested in a LIFE Environment project and in different EU-projects (objective 3) on the local and regional level as well as in Grundtvig 1-projects.
BUPNET has considerable experience in the coordination of European projects on the theme of education, training and eLearning and possesses well-founded knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses, chances and limits of the “new ways of learning“ - especially regarding necessary specific blended learning didactics based on the experiences and the close co-operation with national and transnational partners.
BUPNET has 3 branches in northern Germany and 20 staff members who form an interdisciplinary team. BUPNET is member of various European and national networks and cooperates closely with the University of Göttingen for the development of new projects and their evaluation.
Since 2004, BUPNET has been coordinating structure of micro-projects against discrimination in the region of Northeim in Lower Saxony.
For further information about BUPNET, please visit the web site at: www.bupnet.de
Organization name: Pixel
Address: Via Luigi Lanzi 12, 50134 Firenze
Tel: +39 055 48 97 00
Fax: +39 055 462 88 73
Website: www.pixel-online.net
Description: Pixel, created in 1999, is an education and training institution based in Florence (Italy).
Pixel’s mission is to promote an innovative approach to education, training and culture, this is done mostly by exploiting the best potential of ICT for education and training.
Pixel training offers focuses on selected main areas: information and communication technologies (e.g. new technologies for education; Internet for tourism etc.); business administration (e.g. quality issues; marketing etc.) and language learning (e.g. Online language learning; Business languages; Language Learning for tourism management etc.); European Cooperation (e.g. European project planning; Management; Financial Planning etc).
Pixel training offer is addressed to: teachers; trainers; entrepreneurs; workers; public officers; post diploma students.
Pixel trains around 300 people each year. Of those: 40% are workers going through in-company training; 40% are in-service teachers and trainers; 15% are public officers; 5% are post diploma students.
Pixel has a permanent staff of 10 people and a network of about 100 external professionals and trainers that cooperate with them on specific activities.
Pixel has developed strong co-operation agreements and partnerships, all over Europe, with universities, public authorities , training organisations, social parties, educational establishments, research and development centres, etc.
Pixel has significant experience in the field of European cooperation and transnational collaboration. Pixel has been involved in 32 projects financed by the European Commission in the framework of the following programmes: Socrates ODL; Socrates Minerva; Socrates Grundtvig; Socrates Lingua; Socrates Comenius; Leonardo da Vinci; eLearning. Of those projects: 15 were developed in the field of teachers’ training; 5 were developed on the field of language learning; 5 focused on research on education and training; 4 were developed in the field of training for youth; 3 were developed in the field of in-company training.
Pixel is currently the promoter and / or coordinator of the following European projects: European Languages For Secretaries (Leonardo da Vinci 2003-I-03-Bf-La-154168); Language eTeachers Tools (Leonardo da Vinci); Multimedia History Memorial (Socrates Comenius 2.1); The Learning Game (Socrates Comenius 2.1); School Inclusion (Life Long Learning Sub-Programme Comenius); Michelangelo (Life Long Learning Sub-Programme Comenius); History Online (Life Long Learning Sub-Programme Erasmus); Els @ Work (Life Long Learning Sub-Programme Leonardo da Vinci).
Pixel has also coordinated over 30 training projects funded by the European Social Fund.
Pixel quality system was certified compliance with the standard UNI EN ISO 9001:2000.
Pixel is accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education and in this role provides officially recognised in service teachers training initiatives.
Pixel is accredited by the Tuscan Regional County and in this role provides officially recognised qualifications for professional training.
For further information about Pixel, please visit the web site at: http://www.pixel-online.net
Organization name: Easy Technologies S.r.l.
Address: Via Garibaldi 51, 20013 Magenta MI
Tel: +39 02 94608754
Fax: +39 02 94696689
Website: www.easytech.it
Description: The society has the following aims: softwares planning, study and development in order to achieve any aim desired, including education. Hardware and software components planning, production and commercialization. Spread of informatic services both within the commercial, industrial, plant design, scholastic and educational compass.
Planning, building, commercialization and maintenance of machines and informatic systems, both electric and electronic.
Organization name: Lithuanian Multiple Sclerosis Union
Address: A.Jaksto str.9, LT-01105 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: (370) 52609068
Fax: (370) 5 2609068
Website: www.liss.lt
Description: The Lithuanian multiple sclerosis Union comprised of eight societies, has been founded and structured using the vast experience and human and financial support of the European multiple sclerosis platform.
A strong partnership has emerged between the EMSP and the Lithuanian MS Union through involvement at international level through the international Federation of MS.
First period of the international partnership was registered in May ,2000
The second stage of partnership resulted in translating and printing of series brochures on various aspects of life with multiple sclerosis and seminars on fundraising and psychotherapy.
Partnership has further developed in implementing the EU –funded.
The Organisation is well-known not only in Lithuania. It is also known to be an initiator in the founding of the Baltic MS Alliance. From 2000, the Organisation is a member of the European MS Platform.
One of the specific goals of the organisation is: organizing community access for people with MS.
Active citizenship, equality rights in the society and full participation in all aspects of life is a will of every person caused by disability.
The Union’s activity directly affects indicators of patients’ treatment and their quality of life by means of lobbying events and meetings with local administrations.
Organisation unites 1000 peple but represent the interests of almost 4000 afficted people in Lithuania.
