Solco was founded in 1989 and was one of the first employment agencies recognized by the Italian Ministry of Labour for recruitment, selection and outplacement activities.

Since 2000 we have expanded our range of services with professional training, specialized training and technical assistance.

In 2018, together with 6 other companies, we created the Consortium, a wide ecosystem of services, with a high level of expertise in the field of Knowledge.

We currently work on training, consulting and labour market services. Our goal is to bridge the skills gap outlined by our client companies and, at the same time, help people find the most appropriate job for their talent. In the development of support activities for companies, SOLCO promotes a so-called shared approach to change, based on the analysis of the innovation to be introduced, the necessary training to be planned and the personal skills to be developed.

We achieve these goals through innovative methods and tools, which we have developed over the years.

Our subsidiaries:

- ONLY FOR COMPANIES - We offer human resources development services, training and e-learning, evaluation, skills needs analysis, selection and outplacement.

- SERVICES FOR THE WORK MARKET - Recruitment and selection, placement, job-related funds, training for the unemployed, compulsory placement, extracurricular internships.

- SOLCO PER PA - We collaborate with PA (Public Administration) on technical assistance, European projects, labour market policies, specific training, gender policies and equal opportunities.

The research group of experimental pedagogy has been working for more than ten years now on fight against early school leaving, effects of reading aloud training, active and competence-based teaching, school evaluation and empowerment of students through numerous experiments on the field with scientific methodological approaches. Numerous international collaborations, including for example Erasmus+ "Schola" and "EducOpera" projects. Numerous publications in prestigious national and international journals on research topics.

The fields of expertise of the members of the research group range from deep knowledge in the educational field, on the topics of didactics for competencies, narrative orientation, active teaching, student voice, always in a perspective of implementations of research in the field, with quasi-experimental designs where the results of the implemented activities are measured before and after, through standardized tests that measure the impact of these activities on the components of thelearning, but also on psychological and cognitive transversal components, as motivation, resilience, self-efficacy, but also purely cognitive functioning components such as theworking memory, attention etc.

Through these experimental implants the research groupimplements standardized methodologies of functional interventions, which are documented and supported by the scientific evidence and thus allow the dissemination and repetition of practices toa wide national and international audience.

The Institute for Research and Information on Volunteering (iriv) is a free private institution, not-for-profit, independent of public administrations and economic interests, with the aim to improve knowledge and practice within the non-profit sector on lifelong learning. Focused on volunteering between 1997 and 2003, it has enriched its field of research since 2003 with migration, and Diversity since 2005. iriv Conseil, a private consultancy body, was created  in 2000 among  IRIV in order to carry out study & research and to conduct training on both a national and European level- it has been focused on  lifelong learning with a series of projects under LLLP 2000-2006, LLP 2007-2013  and since 2014 the Erasmus + programme ; firstly on non-formal and informal learning (Volunteering), secondly on migration (since 2003) and thirdly on diversity (since 2005)- more than 50 projects since 1997. The results of the projects are available on: www.iriv-publications.net (articles, research reports, guides, training & mentoring, portfolios, iriv’s 5 publications).  Since 2004, iriv has published an electronic review, les rives de l’iriv (www.benevolat.net); from  2016 to 2018, twice a year, a newsletter is dedicated to Migration; since 2018 a Newsletter is published twice a year on  Diversity.  Since 2017, iriv has implemented a portal-  www.club-iriv.net to present its actions on the ground: among migrants at the Cité des Métiers (since 2012) and among youngsters in Massy (since 2013).  It has organized or co-organized several conferences since its creation both on national and European ; it has also participated to several European conferences such EAPRIL gathering researchers, teachers & trainers, practitioners in the field of Education in Europe and worldwide. -Further information on: www.iriv.net

Desincoop - Desenvolvimento Económico, Social e Cultural is a cooperative of service producers, formally created in May 2005, based in Guimarães, northern Portugal.The basic philosophy of this cooperative is the total adherence of its members and collaborators to cooperative principles, as well as ethical and civil behavior in the defense of human rights and sustainable development.

The cooperative was established primarily to meet the needs of a group of experienced people, but because of the age that has more difficulty in achieving a certain stability in the labor market.

Desincoop's main objective is to continuously improve the performance of its professionals to meet new challenges and new target audiences. The business purpose of its activity is to provide services in the economic, social and cultural fields. Its main activities are:

• Development of studies
• Processing of projects and requests for financial aid
• Training and professional orientation
• Support for the creation and management of proximity services and other cooperatives
• Civil, social or cultural interventions
• Image Consulting

The social profiles of the beneficiaries of Desincoop are women and young people, in particular disabled people and people belonging to ethnic minorities who are trying to find a first job and the long-term unemployed to return to work. The main objective of Desincoop is to ensure that people have long-term employment.

The Caritasverband für das Dekanat  Borken e.V. was founded in 1975 as a NGO association and  has actually about 1000 employees . Borken is a town and the capital of the district of the same name, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, near by the Dutch border. Over the past decades Caritas Borken gained qualified expertise and a huge range of experience in the fields of social work with migrants and psychological counseling as well as in national and international projects. Both services of Caritas Borken,  are involved in the CLASS project.

The department for Integration and Migration supports institutions by initiation, directing and accompanying of the integration processes.  The department is in cooperation and networking with migration relevant initiatives and organizations. Particularly noteworthy is the intercultural network Westmünsterland with about 20 organizations, including educational institutions that promote the target group of CLASS like Akademie Klausenhof.

The councelling center deals in general with clients who make use of social and counselling support when coping with external cooperation problems (e.g. social conflict, divorce, mobbing and so on) or internal cooperation skills (e.g. lack of trust into own skills, reduced self-esteem and so on). At Caritas Borken we follow a systemic approach and our staff is educated in a broad range of techniques.

Scientifico  ‘G. GALILEI’ is a Secondary School which specialises in scientific subjects - such as Maths, Physics, Science, Chemistry, Computer Science - along with  a wide Italian Language and literature, Latin, Philosophy, History, Arts, and Foreign Languages. With 1,600 students aged 13-19, 120 teachers, 30 administrative officers,  we are located in the heart of Pescara , a lively seaside city  in the centre of Italy.

Thanks to our long-standing tradition and culture of success, achievement & excellence in the academic, sporting, artistic & scientific arenas, we play a pivotal role  for school stakeholders in our area. The school is managed by the Headmaster, Carlo Cappello, supported by deputy headteachers and a staff of about 15 teachers in charge for different sectors including: school management, digital and media, students’ services, inclusion, school & work, university careers, teachers’ training. 

Our school  mission is being committed to offering our students a well-balanced education and develop critical thinking skills in order to enable them to interpret problems in everyday-life situations: ‘Education  in a caring environment conducive to learning and personal development’. Thus, volunteering plays a key role and we are committed in integrating these projects into mainstream syllabus especially in regards to Agenda 2030 and its sustainable goals. 

As a partner of C.L.A.S.S. Erasmus project we are in charge of Collaborating and Testing Intellectual Outputs.