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www.syntrawest.be • 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 • www.syntrawest.be

SYNTRA West

SYNTRA Midden-Vlaanderen

SYNTRA Antwerpenen Vlaams-Brabant

SYNTRA Brussel

SYNTRA Limburg


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


Objective

Improve entrepreneurship in SMEs:

“Train towards more and better entrepreneurship”


Target groups

1) Individuals

2) Professionals

3) Companies

4) Social and non-profit – Public authorities


Types of training

1) Apprenticeship- 15-18 years- 1 day/week - on-the-job training- 45 professions


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- 200 professions


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


Types of training

3) Open offer - short courses - Management trainings

- IT trainings

- Technical trainings

- Language courses, specific purpose


Types of training

4) Closed trainings - For SME-employees/employers

- Tailor-made courses

- Standard trainings


• Contemporary Flemish Wine Institute

• Management School

• Syntra Consult

• Informatics

• Escala


further training

entrepreneurialtraining

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Extra services

- Competence Management

- Search for additional funding

- Screenings


Figures

• Course members- Long term training: 15 000 enrolments- Short term training: 43 000 enrolments

• Apprenticeship: 1 000 contracts

• Tailor made trainings: 1 000 contracts


Figures

• 2500 trainers

• 250 staff members

• 60,000 participants each year

• Private organisation – not-for-profit organisation


Figures

Turnover € 28 million

• Flemish government → 54 % • Province West-Flanders → 7 %

• European funds → 4 %

• Participants → 35 %

Total 100 %


Economic results

• At the beginning of the course

– Self - employed : 28%

– Employee : 62%

– Unemployed or without social status : 10%


Economic results

• 5 years later

– Self – employed: 50 %

– Employee : 47 %

– Unemployed or without social status : 3 %


Multiplicator effects

Additional work opportunities:

One self-employed person creates on

average 1,7 jobs


Economic results

Continuity

5 years after launching their business,

94% of the companies are still operational


Project Office

• Aim: to improve entrepreneurship in SME’s (national + international)

• Method: alternative financial resources

• R & D department


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, …


Contact

Esther VandenbergheProject assistantSpoorwegstraat 488200 BruggeTel: +32 50 40 30 84Fax: +32 50 70 28 [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.syntrawest.be/

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