Køge Business College

Køge Business College (Køge Handelsskole in Danish) is a major regional educational Institution. In close collaboration with businesses and organisations, we develop educations, activities, projects etc. at all levels. We provide and distribute educations for all stages of lifelong learning on which the welfare of the society depends. Our focus is to provide knowledge and theory that our pupils, students and course participants can use in practice. Køge Business College (KBC) provides education and training to 1800 students, 500 of which are in VET department. KBC has a large number LLL-activities both school based and performed directly by both private businesses and public institution often as situated learning directly placed in the production. KBC has around 210 employees in the areas of teaching, administration and service. A rather big part of the staff has experience in transnational projects and programs because KBC as a merchant school emphasises that many students can gain from exchange programs with KBC’s foreign collaborating partners.

KBC has a high cultural diversity hosting students from different backgrounds and countries, so we value multiculturalism and tolerance. We are open to community, organising and participating in events involving different members, disseminating all activities and projects developed by our students. We want to guide our students towards a personal and professional harmonious development and in an active European citizenship and social inclusion. This partnership would bring a great contribution to prepare the necessary generations with open-minded mentality and with a better understanding of others cultures and other people’s needs and requirements. Key people of the project: Irina Grauengaard - Erasmus+ projects coordinator and teacher of English language, has excellent organizational and communication skills as well as much experience having led Comenius and Grundtvig projects. Starting as a coordinator of the SOCRATES programme project in 2002, she coordinated many Comenius and Grundtvig projects for 15 years in Lithuania.She is coordinator for two Erasmus+ projects (KA204/KA229) and she is a contact person in Denmark for “Europe for Citizens” programme “Strengthening a Europe of solidarity in times of migration”She coordinates the activities of our school, supporting the project team involved, assisting the communication and contributing the administrative team to accomplish the financial aspects requested by the projects.

Finn Arvid Olsson is the Head of political, strategic, economic planning and project and development division at Køge Business College. He is a specialist in working with quality assurance in the VET, evaluation, coaching and transcultural teaching. Finn Arvid has more than 25 years experience in transnational projects and relation building, in advice and management of educational institutions. He is MA in History and has been working in the Danish Ministry of Education.