Partners

The role of Tribal in the project is that of Project coordinator. Tribal's key role is:

• project management and coordination
• adaptation and customisation in preparation of the market testing/piloting
• active participation in the market testing phase
• development of the business plan working in close collaboration with the consortium partners and potential investors
• key partner in all other work packages led by other partners.

Role of BLOOM in the operation of Tribal

BLOOM fits into the key Tribal business strategies of expanding the business into Europe, gaining more of an insight and access into the needs of specific work sectors across Europe, especially in the areas of lifelong learning, basic skills and social inclusion. This eTEN project fits into Tribal overseas strategy, with a view to offering innovative e-learning and m-learning services, which are already successful in the UK, to the European market.

http://www.tribalgroup.co.uk/

Bango is a Partner in the project. Bango's key role is:

• contributing to the market needs analysis, business planning and dissemination work packages
• providing an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the mobile networks landscape in Europe and transferring this knowledge to the rest of the consortium
• to analyse and report on the current mobile service provider context the three partner member states, including their 'market readiness'
• identifying and approaching potential investors
• approaching the large European mobile network providers in order to disseminate BLOOM achievements across several mobile phone company networks in order to facilitate quicker and more effective service deployment of BLOOM.

Role of BLOOM in the operation of Bango

Bango's business is based on the commercialisation of mobile phone technology. The needs of a specific work sector (passenger transport and logistics) represent a new area for their business, in which they can consolidate and build on their experience of education and training. The project falls in line with their objectives of market-specific partnerships and of involvement in projects destined for deployment.

http://bango.com/

BEST is a Partner in the project. BEST-Training's key role is:

• lead the market testing/piloting - work package 4
• contribute to the research on customisation, linguistic and cultural adaptation
• participate in the dissemination work package, leading the dissemination in the Austrian-German markets, working closely with CWU, who is leading the dissemination work package
• deliver access to end users and employers in the passenger transport sector.

Role of BLOOM in the operation of BEST-Training

It has long been part of BEST-Training's business strategy to add value to their training delivery by offering alternative and innovative methods of learning, by using e-learning or m-learning methods as part of their blended learning approach. This will help them to recruit more trainees who are unable to attend training full time and in a fixed location. The flexibility and accessibility BLOOM offers is therefore an attractive business opportunity for BEST. BLOOM also offers BEST the chance to expand their business beyond Austria and Germany, where they are already well established.

www.best.at

CWU is a Partner in the project. CWU's key role is:

• lead partner of work package 6
• ensuring that the aims and objective of the dissemination plan are fully implemented
• piloting and evaluating the product with low-skilled employees working in the communications sector
• contributing to identifying and analysing the needs of learning providers and learning support agencies, employers and end users in the communications sector
• contributing to the development of a fully validated business plan for pan-European commercialisation.

Role of BLOOM in the operation of CWU

CWU is committed to improving the skills of its low-paid members. It has already taken part in a national ESF project aimed at using e-learning to improve the skills of its members. This experience informed the strategic decision to further invest in e- and m-learning as a means of improving the skills and hence the employment prospects of its members. BLOOM makes a timely and significant contribution to this strategic aim.

www.cwu.org          |          www.cwueducation.org

Role of BLOOM in the operation of Go Skills

A successful passenger transport sector is vital to economic and social wellbeing in the UK. Its importance in transporting people in order to meet the needs of the wider economy is immense. To achieve this, the workforce must be well trained and possess the relevant skills to meet the demands of a modern economy. As well as adapting to technological changes, there are higher standards in customer service to be met and more integrated operational arrangements with implications for skills - basic skills in particular - posing a huge challenge for Go Skills. Go Skills is committed to a challenging skills development agenda that will transform the industry from a low-skilled to a highly skilled workforce. BLOOM forms part of Go Skills' strategy to tackle the basic skills problem in the passenger transport sector.

Go Skills is a Partner in the project. Go Skills's key role is:

• as lead partner for market needs analysis - work package 2
• ensuring that the market needs of the passenger transport are accurately and extensively identified across the EU
• contribute to the customisation and linguistic, cultural and pedagogical adaptation - work package 3
• accessing and supporting passenger transport companies involvement in BLOOM
• ensuring that BLOOM is directly relevant and focused on the actual passenger transport sector training needs
• dissemination to employers in the passenger transport sector, support agencies and policy-makers.

www.goskills.org

BSH is a Partner in the project. BSH's key role is:

• market needs analysis related to the needs of German passenger transport companies (work package 2)
• customisation and adaptation of the product to meet the needs of its members
• contributing to the market needs analysis (work package 2)
• cross-linking with companies in the passenger transport industry with whom the product will be piloted (work package 4)
• dissemination and attracting investment through BSH's large number of clients and its connections with national and international passenger transport companies and associations.

Role of BLOOM in the operation of BSH

BSH is committed to serving the interests of its members in the logistics sector and to the related passenger transport sector. Working closely with IVT Institut fr angewandte Verkehrs- und Tourismusforschung e.V. (IVT) they are hoping to promote the adoption of state-of-the-art mobile technology for their own members so that they can increase the industry's capacity to train and develop its workers, and thus fulfil its core mission. BLOOM provides a wonderful opportunity for BSH to take advantage of the opportunity to develop and trial customised mobile learning and promote its deployment for the benefit of its members following the completion of the deployment phase of BLOOM.

www.speditionswissen.de

IVT is a Partner in the project. IVT's key role is:

• market needs analysis related to the needs of German passenger transport companies (work package 2)
• pilot testing in the German market (work package 4)
• market testing in the German market (work package 4)
• contribution to customisation and adaptation of the learning material
• development of new learning content for the German market
• contribution to the market needs analysis (work package 2)
• dissemination activities  

Role of BLOOM in the operation of IVT

IVT work closely with several companies on a number of projects in the fright transport/logistic and passenger transport sector. Using a variety of existing contacts IVT will be involved in the German market testing stage of the BLOOM project. Their main interest in the project lies with the introduction of the innovative way of upskilling workforce.

http://www.ivt-verkehrsforschung.de/