This document provides an introduction to SYNERGY, an organization founded in 2009 that specializes in education. It has over 20 years of experience working with partners across Europe and Asia. SYNERGY aims to bring together the contacts and expertise of its constituent organizations, AkaTe Agricola-Institut GmbH and SBAB, to improve education programs. It offers lecture halls, computer labs, and expertise to support various education and training courses in topics such as protection, security, pedagogy, and language education. SYNERGY works with 23 international partners across Europe to provide a network for education programs.

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2. Content Welcome Introduction AkaTe Agricola-Institut GmbH References / Partners Persons in charge for the project 1 2 3 4 5

3. Welcome Bulgaria Czech Republic Germany Greece Italy Romania Spain Turkey 1 1

4. Introduction SYNERGY founded on 25.08.2009 Mr. Werner Junghardt Dr. Joachim Opitz 2 2

7. Synergy of IAB and SBAB - merge contacts “ The whole is more than the sum of his parts” - Aristoteles - bring ideas together - to improve work routines What AkaTe can offer - lecture rooms - PC cabinets with ready to use workstations … and a lot of know-how 3 3

8. a european network Saint Petersburg Sofia Berlin Chemnitz Dresden Leipzig 3 3

11. persons in charge for the project Dr. Joachim Opitz CEO of AkaTe Agricola-Institut GmbH Mr. Werner Junghardt Director of transnational relations he managed a lot of projects e.g. Leonardo, Sokrates, Grundtvig Mr. André Gorzel Student for business informatics technical and software-skilled in IT 4 4

12. References / Partner with whom we co-operate 5 5