VFA

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VFA Valter Fissamber and Associates Ltd

• Development Consultants

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Fields of activity

• European policy issues
• Financing instruments
• Strategic Planning
• Project management
• Evaluation
• NGO development

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Fourteen years experience

• in the provision of consultancy services to
• European Commision
• the Greek government
• NGOs
• private enterprises
• Participation in transnational consultancy teams
  and project based networks

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Main areas of expertise
Vocational education and training
Labour market issues social inclusion policies
Regional / local development
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Examples of consultancy services

• Evaluation of the post-secondary technical
  education programmes, Greek Ministry of Education
  (2007)
• Ex ante evaluation of the Greek Operational
  Programme for Employment and Social Inclusion
  (2000 2007)
• On going evaluation of the Greek Operational
  Programme for Employment and Vocational Training
  (1996 2001)
• Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
  implemented in Greece (Ministry of Employment and
  Social Protection, 2002)

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Project based experience (some examples)

• Management of Diversity development of a
  European training pack (2005-2007)
• Development of job creation potential in the
  third sector (NGOs) (Art 6 ESF - Project ODISSEIA
  2003 2005)
• Estimation and Mapping of Employment Relocation
  in a Global Economy in the New Communications
  Environment (IST project 2002-2004)

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Our tasks in the KWELE project

• Participation in all WPs
• Adaptation of know-how and development of a
  country-specific training concept for
• Gender-training for trainers
• providing disadvantaged women with Office
  Management skills and competences