“European Management Consultant – competency development programme” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“European Management Consultant –
competency development programme”

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The partners of the project European Management Consultant – Competency Development Program – have set themselves the goal: to improve the quality of management consultant’s education in Europe and to adjust consultant’s education to market needs through development, testing and implementation of management consultant education program.
The core outcome of the project is 15 days school program designed for management consultants. The steps that led to achieve this main goal was a research on educational offer in selected EU countries and in the US, a survey about business expectations towards managements consultants, and the definition of the competence framework. Additionally, the partners developed the web platform, with a Learning Management System and created a valuable content that is available on the platform (i.e. articles, video interviews with business representatives, questionnaire to assess management consultants competencies). The partners tested the school program during the 10 days pilot course (2×5 days) and improved the program as a result of a feedback from participants. Finally, the partners designed and delivered the Train the Trainer where representatives of participating organizations were trained how to deliver the school program.
The partners in the project were:
MATRIK Management Consultants and Trainers Association – the project leader. MATRIK’s members are trainers and management consultants. It is operating since 1998. The organization’s mission is professional development of trainers and management consultants.
CMC Denmark – a member of International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. It associates management consultants. The organisation cares for their professional development and certification.
BAMCO – a member of International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. It associates management consultants. The organisation cares for their professional development and certification.
InDialogue (till June 2017) – a company specialising in communicative and relational aspects of organisational and educational life.
The project contributed to establishment (planned for 2018) of 3 European Management Consultants’ Schools – in Poland, Bulgaria and Denmark offering vocational education programme adapted to consultant’s competency standards.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 234984,49 Eur

Project Coordinator

STOWARZYSZENIE KONSULTANTOW I TRENEROW ZARZADZANIA MATRIK & Country: PL

Project Partners

• In Dialogue Netherlands
• Bulgarian Association of Management Consulting Organizations (BAMCO)
• CMC Denmark Fond