At iLearning Forum Paris 2009 last week the coveted European “iLearning Award” was presented to Jelena Godjevac, CEO of the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute
iLearning Forum ltd and EIfEL, the European Association of eLearning Professionals, have awarded the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute the top prize for their eLearning project in aid of entrepreneurs in developing countries. The Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute (MEA-I) initiative uses accessible information technologies to provide equal opportunity and access to learning, qualifications and social integration. Project submissions from Crossknowledge, Tata Interactive and Giunti Labs were also appreciated by the jury.
The Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute (MEA-I) is a non-profit international organization dedicated to providing training to micro-enterprise around the world. The main aim is to accelerate the economic development of companies with less than 10 employees. Mainly funded by Hewlett-Packard, MEA-I trains over 20,000 micro-entrepreneurs in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific every year.
MEA-I delivers tailored training solutions, adapted to local conditions, in over 30 countries, often in partnership with local aid agencies, with the aim of creating jobs and business success. The training package consists of an open learning center equipped by Hewlett-Packard, curricula of traditional classroom training, PC courses and an eLearning platform providing learners with serious games, videos, pod casts that blend into their learning programme via www.knowledge-city.net
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