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AKMI ANONIMI EKPAIDEFTIKI ETAIRIA was founded back in 1989 and is one of the leading Vocational Training Institutes in Greece providing post-secondary education (ISCED 4). With more than 37.500 m2 of infrastructure in various cities in Greece, including one of the most highly profiled Campuses in the Country.
With 13,000+ students in:
- Athens,
- Piraeus,
- Thessaloniki,
- Crete
- Larissa
AKMI S.A. represents almost 55% of total Private VET sector in Greece, where annualy approx. 5000 students are enrolled with the aim to study one the 96 specialties offered.
AKMI SA, after more than 40 years of experience and continuous innovation, is the leading educational force in the field of Health professions, with recognition of the Ministry of Education. Innovative in all aspects of health education, the AKMI SA offers innovative European courses in the most dynamically developing specialties, with possibility of parallel acquisition of International certifications, monitoring classes by renowned professionals in the field, and providing training and internships to the biggest health institutions and hospitals.
IEK AKMI participates dynamically in the upgraded education of health professions offering unique programs of specialization in the field. It offers effective education and training and offers a constant professional choice to those who want to work in the health sector, a sector sensitive and demanding by offering them a stable professional choice with a secure future.
AKMI SA is the first educational institution of all levels, which implements the innovative use of simulators in training. That is why AKMI won the "Award for Innovation in Education" by the International PRAXIS MMT carrier.
NewPost is going to provide a new approach towards the needed skills which are necessary for the postal sector, a vibrant economic sector in Europe. Postal Sector plays a fundamental role in businesses and EU citizens alike, with a major contribution to the economy, almost 1% of EU’s GDP.
In 2014, geographical and institutional existing barriers in the postal sector among EU countries worsen the e-commerce and parcel delivery, making postal services inefficient. Skills shortages and mismatches of employees constitute a major issue. These shortages maintain the poor performances and new skills are vital for the postal employees, current and future.
For this reason we are going to provide a new, modern JOINT VET Curricula for the Posta Sector with a strong WBL program to support the prosperous development of the sector, by adjusting skills and qualifications of sector workforce to the new trends, aiming to tackle identified skills gaps and shortages and to meet the demand for new IT skills within the sector.
The target groups
- End users: Current and future potential employees in the postal sector
- Stakeholders: Post Offices, Postal Institutions, enterprises on e-commerce sector and associated partners
The impact envisaged
The impact envisaged will be the following:
- Postal Geographical and Institutional Barriers that prevent boost of e-commerce in EU countries are going to be tackled.
- EU commerce is going to re-gain competitive advantage due to a better and faster delivery of –orders
- IT and soft Skills among Postal Sector Employees are going to be harmonized and homogenized, through a joint curricullum providing an efficient cooperation environment among post Institutions at a transnational level, enhancing mobility of mobility of workers