13 of NEWTT’s 15 partners are spread across the 5 countries where the pilot is taking place: Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Romania and the Basque Country. The remaining 2 partners are the Evaluation team which comes from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and Teach For All, a non-profit organization that manages a network of partner organizations who work to bring access to an excellent education to all children in 40 countries worldwide.
Learn more about our partners below!
The Federation of Austrian Industries, currently comprising about 4,200 members, is a voluntary body representing the interests of Austrian industry. The organization is run by office-holders serving on a voluntary basis as well as staff in paid employment. Besides the nine independent Regional Groups, the Federal organisation and an office in Brussels provide a broad range of services for the... Read more
Teach For Austria’s vision is for all kids, irrespective of their socio-economic background, to have access to an excellent education and to be able to shape their own and Austria’s future. Teach For Austria aims to reduce disadvantage in the Austrian education system, which, according to OECD PISA results, is one of the most unequal. The model of Teach For Austria is to recruit excellent and... Read more
With over 400 members of staff, the Vienna Board of Education is a public authority and the official institution responsible for the education and schooling of all pupils aged between 6 and 19 living in the Federal Province of Vienna, the capital of Austria. On one hand the Vienna Board of Education reports to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and on the other hand to the Government... Read more
The Ministry of Education and Science is the central public authority responsible for the planning, management, execution, and control of state activities at the kindergarten, school, and university level in Bulgaria. Furthermore, it takes full accountability of applying the current education law and all underlying legal acts that describe the implementation of education policies in the system... Read more
Plovdiv University is one of the leading teacher training and certification universities in Bulgaria, with its pedagogical department founded in 1984. The improvement of teachers’ qualifications and their professional skills has been a main focus in the last years. Therefore, Plovdiv University’s pedagogical department applied for and was awarded a grant from the America for... Read more
*Teach for Bulgaria is the lead partner in this project.
Teach For Bulgaria is a leading non-profit organization in education, voted for NGO of the Year in 2014 at the annual business awards of Forbes Bulgaria. It was founded and receives generous support by the America for Bulgaria Foundation, an... Read more
Iespejama misija (Mission Possible) is a nation-wide initiative founded to strengthen the value of education in Latvia by helping talented university graduates to become inspiring teachers and future leaders. Iespejama misija’s mission is to provide high-quality education to all children in Latvia, developing their skills and motivation to learn throughout their lives. Iespejama misija aims to... Read more
The Ministry of Education and Science is the central public authority responsible for planning, management, execution and control of education, science, sports, youth and state language policies in Latvia. It aims to foster a highly innovative, wealthy and integrated society in which everyone has equal opportunities for development. Among other responsibilities, the Ministry is responsible for... Read more
The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research is the central public authority responsible for the planning, management, execution, and control of state activities at the kindergarten, school, and university level in Romania. Furthermore, it takes full accountability of applying the current education law and all underlying legal acts that describe the implementation of education policies... Read more
Founded in 2013, Teach For Romania is the fastest-growing non-profit organization in education in Romania. Teach For Romania’s vision is to create life options for all children in Romania by providing them access to a high-quality education. The organization hopes to accomplish this by recruiting the nation’s most promising young university graduates, training them to become inspirational... Read more
University of Bucharest (UB) is one the leading higher education institutions in Romania and South-East Europe, actively contributing through research and teaching to the development and use of knowledge. The University of Bucharest offers numerous accredited and authorized study programs, from Bachelor degrees to PhD programmes, as well as life-long learning programmes and Erasmus programmes... Read more
The Department of Education, Linguistic Policy and Culture of the Basque Government (Consejería de Educación, Política Lingüística y Cultura Euskadi) is the public authority in charge of education, both non-university and university, as well as research. The Department combines the regulation of public and private education, directs the normalization in the use of Euskera language and is... Read more
Empieza por Educar was founded in 2010 to help eliminate school failure and educational inequalities in our country. Our mission is to build a movement of change agents that - in collaboration with others - contribute in helping all children, starting with the most vulnerable, have meaningful lives through education. To achieve our mission we attract the best university graduates and select... Read more