Consortium

Coordinator – Italian Chamber of Commerce Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Côte d’Azur

Founded in 1997, the Italian Chamber of Commerce Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Côte d’Azur is an association of Italian, French, and Monegasque companies, recognised by the Italian Government and the French State. The Chamber plays the dual role of promoting and facilitating commercial and cultural relations between the two countries and offers companies and individuals a wide range of innovative and personalised solutions. Its excellent relations with Italian and French institutions and professional bodies, its knowledge of the Italian market, and its presence in France place the Italian Chamber at the heart of a vast international network, essential for the development of transnational projects

IRSAM

IRSAM was founded 160 years ago in Marseille on the initiative of Father Louis-Toussaint Dassy that was concerned about people with sensory disabilities. He then created the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of Mary Immaculate. IRSAM supports people with disabilities, mainly those with sensory impairments, in specialized (sheltered) workspaces, in mainstream settings, as well as, in learning and training centers. IRSAM manages 25 facilities and services in Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur, Rhone-Alpes and Reunion. IRSAM currently supports more than 1350 children, adolescents, adults and other people with disabilities. It employs more than 1000 people at the equivalent of 830 full-time positions. 

ISTITUTO DEI SORDI DI TORINO

The Istituto dei Sordi di Torino is an Italian foundation dedicated to providing services for people with disabilities. Since 1814, we have supported the deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and individuals with other language and cognitive disabilities. Our core mission has always centred on education, developing specialised learning programmes for blind, deaf, and hard of hearing students, while also training educators and teachers.

We promote the autonomy of people with disabilities by offering pathways to independent living, vocational courses, and providing training and consultancy services for institutions aiming to enhance accessibility.

People First Public Benefit Association Pécs 

People First Public Benefit Association Pécs helps and supports the independent living of disabled people in every level.
The association’s membership consists of disabled people as well as their helpers and professionals. We don’t make a difference between man and man, for us is the People First!
Our association operates as a first and currently single Hungarian member of an international network in Pécs, a beautiful southern city in Hungary.
Our speciality and also our strength is that we focus not only on one type of disability. In our association people with all kinds of disabilities add up their experiences, and we learn a lot from each other, and about each other. This diversity of teamwork allows us to see all aspects of what our job is.

Trinijove Private Foundation

The Trinijove Private Foundation, established in 1985, focuses on training and socio-labour integration to combat social exclusion. It is a model of social innovation, serving vulnerable groups such as youth, families, adults, and seniors through training, guidance, employment, and social services. Trinijove offers all services free of charge, combines education with leisure activities, and prioritizes local impact while being accessible to city residents. It collaborates with various networks and manages European programs. The foundation also runs a social enterprise and a special employment centre, providing jobs to over 200 people at risk of exclusion or with disabilities, offering services like waste collection, gardening, building maintenance, and administrative tasks.  

Coopération Bancaire pour l’Europe 

Coopération Bancaire pour l’Europe is a Brussels-based European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) funded in 1992 by a group of European banks. CBE has 11 members from 4 European countries, including European banks and chambers of commerce, therefore reaching a large network of banks, SMEs and economic associations from all over Europe. CBE aims to foster economic development in Europe by providing its members and their clients with information and support to properly understand EU policies and strategies. The aim of CBE is supporting innovative European SMEs and public authorities in getting access to EU market and finance, carrying out several initiatives to develop internationalization processes and to access EU funds. 

Fondazione Luigi Clerici 

Fondazione Luigi Clerici is a private non-profit organization. It promotes with around 30 branches training and services to support work placement. FLC aims at promoting the empowerment process of the person at professional and at personal level by offering professional, cultural and social training. FLC focuses on the educational project of the person and on the development of methods and training paths through which the realization of its potential in the context of life can be improved. FLC intends to take care of the person as “a whole” by supporting them with a wide range of services, developed ad hoc to meet their needs and by helping them to realize a life- and professional project in harmony with their competences.

Atlantis Engineering 

Atlantis Engineering is an SME with extensive experience in offering solutions to the manufacturing industry, aiming to exploit new technological capabilities for further product development. The company emphasises on decision support for the optimisation of production activities, focusing on preventive, predictive and condition-based techniques and strategies to monitor various asset lifecycle management processes. The company has considerable experience in vocational training projects, on-the-job training, work-based learning, workshop organisation, pilot testing and the introduction of new products to the market, as well as expertise in market and competition analysis, feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis etc. Additionally, Atlantis Engineering has numerous participations in European and National projects (Horizon, Erasmus+, etc.) where they apply Quality Assessment tools, develop Evaluation Plans and Methodologies, develop online educational platforms and more.