Paul Angeli

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WITH WIFI TO SUCCESS

• Paul Angeli
• Institute for Economic Promotion (WIFI)
• of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
• WIFI International Network (WIN), Regional
  Manager Romania

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WIFI in Austria 60 years of history

• 9 Federal Institutes for Economic Promotion
  (WIFIs)
• 80 outlets nationwide
• 290.000 participants in 25.000 seminars per year
• a network of 11.000 practice-oriented trainers
• market leader in Austria with a market share of
  20
• EUR 130 million turnover in 2006
• high quality vocational educational training
• number one partner of Austrian businesses in the
  field of
• further education
• continuous dialog between economy and education

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WIFI international activities (1)

• International activities since 1991
• WIFI carries its know-how abroad and ensures that
  the
• domestic training offer is fine-tuned to the
  specific market needs in the target countries.
• Thus a standardized, high quality level of
  further education for all businesses in the
  target country can be provided.

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WIFIs abroad the WIFI International Network
(WIN)
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WIFI international activities (2)

• Our goal is
• to increase the qualification of entrepreneurs
  and employees on all company and organisational
  levels in order to support and enhance the
  competitiveness of Austrian and local business
  alike.
• to survey the local demand for vocational
  educational training and to qualify a pool of
  trainers, experts and consultants to be able to
  provide our services in the language of the
  respective country.

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WIFI international activities (3)

• We offer
• customized in-house trainings for enterprises of
  all size
• open seminars
• coaching sessions
• one-on-one training programs/ consulting
• programs for personal development

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WIFI international activities (4)

• Our target groups are
• entrepreneurs
• start-up businesses (young entrepreneurs)
• SMEs
• managers on all company and organisation
  levels
• employees (skilled workers, apprentices,
  etc)
• ministries, public administration
• Chambers
• NGOs
• any individuals who wants to further
  his/her career

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Foundation of WIFI Romania

• Cooperation established between
• Euroaptitudini Group SA
• and WIFI Austria

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WIN WIN Situation

• Know-how Transfer from WIFI Austria to WIFI
  Romania (TTT, course management, coop. with int.
  trainers)
• Service Package for Romanian Businesses
• ? Romanian and international experienced
  Austrian Trainers
• ? internationally proven and tested training
  content and material
• ? professional course development and management
  in close co-operation with the Romanian
  customers
• ? access to partners network all over Romania
  and intern.

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Examples of training topics offered

• Project and Process Management
• EU-Project Management/ Lobbying/ Procurement
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Leadership/Management Trainings
• Management Strategy/ Financing/ Controlling
• Business Mediation
• Marketing and Sales (incl. Merchandising,
  Branding )
• Human Resource Management
• Hotel and Tourism Management
• Specialized Trainings for Sectors (e.g. Banks,
  Stocks)
• SAP and other user software
• Skilled Labour Trainings/ VET ?

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Know-how Transfer in VET from Austria

• Apprenticeship - Dual System an Austrian
  Success Story
• 120.000 young people in 277 apprenticeships

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Vocational Education and Training in Austria

• 10th Grade Students (age of 15)
• 20 general education (Gymnasium)
• 80 vocational education
• 55 school-based VET
• 45 apprenticeship VET (dual system)

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• Apprenticeship Training
• Age group 15 to 19
• Duration 2 to 4 years
• Focus practical company-based training,
  part-time attendance of a vocational
  school for apprentices (private and public)

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Dual Training in an apprenticeship Training in
the company and at part-time vocational school

• In the apprenticeship training system, the two
  places of learning are the training enterprise
  and the part-time vocational school.
• The enterprise-based part of dual vocational
  training makes up the major part of the
  apprenticeship period (up to 80).
• The apprenticeship-leave examination is taken in
  front of professional practitioners. The main
  focus in this examination is on the practical
  skills and abilities required for the occupation.
  

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Focus on Enterprise-based training

• Advantages of on the job training
• Learning in practice for practice
• Learning through productive work using state of
  the art technology
• Ability to take up a real job immediately after
  finishing apprenticeship training
• Enterprise benefit apprenticeship full member of
  the workforce from the first moment growing
  with the enterprise

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Part-time Vocational Schools

• Public or private vocational schools/ training
  facilities (e.g. WIFI)
• Classes in full time blocks (8-12 weeks)
• Classes every week one/two days
• Widening general and vocation specific education
  (theory)
• Subject specific language tuition
• Supplementary practical training (laboratories,
  WS, best practice,)

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Why WIFI?

• because
• knowledge creates a future
• know-how produces innovation
• life long learning secures success, jobs and
• competitiveness
• training secures location and growth
• and our network continues to grow!

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Contact
• WIN-Team, Paul Angeli
• paul.angeli_at_wko.at