1. Tell us more about your organisation
IDEC is a training and consulting company located in Piraeus, Greece, established in 1989.
Its activities include training, management consulting, quality assurance, evaluation and development of digital solutions for private and public sectors. IDEC clients are SMEs and the bigger Greek companies from a wide variety of industries. IDEC co-operates with more than 800 institutes all over Europe and with about 300 experts in specific fields.
Our company has been active for the last 25 years in EU projects. Through its double role, both as an educational provider and as a management consulting company, IDEC has been able to also incorporate best practices from the business sector into education by adjusting them to the spirit of open and sustainable and accessible education for all.
2. What inspired you to create your organisation?
IDEC was founded as a response to the evolving market needs to assist companies in keeping up with the current trends and challenges.
Our founders understood and appreciated lifelong education and the impact it makes on professional and personal life, as well as its interconnection with entrepreneurship. Continuous education and learning represent our mandate, and we firmly believe that can ameliorate society.
3. What is your field of expertise?
Our organisation has consulting experience developing Quality Management systems in Greek training centres. It has been accredited as a lifelong learning centre, organising in-service training courses for teachers and trainers, study visits and informal learning activities for students in initial education and training. It provides training courses and work placements for students in vocational training and people in the labour market.
Throughout the years, we have implemented more than 100 projects, with strong participation in projects related to sustainability and protection of the environment, culture and training delivery for the up/re-skilling of organisations, as well as projects that aim at minimising social injustices.
4. What is your organization's impact on society?
Through its activities, IDEC constantly promotes social inclusion and is mainly active in intercultural dialogue and entrepreneurship.
Since 2019 IDEC has been working on building networks and partnerships of VET providers and the world of work at regional, national and European levels. IDEC also implements as a partner and subcontractor projects in Policy Recommendations and the Greek National Reform of the VET system.
Moreover, our organisation was also part of a Development Project funded under the National Structural Funds for local employment plans and was responsible for counselling and assistance in developing 100 business plans for the creation of new businesses for unemployed youths of Piraeus.
5. What is something your organisation achieved that you are proud of?
In IDEC, we are very proud of our people, the members of the team that turn ideas into reality.
Our team comprises people with different cultural backgrounds, covering a broad area of professional expertise and capable of performing high-quality research capacity to access, validate, analyse and synthesise data at national and European levels. It is exactly this dedicated team that led us to collaborate successfully with organisations all over Europe and help us go beyond the EU to Central and Southeast Asia.
6. What are some of your most important collaborations on EU Projects?
In its 29 years of operation, IDEC has worked with a large number of experts and has offered a variety of quality services to a range of private businesses as well as to organisations such as:
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Employers' Associations like the Panhellenic Association of Knitwear Industry, Association of Greek Trade Associations, Knitwear Manufacturers Association, and Piraeus Metal Manufacturers Association.
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Labour unions such as the Federation of Industrial Workers Unions, the Master and Mates Union of Greek Merchant Marine, the Merchant Marine Corps Association, Labor Centers
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Cooperatives such as PASEGES, the Hellenic Installers' Association.
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Public, the wider public and social sectors such as the National Labor Institute, the Economic Chamber of Greece, EOMMEX, universities, hospitals, development companies and non-governmental organisations.
Moreover, we have collaborated closely with universities in several countries of Central and Southeast Asia as well as with Greece's Ministry of Education.
7. What kinds of projects do you want to work on?
In IDEC, we are interested in working on projects that focus on lifelong learning, adult education and vocational education, the inclusion of vulnerable social groups, the environment and entrepreneurship.
Since we also specialise in management consulting and training, we are also very interested in participating in projects that aim to increase productivity in specific jobs as well as to improve the work environment within the business using monitoring tools and methodologies we have developed throughout the years.
8. What is it that you are looking for in an EU partner?
In IDEC, when we explore possible partnerships, we seek expertise on the topics we aim to address, commitment, professionalism and trust.
You can find IDEC in our partners directory.
To discuss collaborations or form partnerships, communicate with them directly through our EUcalls integrated messaging application.
