First contracts closed with SMEs

First interviews conducted – New heads in Team

After the successful kick-off 9 to 11 February 2015, the international partners from France, Sweden and Germany were able to bring their expectations swops to a common denominator, the EU project is entering a new phase: the implementation of the interviews with the executives of the participating small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

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Furthermore: Personal With Cornelia F. Kramer and Axel Möbius changes in swops. Just the Rationalisation and Innovation Centre Berlin (RKW GmbH) started with the surveys of managers in three small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The signing of the consultancy contracts has traditionally been accomplished with workaholic Personaldienste (workoholic24.com), MAYER Sewer cleaning GmbH (www.kanaldienstleister.eu) and the Albrecht + Neiss GmbH (albrechtneiss.servicebund.de).

Each carried out in the three business interviews found according to Dr. Thomas Rau, Managing Director of RKW GmbH, held in an open-minded and productive atmosphere. The French partner, the Centre Européen de Ressources de Groupement d’Employeurs (CERGE, de.cerge.eu) and the Centre de Ressources de Groupement d’Employeurs (CRGE, www.crge.com) have just signed a contract with an employer merger ( AGZ) signed; Contracts with other SMEs are imminent. The first contract was carried out with adequate, a AGZ based in Niort in the French region of Poitou-Charentes (www.adequatdeuxsevres.com).

The 200 craft enterprises share 81 workers and function structurally as an SME. This employer merger there is both an equality plan and a training program that focuses particularly on women in male-dominated professions. In Germany one is a fourth practice partner in conversation. The Swedish partners are still in the selection process with a view to potentially participating SMEs. Unlike in France and Germany in Sweden, the response was to the SME acquisition so positive that we will now have to make a selection from the large number of interested SMEs. While the German team focused in recent weeks on the search for sponsors, will begin in the course of April, the resumption of the implementation of the online presence.

Moreover, there are personnel changes at swops: After Angela Schneider-Bodien has left the project on 31.03.2015, it was necessary, carefully re-schedule the team composition and the distribution of responsibilities and structure. Cornelia F. Chandler took over the content of project management 1 April 2015, after a unanimous membership vote.

Following a tender and several discussions with potential candidates we are looking forward beyond that, to be able to welcome Axel Moebius as a new colleague in our midst. Axel Möbius comes from the film industry and brings as a production manager and producer longstanding experience in the execution and settlement of EU and other funded projects. Since April 1, 2015 Mr. Mobius is responsible for the swops financial management. For more information visit www.swops.eu