Obelisk has 38 employees and works together with a group of 10 independent consultants. Main areas of activities: Obelisk is an organisation that provides multiple trainings which include management- and communication skills. We also support and advice individuals, teams and organizations through different kind of changes (consultancy and training). We also take care of the entire administrative staff, and even have the possibility to host such trainings (or other events like a party) in one of the several accommodations available on the site. We are a profit organisation and our target groups are organisations, employers, employees and job seekers.
All our interventions are based on four main principles:
1. Experiential learning/ Learning by doing
2. Working on a base of strengths and on things that go well (Appreciative Inquiry)
3. Proces-oriënted approach: working together with the client and not necessarily use the expert model
4. Taking things by heart rather than just memorising
5. Self-determinism
We work for different organizations: government institutions, banks, universities, SME’s, industrial and chemic sector.

CTCP is a private, non-profit RESEARCH INSTITUTE and TRAINING CENTRE, founded in 1986, with more than 500 members, employs 72 technicians, engineers and senior specialists and trainers, and works with approximately 60 external consultants/trainers in a regular basis. CTCP’s facilities are placed in the North of Portugal, near Porto, in S. João da Madeira (headquarters) and in Felgueiras, the two main industrial areas of Footwear in Portugal.
CTCP aims at supporting all companies of Footwear, Components and Leather Goods cluster in a total of 1900 SMEs at all fronts, from training to consultancy, on products technology innovation to sustainability.
The most relevant CTCP’s activities are: Quality Control Accredited Laboratory, Consultancy, Training, Marketing and Promotion, Research and Development, Health & Safety, Environment, Communication and Business Intelligence, Studies and comparative Research, Design and Prototyping (Shoe FAB-LAB) and Entrepreneurship support. In the field of training/employment CTCP offers vocational and non-vocational training through classical training, work-based learning, training-action, e-learning, among other models and services. 

EDIT VALUE is a brand owned by a business group created, in 2005, by four business consultants graduated in University of Minho. Multidisciplinary and carrying a great potential, set in a conceptual structure that explores synergies of management knowledge in parallel with the scientific field, our organisation is focussed in Business Consulting namely in Strategical Management, Financial Management and Human Resources Management. SME are our main target and in this sense EDIT VALUE aims to contribute for the business success of its clients, by reducing or eliminating wastefulness, and contribute for the improvement of its performance. Our main goal is to add value to our customers, providing the necessary support to the critical areas of their business activity.
EDIT VALUE have facilities in Braga, in Oporto and in Guimarães. EDIT VALUE is also certified by DGERT to provide formal training activities. Furthermore has also a wide experience in designing and coordinating R&D projects, ESG strategies and piloting innovative solutions.

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