Transfer of Innovation of the Project SAETO to New EU Regions

Project Partners

 

Hittit University Sungurlu Vocational Higher School (Turkey)

The Hittite university was established officially in 2006 following the decision of the ‘Council of Ministers’ and confirmed by the ‘Higher Education Council’.

It continued to develop its educational activities successfully as a unit of Gazi University with four faculties

  • Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Faculty of Divinity

It also has a Vocational Health School and three vocational schools

  • Çorum Vocational School
  • Sungurlu Vocational School
  • Osmancık Vocational School, and has about five thousand students until 2006.
University of Dortmund, Social Research Centre (Germany)

The institute is dedicated to empirical social research and consultancy in all labour-related issues such as organisation development, personnel development, change management, labour market, vocational training, health and safety, regional development, technology assessment, etc. Originally founded in 1946, it became an institute of the land with the explicit mission to focus on industrial and social change processes. sfs understands itself as a competence centre for an old industrial region, the Ruhr Area. Since 1 January 2007 sfs is a central research unit of the University of Dortmund.

At present, with about 75 employees and a current annual turnover of EUR 4.0 million, sfs is one of the largest centres in empirical labour-related research in Germany.

 

sfs will participate in all activities of the project contributing its special expertise, also acting as one of the continuity factors with the original SAETO project.

 

Franz, Hans-Werner, born in 1947, Dr. phil: Ph.D. in Social Sciences (Sociology, Political Sciences, Hispanistics), grad. translator, interpreter, journalist. Senior researcher and consultant, Member of the Management Board of sfs. Major expertise in European projects on:

  • Development of systems and organisations of vocational training and education (European, national, regional, in-company); Human Resource Development 

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    As a network we have, or have had, members in all European countries and also Australia, India, China and Canada. Every year we run a conference in a different European city, the most recent of which have been in Dublin, Birmingham and Prague. A complete list can be found on our website www.eclo.org

    We have participated in several EU transnational funded projects and because of our transnational background and experience in running international conferences and workshops, our role is normally one of dissemination of results.