The ibw was founded as an association by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Federation of Austrian Industrialists in 1975. The core of the ibw's staff are well experienced scientists in the field of vocational research, including engineers, graduates of sociology, educational sciences, social and commercial sciences and psychologists. The results of its scientific works are published in a monthly newsletter called "ibw-Mitteilungen" the quarterly "news" (in English) and in the research paper series called "ibw-Schriftenreihe & Forschungsberichte". According to the subjects of applied vocational research the objectives of activities are rather manifold: Many studies focus on the apprenticeship training in the dual system, a combination of inplant vocational training and compulsory public vocational schooling, now running in nearly all economic branches. Additionally the ibw develops pedagogical and didactic concepts according to the framework of in-plant training but also designs practical guidelines to facilitate the realisation from essential qualificational demands into practical training-steps. Other points of main interest are performed by labour market analyses and qualificational research. Furthermore there are ibw-studies on school education (secondary level), at universities or at "Fachhochschulen" (universities of applied sciences). Other activities embrace research and documentary work on educational counselling, vocational guidance and career planning. Since its foundation the ibw has carried out numerous surveys in the field of vocational adult education and training. Last but not least scientific projects focussing on education policy and vocational training in the European Union and in Austria play a more and more important role. Ibw is the coordinator of LaBooM since January 2007.

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences offers students a vocationally oriented and academically sound training that prepares them to meet the challenges of the professional world. Each course combines a solid grounding in the subjects with a specialisation, ensuring that graduates are equipped to fulfil a variety of professional tasks in their future careers. Alongside they acquire additional training in e.g. business administration, law, foreign languages, and interpersonal skills. Students can choose to acquire international certificates (e.g. Cisco, Microsoft, Cambridge). Work placements ensure that they gain hands-on experience in the workplace even before graduation.

Telecommunications & Media
Students acquire hands-on experience with state- of-the-art equipment and participate in creative and inspiring audio and video projects in small groups. They study computer animation as well as graphic and web design for professionals. Those who specialise in telecommunications are the network experts of the future, equipped with all the necessary knowledge for leading IT developments. The programme is supplemented by engineering basics that are extremely useful for a wide range of applications. Due to their additional training in business, law and foreign languages, graduates are not only experts in the technical field, but also fit for management positions.

The Federal Board of Education of Lower Austria is responsible for all types of schools in Lower Austria, including primary and secondary and vocational schools (full-time and part-time). It provides information and service mainly for teachers but also for parents and pupils or students. It offers help and assistance in educational matters and is concerned with quality management as far as teaching in all stages is concerned. School inspectors are responsible for supervising heads of schools and teachers. The Board of Education also runs a library emphasising on pedagogy and methodology.

Apprentices of the book and media sector attend the part-time vocational school St. Poelten for 10 weeks a year. Apprenticeship in this trade lasts for 3 years, so that the total amount of schooling is 30 weeks during the entire apprenticeship. This means that 80 % of the training takes place at a bookshop or publishing house, 20 % at a part-time vocational school. This is called the dual system. Subjects taught to this profession comprise general education, languages, accountancy and book and media specific subject matter.

The school was established in 1967. A number of our graduates have gone on to continue their studies at universities and colleges. Many run their own business today.

The school is currently preparing almost 500 students for a career in a business environment, or in book-selling and media-related professions, or in arts and crafts professions and catering industry professions.

The school offers 4-year programs. These culminate in secondary school-leaving examination required by all Czech universities and colleges.

Branches Bookseller and Librarian have taken part in Leonardo da Vinci programs since the year 2002. The school co-operates with partner schools in Austria, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic.

The school has excellent facilities such as:

ICT facilities, multi-media study rooms, a school library, a bookshop, a gallery, a professionally equipped kitchen for practical cooking classes, and a workshop for the arts and crafts classes. Pupils can also make use of the services of a modern hostel with a school canteen.

TEMPO TRAINING & CONSULTING was established in 1996 as a TRAINING CENTER and later started to participate on EU PROJECTS and through it contribute to "European knowledge based economy". In 2004 with entering to European Union we began to develop community with consultancy for SME´s in Structural funds.

Our educational and research activities: Training programs to enhance managerial and entrepreneurial skills, Vocational training for managers, entrepreneurs, trainers, disabled people, unemployed, women in needs, immigrants, Language courses, Computer education and training for personal computer users and software professionals, Web Designing, Systems Programming, Networking, Database Design, E-learning, Educational research and realization of European co-operation projects in conjunction with the European Union programs, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Phare, 6. FP, Culture 2000. TEMPO is all set to move into the fast growing field of SOFTWARE and systems consulting.

TEMPO company acts as a partner in several projects approved by European Commission under programs Leonardo da Vinci, Socrates, Culture 2000, Phare, Initiative EQUAL. The main goal of all these programs is to help, to discover and enlarge new and more effective approaches to education, to encourage employment in the region with the orientation on problem groups such as long-term unemployed, young people, women, disabled people and intercultural cooperation. Each project should respond to actual economical and social problems.

Editrain is a company based in Madrid and Barcelona. Its objective is to provide training, information and online services to the book industry. It is in fact a training and multimedia company specialised in the publishing industry. Editrain provides training to employees of the publishing sector of books, newspapers and magazines, booksellers as well as distributors and printers. It is the leading company in Spain in its field, providing training to more than 2,000 persons a year. Editrain is also a publisher of multimedia products, mainly self-instructive and interactive courses for printers and publishers. Editrain was one of the founders and is currently one of the most active members of Abptoe (Association of Booksellers and Publishers Training Organisations in Europe).

Since 2004 Editrain is also the official training center for the Media and Audiovisual Spanish Sector.

As a consultant firm Edittrain takes part in several European projects (Adapt, Equal, Leonardo, eContent, etc).

Editrain also publishes the leader professional magazine of the book trade in Spain, named Delibros and Infolibro, a professional online portal for the Spanish book trade.

The Fernando Santi Basilicata is a non-profit training organisation working together with other European and national training agencies, national and local institutions and a large number of Small and Medium Enterprises. The name comes from Fernando Santi, a member of the Italian Parliament and a unionist, who worked for workers' emancipation. His great conviction was that workers, apart from pretending rights have to form and educate themselves. The Fernando Santi Basilicata is part of the National Institute F. Santi in Rome which promotes the education of workers and assists emigrants and immigrants.

With experience in the field of training and counselling for employed and unemployed Italian and European citizens, the Fernando Santi Basilicata offers programmes for young trainees who wish to study the Italian language and gain working experience in local companies. We are specialised in European work placements, students' exchanges, language teaching, Leonardo da Vinci Programmes, and professional training. Lifelong learning and mobility are essential to promote employability, active citizenship, social inclusion and personal development, therefore co-operation at European level within education and training is essential in creating the future European society. The major challenge in order to develop a knowledge based Europe is ensuring that the European labour market is open to all and that all citizens feel to live, act and work in a larger setting. The bases of Europe lay in the capacity of its citizens to integrate within a United Europe as individuals and workers, to know, understand, accept and share differences and similarities. This is why our programme aims at contributing to the development of individuals, conscious that there is a great demand from students, workers and youngster to be culturally and socially integrated in this new scenery.

Our activities are focused upon Education and Training in Basilicata and Campania (Italy) such as:

ARIES Formazione is non profit a organization operating in the field of education and labour in the public and the private sector, with the aim of improving the quality of training and employment standards at an European level. It's been created by experts, professionals and university teachers that are very experienced in educational development, training needs analysis, course design and delivery (class- and distance) both for initial and life long training, technological transfer to SME's and public authorities training and certification in public bodies and private companies. ARIES Formazione's main activities are:

One of our main concern is presently the development of an European Integrated System of Training and Education involving Universities, High Schools, Business Companies and Vocational training centers aimed at the creation of a set of Standard Vocational Qualifications which are transparent and acknowledged to all levels and in all countries. Presently, one of our concerns is the development and experimentation of European Language Portfolio related to the European Common Framework: we have implemented research and needs analysis and training projects for Linguistic and cultural Mediators for Immigrants. We are currently working on English for Special Purposes and the European Language Passport for Vocational and Professional Purposes.

ARIES Formazione is involved in six Leonardo projects and is carrying out various tasks within them: some of these projects are about training and counselling by means of an e-learning platform. Five more Leonardo projects have been awarded to us: four pilots (one is specifically on linguistic competences in the industry) and one mobility project for language experts and teachers.

The Academy of Management is private University situated in second biggest cities in Poland. The Academy of Management in Lodz was established by the Association of Polish Educators in January 1995. Currently there are ca. 9 thousand students enrolled in the Academy. The Academy offers MA and BA studies, post-graduate courses as well as specialized training courses on daily, evening and weekend and extramural basis. At present five departments are available:

The Academy is also activly involved in educational international cooperation since 2001.

The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies (OICPS) is a leading international organisation in the field of publishing education, training, research and consultancy. It offers a range of BA and MA degrees, and works with higher education institutions throughout the world to develop and deliver high quality publishing education. It is currently developing Masters programmes with universities in France, Germany, Slovenia and Russia.

In addition, it provides training courses for UK and international publishing organisations, undertakes a international consultancies for publishers and book development organisations, and conducts research programmes for a wide variety of clients. OICPS is part of the School of Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University and is based in the Richard Hamilton Building on the Headington Hill Campus.

The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) is a charity dedicated to supporting better publishing worldwide through access to education and training. It also runs many overseas programmes in association with Supranational bodies such as The World Bank and The European Union. It was originally part of The Unwin Trust but is now a separate training foundation with ties (though the trustee structure) to The Publishers Association.

From its London training centre PTC offers around 60 different course titles geared closely to the learning requirements of book and journal publishers. Increasingly, however, it is becoming apparent that publishing skills are sought after from a much wider audience. Now PTC's clients include government, other charities, trade associations and a host of corporate organisations.

The training partnership is a recognised U.K. Leonardo da Vinci Contractor / Promoter. We have over 50 European Partners and have participated in Leonardo da Vinci Mobility Projects both as a sending and receiving organisation for the last 9 years. We have worked with Mobility / Internship / Practical Vocational Work Placement Programmes for many years and are familiar with all of the Leonardo Contractual requirements. The Professional Study Visits we have organised have been particularly successful for our European Partners, we have received many groups of delegates and teacher / trainers from all over Europe. The Training Partnership has also been successfully involved in Pilot Projects programmes involving the development of teaching resources. Our organisation is based in the South West of England, the area is known as the English Riviera. The South West is one of the most beautiful areas in the UK. The mild climate we enjoy makes Torquay the ideal destination for all age’s especially young people. The area is renowned for its cosmopolitan / multi cultural atmosphere and environment. We are considered to be the most successful market leader in the UK for arranging Professional Study Visits, Language Training and Practical Work Based Training / Internships and Stages for individual students or groups. In the first 9 months of 2005 over 450 students from a variety of European Training, Educational, and Government funded organisations undertaking Vocational Work Placement Training. The Training Partnership works continuously with a database of over 300 Work Placement Providers all happy to receive European students or visiting delegate groups.