Welcome in Vienna 8 th EBCL Representatives Meeting

Welcome in Vienna 8 th EBC*L Representatives Meeting January 2014 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Targets / Topics GET TOGETHER EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION EXCHANGE OF IDEAS PRESENTATION OF SOME PROJECTS FUNDING STRATEGY GENERAL Concrete EU-PROJECTS 2 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Schedule Friday: 10. 00 – 4. 00 pm 4. 00 – 6. 00 pm 7. 00 pm Saturday: • Review and strategy • EBC*L Advisory Board • EBC*L Enterprise • Lunch break • Funding Strategy • Funding Projects • Exchange of ideas Dinner at (typical viennese) Pizzeria Rialto • Funding projects • Exchange of ideas 9. 00 – 12. 00 – 3. 00 pm 3 • Lunch break • Misceallenous © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Short introduction • Who You are? • Which country? • What are Your expectations? When did You act last time • Economically • Non-Economically 4 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

EBC*L General Aspects Review 5 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

EBC*L is 10 Years 6 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

10 Years EBC*L More than 50. 000 candidates More than 40. 000 certificates Candidates from 35 countries 21 languages More than 400 exam centres: Schools, Universities, VET Several successful EU Projects Successful projects with Development Organisations EBC*L Champions League with 11 countries Awarded by Stiftung Warentest 7 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Some figures Exams in 21 Languages Albanian Italian Arabic Polish Bulgarian Romanian Croatian Russian Czech Serbian Dutch Slovakian English Slowenian Farsi Spanish German Turkish Hungarian Ukrainian Indonesian 8 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Many wonderful moments 2003: Press Conference Representatives Meetings in Budapest, Sibenik, Vienna Regional Meetings in several countries Champions League Presentation in Brussels (EU) Handing over Certificates before the pyramides in Cairo Nomination for state prize 9 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Unique Concept ü International standard ü Local languages ü Core Competence Concept: Absolutely practice-orientated ü Lifelong Learning: Levels A, B, C ü Bridging borders of countries and education systems ü Quality assurance system ü Modern books and training concepts ü Marketing Concept (Corporate Vision, Corporate Design …) Licence* to lead Licence* to manage Licence* to participate 10 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

EBC*L makes people happy ü Candidates ü Trainers ü Companies ü Education Institutes ü Labour agencies ü Development agencies However only those who had the chance to get to know EBC*L 11 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

However ü Most of the candidates in Austria and Germany ü Some countries not active anymore ü Many countries only with little success ü 2010: No EU projects won ü Confusing situation with EU programmes ECTS, EQR, EC-VET … ü Other initiatives and products are disturbing 2008 - ? : Economic crisis Political crisis 12 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Some figures Total Austria Germany Other Countries 13 taken exams 59. 174 certificates 47. 497 33. 457 13. 852 11. 865 25. 324 10. 109 12. 064 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Some figures Inactive Countries (no exams 2012/13) Figures Total More than 10. 000 Candidates Austria, Germany More than 1. 000 Candidates Romania, Hungary, Italy, Poland More than 500 Candidates Switzerland, Ukraine, Serbia More than 100 Candidates Bulgaria, Iran, Russia, Arab Countries, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Kenia, Kosovo, Spain, Slovak Republic, Nigeria Less than 100 Candidates Macedonia, Albania, Indonesia 14 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu Albania Indonesia Kasachstan Macedonia Nigeria Slovak Republic

Consequences EBC*L Countries in difficult situation à Many people involved in EBC*L got lost (also their know how) Not an „Easy Business“ for EBC*L International Long time we co-financed EBC*L International out of the income we gained from EBC*L Austria and Easy Business à Finally in 2011/12 we had to follow the strong rules of business and had to reduce our staff from 12 to 7 people 2014: Financial situation 15 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

EBC*L International New Team Victor Mihalic Andrea Setznagel Günter Schmatzberger Easy Business Ulrike Kaufmann Caroline Sander Peter Lauringer Michael Spieler Durim Krasniqi EBC*L Austria EBC*L Switzerland 16 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu EBC*L International

Priorities 1. Strengthening EBC*L International • Financial assurance (Keeping in mind our costs) • New organisational structure: EBC*L Board 2. Further Development of the existing system • Quality of products: new exams, New Level C Book • Marketing Tools: • New Website (Jimdo) • Electronic testing system • Mobile Learning 3. Launch of EBC*L Enterprise • New target group (lower qualified) 4. Trying to get fundings • Using our concept, that is perfectly fitting to all programmes of the EU and other funding organisations 17 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Key words of National / European / Global Education Policy Education as key factor in globalized economy Entrepreneurship Intrapreneurship Lifelong Learning Accessible to all Bridging social barriers Needs of the business world 18 Cooperation with developing countries Quality Assurance Mobility Core Competencies Employability Recognition of non. Outcome-based Bridging formal learning Language Competence ICT – e-learning Quality of training Motivation to and trainers learn Fun © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011

8 Key competencies 1) Mother tongue Communication Exam: 5 -12 pages (handwritten) 2) Foreign language 22 Languages 3) Mathematic C. Use of basic mathematical knowledge 4) Digital C. e-learning 5) Learning to learn Blended learning 6) Social and civic C. Understanding what happens in the globalized world 7) Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship 8) Cultural awareness 19 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 Business Competence is a precondition

Priorities 4. EBC*L University (in discussion and negotiation) • In cooperation with Donauuniversität Krems (Prof. Ortner) Official university programme Based on EBC*L Level A, B, C 1 Semester, 16 ECTS EBC*L Exams are acknowledged, whereever they have been absolved 20 Additionally students have to - Visit a 2 days Management course at the Donau-University - Write a paper - transferring the topics of A, B, C into practice - 20 pages - Present this paper (exam) - Costs: 1. 900 Euro - To solve: What Title ? Long fight with instances – Not fixed © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

COMPETENCE FOR LIFE Whenever you need business competence, EBC*L has the right product for you Leadership programme (MBA Medium) EBC*L University Level C Level B Level A EBC*L Career Young people Less qualified people EBC*L Enterprise 21 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Still a long way to go But we still believe, that at the end it will pay off! 22 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

Questions • What have been your experiences made in the last two years? • What have been your lessons learnt? • What are your expectations for the next two years? • What will be your main strategy (target groups, activities etc. ) • What ideas would you like to present to the others? 23 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu

EBC*L European Business Competence* Licence Thank you for your attention. Victor Mihalic EBC*L International mihalic@ebcl. eu www. ebcl. eu 24 © EBC*L International, Vienna 2011 www. ebcl. eu