Turnover 2005

17 m €

Staff

280 permanent staff in 40 cities in Germany

Status

Non profit. Formally recognized provider of education and vocational training

QM

ESTA-Bildungswerk is certified DIN EN ISO 9001:2000

Clients

Labour administration, public institutions and organisations on a local, regional, national and European scale, enterprises and private individuals

Networks

ESTA Bildungswerk is a member of several networks and initiatives, for instance EVBB (European Association of Vocational Training Institutes) and I-Move (initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

Mission Statement

Exchange and co-operation is the key

Exchange and cooperation are prerequisites for international educational and vocational training work. We therefore endeavour to enter into friendly collaborations, to exchange experiences and to initiate joint projects wherever possible.

Website

Please browse www.esta-bw.de to find out about the company and please click > International for additional information about our international scope.

Development, execution and supervision of projects in the fieldof training and consulting, including procurement of funds and financial support.

Consulting services for training programmes, training schemes, curriculum design and evaluation.

Planning and equipping of training facilities, compilation of training material, teacher training etc.

Programmes for foreign teachers, trainers and managerial personnel.

Development and implementation of eLearning courses and applications.

Planning and realisation of open-source technologies and Internet applications for long-distance collaboration.

Services in eBusiness projects for companies and organisations through consultation, training and networking to raise competitiveness.

1990 - 2005

ESTA - Bildungswerk has developed and operated several European projects within the last 15 years (Equal, Interreg, Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates , Youth and others).

In six locations – Bad Oeynhausen, Bocholt, Duisburg, Berlin, Brussels and Ankara – customers can take advantage of comprehensive training, consulting and qualification services.

Programmes range from training courses about eLearning to courses about grant-acquisition.

VOLICITY Vocational Learning in Creative Industries for Turkish Youth / DG EAC LdV PP, UK/05/B/P/PP-162_322

EUROPEAN IDENTITIES – case studies from Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania / DG EAC Unit Citizenship

NEWAP New Approach by simultaneously learning of languages / DG EAC Lingua 2, 224926-CP-1-2005-1-DELINGUA-L2

ELM Estonian Language and Mind / DG EAC 2004-2668/001-001 AEE-AESUBV

SVET Turkey - Germany: Mechatronics / Strengthening VET System Turkey

IDEO for Professionals in Integration of Mentally Disabled People / DG EAC 116860 - CP - 1-2004-1 - ES - Grundtvig - G1

SUMAS Stabilising Multimedia Applications for long term unemployed people / ESF GI EQUAL

In-Service Training Courses „eLearning 1” / Socrates, DE-2004-018, DE-2004-072, DE-2005-015

POWAR - LLL for Political Awareness rising / DG EAC, 225755-CP-1-2005-1-TR-GRUNDTVIG-G1

In-Service Training courses „eLearning 2“ / Socrates, DE-2005-016, DE-2005-017, DE-2005-018

Intercultural Dialogue within german and dutch companies / GD EAC, 2005 - 0895 / 001 - 001 AFE-AFEINT

In-Service Training courses “eLearning 3” / Socrates, DE-2004-055, DE-2005-019, DE-2005-020

eBusiness Rhine Waal / INTERREG IIIa 2-ERW-II=14

ROSEA Road Safety in Adult Education / Socrates 225886-CP-1-2005-1-ES-GRUNDTVIG-G1PP

Topics of Interest

We are aiming at the following topics within the next years. We would like to intensify collaboration with partners from these areas. There are a lot of programmes and initiatives available for these topics.

• CSR Corporate Social Responsibility / Diversity Management
• Methodologies and didactical implications of technology-enabled learning (eLearning)
• Validation of non-formal learning / Life Long Learning
• Intercultural competencies
• Integration into labour market
• Inter-Generational learning
• Learning of Languages
• Collaboration with Turkey
• Cross-border co-operation with the Netherlands

Jürgen van Capelle

Head of Intern. Cooperation

Bad Oeynhausen

Juergen.vanCapelle@estabw.de

Silke Wellmann

Head ESTA Europa Forum

Bocholt

Silke.Wellmann@esta-bw.de

Astrid Quasebart

Senior Project Management

Duisburg

Astrid.Quasebart@estabw.de

Favourite Topics:

• Digital media
• LifeLongLearning

Favourite Topics:

• Civic Education
• Methodologies
• Intercultural Competencies

Favourite Topics:

• Languages
• Labour market
• Diversity Management