CARDET - Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology

CARDET is one of the leading research and training centres in the eastern Mediterranean region with global expertise in project design and implementation, project management, training, and e-learning. CARDET has completed numerous projects relating to the development of adult and vocational training initiatives in the areas of financial literacy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Members of its team and board represent European and International Higher education institutions, training centres and international organizations, and have in-depth knowledge of the adult training sector, social justice, e-learning approaches, and social progress. CARDET brings together an international team of experts with decades of global expertise in adult training, capacity building, curriculum development, social entrepreneurship, vocational training, design thinking, innovation, education research, evaluation, and human resource development. Members of the CARDET team have successfully participated in more than 200 projects in more than 30 countries, several of which were supported by the European Commission, the United Nations Development Program, Microsoft, the Commonwealth of Learning, international agencies, and governments from around the world.

Fundació Ampans

AMPANS began as a non-profit organization in 1965, founded by a group of parents concerned about education and integration of children with disabilities, constituting the beginning of what AMPANS Foundation is today. True commitment to serve people with disabilities, AMPANS provides services to over 1,200 people each year. Some of the main services of AMPANS include special school, day care centre, residential care, occupational centre, employment with support. AMPANS Foundation acquires an ethical commitment to the management in order to achieve the fundamental rights of people with intellectual disabilities, promoting democratic values and practices.

Disabilities: Children from 3 years old, teenagers and adults with intellectual disabilities and special educational needs.
Age groups: 3-16, 16-25, 25+ and 40+

Our political actions are based on the following criteria: (a) continuity of care; (b) presence in the community; (c) commitment to people and territory; (d) warm welcome to people, and (e) comfortable and suitable equipment.

Excellence is the commitment of AMPANS in the management of centres and services. How do we do it? Looking for the highest quality, applying continuous improvement and analysing the indicators to understand the quality of service as an inherent right for our people. Moreover, we plan services that create satisfaction and confidence to attended people, adopting management policies that encourage maximum involvement of all people in the organization.

Windesheim University

Windesheim is a University of Applied Sciences, located in the centre of the Netherlands, offering bachelor and master programmes to more than 20.300 students and thousands of other study participants in the areas Education, Sports, Health and Care, Technology and Management and Business at sites in Zwolle and Almere. With up to 1,800 dedicated and skilled employees, Windesheim is one of the biggest universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. The university has several thriving research institutes studying a variety of themes and specialises in applied research, organised in close consultation with the professional field.

The Dutch government is seeking to bring education more into line with the labour market, to promote excellence and to produce better teachers. Our research activities provide knowledge and insights that support the design of educational processes, interventions and organisations. Research is also intended to facilitate the professionalisation of people working in education. Normative professionalism and differences between pupils, educators and organisations form important points of reference, and the pupil is always placed at the centre of the educational process. One of the academic groups is ‘Educational Support Needs and Inclusive Learning Environments' led by professor Sui Lin Goei. The AG performs practice-based research that benefits the pre-service teacher training and the master SEN. Affiliated with the AG is the PBS Expertise Centre; together they build knowledge on behavioural problems and interventions, specifically on PBS.

INNOVADE LI (InnovADE)

INNOVADE is an SME based in Cyprus, with a team of professionals with several years of experience in strategic visioning, business development, social entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, and academic industries. Its project experiences and academic influences span the globe. Its goal is to assist clients to define and attain their Strategic Goals and achieve their operational objectives by providing unparallel level of expert support.

InnovADE works with organizations to help them streamline technological advancements and productivity tools into their processes to ensure that they improve performance, and increase their productivity and profitability. The InnovADE team has a positive outlook in formulating and solving problems, a passion and the commitment to clients, and its expertise, experience, and knowledge are the driving forces behind its business philosophy. The combination of these values is what differentiates InnovADE from the multitude of other organizations.

InnovADE is specializing in various solutions, based on its strategic direction and supported by resident expertise. Some of the areas of strength are: ICT integration, Innovation Infusion, Strategic Development, Project Management, Expert Opinion Services, Quality Assurance, Monitoring and Evaluation.

University of Crete

The University of Crete is a young public educational institution committed to excellence in research and teaching.

Established in 1973, the University accepted its first students in 1977-78. It now has 16 Departments in 5 Schools (Philosophy, Education, Social, Economic & Political Sciences, Sciences & Engineering, and Medicine) as well as a number of affiliated research-oriented institutions, including the Skinakas Observatory, the Natural History Museum, and the University General Hospital. Currently, over 16,000 undergraduates and 2500 postgraduate students are registered here. They are educated by an outward looking academic faculty of around 500 members, supported by adjunct lecturers, post-doctoral researchers, laboratory support staff and instructors, as well as around 300 technical and administrative support staff.

The international orientation of the University is reflected in its track record of collaborations with many of the leading research and educational institutions in Europe and worldwide as well as active promotion of mobility and exchange programmes. Research and research training at all levels benefits also from the close collaboration between many of the University’s research groups with the Institutes of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas and the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture

Reflecting its research activity and associated initiatives, the University of Crete is the first Greek University to have signed the EU Charter and the Code for the recruitment of researchers, and forms part of the Euraxess European network for the mobility of researchers. The University fully participates in quality assurance mechanisms both for its academic and administrative structures, and it is a strategic choice of the University that there will be an ongoing effort to meet quality in all its structures.

Located at campuses in Heraklion and Rethymnon on the island of Crete, a site rich in ancient and modern Mediterranean cultures, the University offers a vibrant social and intellectual environment for research and education. As such, whether your contact with the University is brief or long-term, we trust it will be rewarding.

Manus Elementary School

Elementary School Manus is an institution that provides primary education through class and subject teaching. The school has 545 pupils aged 6-15 years, divided into 24 forms. It has 42 children with different disabilities who are integrated into regular class teaching, and there is a separate form attended by five students with disabilities who can not follow the regular teaching program.

It employs 58 staff members, 18 of which are class teachers, 26 subject teachers, 3 expert assistants, 10 other employees and a headmistress.

Manus is also a school for students from different universities who come to practice what they have learned when applying for National Teachers Examination. We have established Council of Parents, Teachers' Council and the Children's Forum.

Civic Education was introduced in the curriculum as the cross-curricular theme.

We were, and still are, participating in numerous projects such as “Through old letter to new friendship”, “We, the Kids of the EU, believe…”, “Inspiring Science Education” financed by the EU and a pilot project called “e-Schools”.