Permanent partners
The following organisations have been continuously implementing the conferences on project development over the years. They contribute their expertise to the joint European exchange on current challenges and developments in vocational training and adult education.
Would you also like to link your organisation to the Conference on Project Development? Get in touch with the chairman Frank Bertelmann:
frank-cpd[ ät ]gmx.de
Chair / Chairman: Mr. Frank Bertelmann-Angenendt
In 2008 Frank Bertelmann-Angenendt founded the Conference on Project Development (CPD) as an idea-pool for project initiatives with European dimension. The very first partners, who followed the call for gathering innovative approaches for vocational education and training came from
- Kerpen / Germany
- Sofia / Bulgaria
- Groningen / Netherlands
- Warrington / United Kingdom.
Coordinating organisation: Westdeutscher Handwerkskammertag
Düsseldorf / Germany
The Westdeutscher Handwerkskammertag (WHKT) with registered offices in Düsseldorf is the regional council representing and joining together the seven Chambers of Crafts and Skilled Trades in North Rhine Westphalia. The specialist topics prioritised by the WHKT include craft and trade & industry law, organisational matters and vocational training and schools’ policy. In addition, the WHKT deals with economic observations and statistics, expert consultants, planning and environmental matters, Europe, multimedia, design and programming and PR work.
Fundación Laboral de la Construcción
Madrid / Spain
The FLC works to provide companies and workers with the necessary resources to promote a safer and more professional and qualified training in the construction sector. Its training offer focuses on construction activities (bricklaying, plastering, heating, plumbing, etc.) with special attention to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Systems, counting on cutting edge technology and materials to provide training to SMEs and construction workers. Its training is specialized in construction activities. It is eminently practical and high quality, and its main aims are to retrain and specialise workers and to contribute to their employment and professional development. FLC is now a benchmark entity in the sector and a key partner in working for the future of companies and professionals. With more experience and knowledge at our disposal, FLC works to ensure that occupational risk prevention, training, employment, innovation, sustainability, and new technologies help us to continue building the sector of progress that we all believe is possible.
Scuola Costruzioni Vicenza Andrea Palladio (SCVAP)
Vicenza / Italy
SCVAP is an Italian training center in the construction sector in Vicenza and was also involved in the predecessor project "Steps". The education center trains around 2,500 apprentices every year and is managed in equal parts by employee and employer representatives. The good access to the prison in Vicenza, to voluntary organizations, to its own member companies and to both full-time and voluntary organizational bodies is ideally suited for transferring the German partners' approach to its own region in an exemplary manner.
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Institut wallon de Formation en Alternance et des indépendants et Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (Centre IFAPME)
Liege / Belgium
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Talentbrücke GmbH & Co. KG
Cologne / Germany
TALENTBRÜCKE GmbH & Co. KG in Cologne is a privately owned company that has been active in the area of transition from school to the first job/training/study since 2006. They successfully develop and market concepts for analyzing talent and opportunities, especially for this transition. Talentbrücke's activities are aimed at bringing students, young professionals and people in transition together with companies in a precisely fitting way. In doing so, they always work in a competency-oriented manner and use standardized procedures to determine competencies and develop talent profiles. In addition, Talentbrücke supports and coaches other players active in this field in the implementation of potential analysis concepts.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) + VET-centre of CCIS
Ljubljana / Slovenia
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Interaktiv GmbH
Kerpen / Germany
Interaktiv GmbH is a full-service online agency based in Kerpen, Germany. Interaktiv’s goal is to offer an all-round service for online projects. From consulting, planning, and strategy to the implementation and performance monitoring of digital projects, customers receive everything from a single point of contact. The core business areas include web and application development with open-source technologies, automation and AI development, as well as user experience (UX) consulting and online marketing. With a team of 22 employees and over 20 years of project experience, Interaktiv GmbH is able to implement large and international projects. Agile values and principles not only shape Interaktiv’s daily work, but also define the entire corporate culture.
International Formation Centre (IFC)
Madrid / Spain
International Formation Center (IFC) is a company based in Madrid dedicated to international education, language training, and professional mobility. IFC leads and supports a wide range of initiatives, including Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 projects, recruitment and integration of EU professionals in Germany, and customized German and Spanish courses. Through strong partnerships across Europe, IFC promotes intercultural learning, vocational development, and inclusive cooperation. Its work combines educational innovation with practical support—offering guidance from project design to evaluation, and helping individuals and institutions thrive in an international context.
Berufsförderungswerk der Bauindustrie NRW gGmbH
Kerpen / Germany
The Training Institute of Construction is a non-profit organisation and supports the building companies in addition to the company training and further education and state educational institutions. It maintains three inter-company training centres in Oberhausen, Hamm and Kerpen. These stand for the inter-company training of young people in the industrial, technical and commercial construction professions. In addition, the Vocational Training Centre also provides training for employees of construction companies who are already working and offers retraining for people from other professions in various construction professions.
Lux Impuls GmbH
Munich / Germany
Lux Impuls specialises in vocational training, with a focus on the industrial and technical sector. We focus on vocational orientation, recruitment and, above all, the retention and personal development of trainees. We are involved in EU-funded Erasmus+ projects for vocational training, organise delegation trips by vocational training experts from abroad and contribute our expertise in the sub-Saharan region.
Panhellenic Association of Engineers Contractors of Public Works (PEDMEDE)
Athens / Greece
The Panhellenic Association of Engineers Contractors of Public Works (PEDMEDE), which has represented the Greek construction sector since its foundation in 1935, covers the entire spectrum of companies involved in the construction of public works. PEDMEDE is a key stakeholder in providing feedback and input from the perspective of the Greek construction labour market and is heavily involved in related EU projects and initiatives. PEDMEDE is a statutory member of FIEC, a member of EIC and a member of EDA and has seats in the steering committees of all organisations.
Knowledge and skills management centre - K&S Skopje
Skopje / North Macedonia
The Knowledge and Skills Management Centre is a voluntary, non-profit, nongovernmental, association of citizens established with free association of the citizens in order to realize, protect and harmonize their interests and beliefs about the promotion of adult education and to perform activities for supporting informal learning and obtaining knowledge and skills via voluntary training programs, on the territory of Macedonia and beyond. The basic objectives and tasks of the Knowledge and Skills Management Centre are: connecting the professional education for elderly with the needs of the labor market; upgrading the professional qualifications of the beneficiaries by strengthening their employment and competitiveness prospects; using modern and innovative learning tools and knowledge and skills management tools.
Istituto Professionale Edile di Bologna
Bologna / Italy
The Istituto per l’Istruzione Professionale dei Lavoratori Edile di Bologna has provided training for all professional profiles in the construction industry for more than 70 years. It aims to update, qualify and refine employees in the construction sector, as well as professionals and young people who wish to join this sector. The Istituto has become a reference organisation to meet the educational needs of professionals and companies. It provides tools that help to professionalise the workforce by responding to business demands to increase their competitiveness, bringing and attracting young people by facilitating their incorporation into the sector; and collaborating at European level with other organisations in the field of energy efficiency, sustainability, safety and the environment.
Abstract Technology GmbH
Berlin / Germany
Abstract-Technology GmbH is a European market leader in the field of modern learning technologies and supports companies, universities and organizations worldwide in the selection, implementation and individual adaptation of powerful learning management systems (LMS). Abstract-Technology's open source solutions, especially those based on the Open edX® platform, offer intuitive user interfaces, seamless system integration, AI-powered tools and mobile learning - anytime and anywhere. Whether compliance training, up-/reskilling or product training: Abstract-Technology realizes future-oriented learning academies - flexible, scalable and sector-specific.
