Partners

UFEMAT (European Association of National Builders’ Merchant Associations and Manufacturers) is an umbrella business organization in which the following national entities are integrated: - Bulgarian Federation of Wholesale. Dealers in Building Materials - Bundesverband Deutscher Baustoff-Fachhandel e.v. - CONFEDERATION du NEGOCE BOIS-MATERIAUX - ÉKE HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF BUILDING MATERIAL TRADERS - IRISH HARDWARE & BUILDING-MATERIALS ASSOCIATION - FEDERCOMATED FEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE COMMERCIANTI CEMENTI LATERIZI E MATERIALI DA COSTRUZIONI EDILI - FEMACO FÉDÉRATION LUXEMBOURGEOISE DES NÉGOCIANTS EN MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION ASBL - VERBAND DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN BAUSTOFFHÄNDLER - VERBAND DES SCHWEIZERISCHEN BAUMATERIAL-HANDELS - FEMA FÉDÉRATION ROYALE BELGE DES NÉGOCIANTS EN MATÉRIAUX DE CONSTRUCTION - DANSKE BYGGECENTRE - Koninklijke Hibin - Polish Federation of Manufacturers and Distributors of Construction Materials - APCMC ASSOCIAÇAO PORTUGUESA DOS COMERCIANTES DE MATERIAIS DE CONSTRUÇAO - ZOSS – SLOVAKIA - National Federation of Building Materials – Spain - SVERIGES BYGG & JÄRNHANDLAREFÖRBUND – Sweden - UKRAINIAN UNION OF MANUFACTURERS& MERCHANTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS - BMF BUILDERS MERCHANTS FEDERATION – UNITED KINGDOM

Constructiv is a service rendering enterprise from and for construction, with a staff of approximately 230. As a fund for social security, founded by the social partners from the building company, our organisation endeavors talent to find its way to the sector and to develop there for the duration of its total career. The advice, the services and the financial support that Constructiv offers companies and their employees, include 4 domains: - The allocation of supplementary sectoral advantages - The assistance in the struggle against social fraud and unlawful competition - The stimulation of the competence management and the inflow into the sector - The promotion of the safety on the construction sites and of the well-being at work

Education and induction Constructiv works hard to improve the inflow of employees in construction and to keep up the mark of their competences. After all, the sector strives for a sustainable employment. In order to maintain this, our consultants in the field are responsible for: - The promotion of the construction and construction professions for adolescents and job-seekers - The guidance of adolescents and job-seekers searching for a sustainable job in the construction - The support of building companies and their employees with regard to their competence- and career management - The development of the European Qualification Framework (EQF) for the construction sector - The development of curricula in association with the departments of education in Flanders and Wallonia.

ITAINNOVA was created in 1984 by General Government of Aragon, with the aim of promoting the technological possibilities of the enterprises in this region, and in this way developing new products /processes, with the prospect of developing competitiveness and in the challenge to join the EU.

It´s a Public and non-profit Technology Centre with juridical personality and a clear market orientation, providing innovative solutions from our lines of research and development, which transform and accelerate the technological processes of companies or challenges in our society. Innovation is the engine of business and society, and the technological progress and innovation gives us our true purpose and adds value for businesses.

It has several areas of technical/technological expertise, providing focused on the needs of our target/ customers solutions: ITC, Industrial Processes, Power Systems, Mechatronics, Materials, Calibration and metrology and Training Services. ITA's staff is 220 people with a great experience in R&D European projects, managing programmes of industrial development, technological innovation and quality. Their expertise is of a very broad nature ranging from economics, business management, consultancy and technology. It has a great list of contacts in Aragon, country and European networks: more of 8500 enterprises of Aragon, SMEs and companies, public entities and intermediate bodies, Universities, Administration, Centers of research and development.

The University of Limerick was established in 1972 and has over 17, 000 students. In the school of science and engineering where the Enterprise Research Centre is situated there are several programs in construction. These are:

• Undergraduate in construction management • Undergraduate in civil engineering • Postgraduate in advanced materials engineering Furthermore the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)is committed to solving the challenges facing current and next generation enterprises by assisting them to become more innovative. The centre is multidisciplinary collaborating with several university departments including Civil Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS), Science and Engineering and Health Sciences and Education Innovation is at the heart of every successful business, it is the process by which we turn an idea into a successful commercial outcome. Being innovative however is not just the responsibility of owner managers, those who work in companies also need to critically reflect on their work processes and how to make them more innovative. This is done through industry based research and skills development within the organization to enhance the absorptive capacity of companies to integrate and adopt the research.

To satisfy this objective the ERC has two main work areas: 1) A learning work area which collaborates with companies to assist them to identify how to become innovative either through learning (Ulearning initiative). Ulearning develops and accredits online and blended flexible learning programmes to address the needs of businesses to allow them to upskill. ULearning is offered by Continuing and Professional Development (CPD) which emerged from the enterprise research centre

2) An applied research function which investigates best learning practice for delivering online and flexible learning. This function collaborates with companies on innovative research projects to address challenges. To date they have collaborated with several construction companies in innovation projects

FORTEC is a private Company who main objective is the creation and development of innovative projects that impact beneficially in society, paying particular attention to all processes and related training systems.

FORTEC, FORMACION Y TECNOLOGIA S.L. (www.formacionytecnologia.com) specializes in developing software tools and related research related to training for employment.

FORTEC is divided into 3 areas: 1. Training plans FORTEC has a wide range of professionals in different disciplines and in relation to management develops a comprehensive treatment of the training process for employment: needs study, administrative management (processing, justification and certification), delivery and monitoring, impact assessment, etc.

2. Social research FORTEC has more than 15 years of experience in conducting studies, both for public bodies and for private companies and social agents, oriented to the field of training, employment and social development. The area promotes the design and application of research methodologies and tools 2.0, which channel the possibilities of collaboration and analysis provided by new information and communication technologies. At the local and national level, he has developed prospective projects on labor market trends, as well as tools related to the detection of training needs and career guidance.

3. e-learning consulting FORTEC analyzes the needs of the organizations to which it advises, providing the solutions and tools that allow optimum knowledge management and accompanying throughout the process of implementation and development of a quality training system. At the local and national level has developed prospective projects on labor market trends, as well as tools related to training for the detection of training needs FORTEC is Q-FOR certificated organization, certification of specific European quality training institutions.