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   Techin Sp. z o.o. - Poland

Role: Coordinator

TECHIN is a Polish company located within Warsaw Technology Park engaged in promoting technology innovation to companies and other organisations, and stimulating their participation in National and European research projects. TECHIN participated in the 6th Framework Programme, realizing projects which include training public administration bodies (TRANSFER EAST), conducting analysis of clusters’ influence on SMEs performance, especially their ability to innovate and to enter new markets (EFFORT); now it is a WP leader in the GENESYS project (FP7), a project targeting highly-innovative SMEs and private research companies to forge their collaboration with other stakeholders and improve their access to access finance tools. TECHIN has also supported the Polish Ministry of Development by offering specialised training services on structural funds and organised trainings for the personnel of the Municipality of Warsaw, the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development and Polish Academy for Sciences.

   University of Sannio - Italy

Role: Core Partner

The University of Sannio has many laboratories offering the possibility to carry out studies in simulation or on real components. This could give further help in the development of the project. The researchers of the University of the Sannio, from different years, in hold collaboration with other Italian and foreigners Universities, is busy in important research projects in the sector of the information engineering, particularly in the development of newmethodologies for the experimental didactics from remote. The University of the Sannio participates, besides, to a research project on the international didactics in the sector of the numerical instrumentation of measure, joined among the University of Kosice (Slovak Republic) and the University of Calabria, with the purpose to favor the birth of profitable collaborations with foreign Universities.

   Dida Network s.r.l. - Italy

Role: Core Partner

Italian traning, research and consultancy company, Dida Network is renowned for the high level of competence acquired in the fields of strategic development, methodology and technology for training. Dida has a deep experience in designing and managing complex training and communication projects, also mediated by technologies. The training approach considers both individual learning needs and those of the organisation in which the individual works. A multidisciplinary team of highly qualified professionals and a specialized group dedicated to R&D guarantees each aspect of a project and assures the ongoing and constant improvement of method, solutions, programs. We are actively engaged in training and consultancy activities as well as in research programmes related to eFESTO, both on the target side (within the company BNL) and on the remote Lab one (LdV project INTRANET) and, finally, to the multichannel distance learning systems and special pedagogy.

   TIME Foundation - Bulgaria

Role: Core Partner

Established in 1994, TIME Foundation works to promote sustainable development, efficient management and usage of natural resources by means of coordinating the efforts of all public sectors and fostering democratic decision-making. The scope of work includes dissemination of information and know-how, including launching various campaigns on environmental issues; environmental and Education for Sustainable Development; policy review, analysis and development; development, organizing and carrying out training sessions; establishment of partnership and networking mechanisms; supporting community initiatives based on the sustainable usage of the natural resources; fundraising.

   Istituto Canossiano Scuola di Audiofonetica - Italy

Role: Core Partner

The school hosts and educates 388 pupils from the pre-nursery to secondary school (2-13 years old), among them there are 56 deaf  who spend most of their time in class with their school mates, but who get also special education.
Deaf are in fact supported by psychologists, speech therapists, audiologists and well trained teachers.
Deaf learn to speak and to use sign language (LIS) through dedicated methods and technologies.

   Polski Zwiazek Gluchych - Poland

Role: Core Partner

The Association's mission is to associate, integrate and rehabilitate deaf and hearing-impaired people, to jointly solve problems and act for equal developmental, educational, occupational and social opportunities. It is a voluntary, self-governing association which operettas on the basis of voluntary work of its members. In pursuing their statutory goals, the Association co-operates with government and local administration, research and scientific institutions, agencies of health, education, culture, tourism ministries, with associations, foundations and institutes supporting its activities. The Association is active on the whole territory of Poland providing care and help to about 100,000 members and charges, and pursuant to its statutory goals it shall ensure diagnosis and therapy of hearing and speech as well as intellectual and psychical development opportunities to children, young people and adults with hearing impairment.

   Corvinno Technology Transfer Center Non Profit Ltd - Hungary

Role: Core Partner

Corvinno Technology Transfer Center Nonprofit Public Ltd. is a spin off company born at the Corvinus University of Budapest. Corvinno team has demonstrated its aptitude and efficiency in leading organizations from the public and the private sector. The main research areas are:
Mobile education and learning is one of the most promising application domains of wireless communication. It is at the same time one of the areas where Corvinno has expertise proven in several European Union supported Leonardo da Vinci projects.
Ontology development: In order to model the knowledge content of a specific domain, ontologies are developed. Ontologies can be used in countless areas: education, business informatics and wireless communications. Corvinno’s core competencies include ontology development.
Knowledge-based system development: These systems are used for storing knowledge related to a specific domain, for automating specific processes, and for supporting problem solving and decision making.

   Magyar Hallasserultek Sportszovetsege - Hungary

Role: Core Partner

The sport federation is the highest level national organization operating in the fields of sport of the deaf people living with an invisible disability. The aim of the federation is to collect leisure and competitive sport organizations that deals with deaf athletes, to ensure the participative opportunity of the members in the national and international sporting life, to organize competitions, to found and coordinate the condition system of the sport activities, to organize national championships, to make sure the preparation on the basis of the evaluation of the results of the national championships for the European- and world championships as well as for the events of the summer/winter deaflympics, that are organized by the International Sport Associations of the Deaf (ICSD, ICSC and EDSO) and run by the principles formulated by the Congress in Zagreb in July of 2007. In this manner in generality the federation helps the social integrity of the people living with a disability.