Best practice in GERMANY No. 2:

 

“Lernende Region Trier e.V.” (Learning region incorporated society)

 

Service for KMU and all, who will learn

 

 

Country and Region: Germany, federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (NUTS I)

 

Actors: Trier Chamber for Industry and Commerce, Trier Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Trier Municipality, Trier University, Trier College of higher education, Trier Adult education centre

 

Financing: German Federal Ministry of education, Trier Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Trier Chamber of Skilled Crafts and own revenues (services liable to pay costs)

 

Project period: permanent institution

 

Objectives: Helping regional SME and working people to organize their own futher education

 

Short description of the project:

 

Main task of the “Lernende Region” is the improvement of framework conditions for lifelong learning. The lifelong learning promotes the more effective exhaustion of the available potential of the labor force.

For this the organization has built up a service offering, which mainly includes the a consulting service about individual lifelong learning. The described service is accessible in the different phases of life for all classes of society. The advisory services contains:

-         Further training consultancy of training providers

-         Educational guidance of the chambers

-         Educational guidance of the work agency

-         Course guidance service of the university and the college.

 

For SMEs exists a regional framework for training advice of the specialists and executives with following focus:

-         the training need orientates itself at long-term objectives of the enterprise and also takes into account the business management aspects of the business

-         integral solutions which are arranged from the training offers of different providers are selected for the enterprise.

 

 

 

Results:

 

The organization „Lernende Region Trier e.V.“ is a successful association of chambers, universities and economy, which competently and efficiently contributes for the qualification level of the labor force in the region.

 

 

Contact:

 

Mr. Dr. Carl-Ludwig Centner (languages: German, English)

Handwerkskammer Trier
Loebstrasse 18
54292 Trier

Tel.: 0651/207-103
Fax: 0651/207-222

E-Mail: centner@hwk-trier.de

URL: http://www.lernende-region-trier.de