erkend door de Vlaamse regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Training center for small and medium-sized companies CEDEFOP, 21/10/2009
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd SYNTRA West SYNTRA Midden- Vlaanderen SYNTRA Antwerpen en Vlaams- Brabant SYNTRA Brussel SYNTRA Limburg
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Structure Network of 22 training centres in Flanders In 2002: 5 centres with provincial structure New name: Syntra Province of West-Flanders: Syntra West ISO-certified
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Objective Improve entrepreneurship in SMEs: “Train towards more and better entrepreneurship”
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Target groups 1)Individuals 2)Professionals 3)Companies 4)Social and non-profit – Public authorities
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Types of training 1) Apprenticeship years - 1 day/week - on-the-job training - 45 professions
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Types of training 2) Open offer - certified long-term courses - For people who want to become self- employed - 2 evenings/week 1 evening management training 1 evening professional training professions
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Types of training 3) Open offer - short courses - Certified / not certified - Short term training - For people already having a job or being self-employed - 4 different subjects
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Types of training 3) Open offer - short courses - Management trainings - IT trainings - Technical trainings - Language courses, specific purpose
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Types of training 4) Closed trainings - For SME-employees/employers - Tailor-made courses - Standard trainings
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Contemporary Flemish Wine Institute Management School Syntra Consult Informatics Escala
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd further training entrepreneurial training apprenticeship LIFE LONG LEARNING PHILOSOPHY
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Extra services -Competence Management -Search for additional funding -Screenings
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Figures Course members - Long term training: enrolments - Short term training: enrolments Apprenticeship: contracts Tailor made trainings: contracts
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Figures 2500 trainers 250 staff members 60,000 participants each year Private organisation – not-for-profit organisation
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Figures Turnover € 28 million Flemish government → 54 % Province West-Flanders → 7 % European funds → 4 % Participants → 35 % Total 100 %
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Economic results At the beginning of the course –Self - employed : 28% –Employee : 62% –Unemployed or without social status : 10%
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Economic results 5 years later –Self – employed: 50 % –Employee : 47 % –Unemployed or without social status : 3 %
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Multiplicator effects Additional work opportunities: One self-employed person creates on average 1,7 jobs
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Economic results Continuity 5 years after launching their business, 94% of the companies are still operational
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Project Office Aim: to improve entrepreneurship in SME’s (national + international) Method: alternative financial resources R & D department
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Project types 1) Transfer of knowledge, know-how, expertise and experience with regard to professional training for the individual, the professions and the companies 2) High level of innovation:content, methodology, tools, …
Syntra West vzw Erkend door de Vlaamse Regering ISO 9001:2000 gecertificeerd Contact Esther Vandenberghe Project assistant Spoorwegstraat Brugge Tel: Fax: