Who we are

The Advisory Council for School and Economy of “Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße e. V.” is the supporting organisation of EuCoCo.  

Members of this Advisory Council are Metro Group, Rewe Group, ver.di and the Lindenstraße vocational college in Cologne.  

Aims and benefits for companies and educational institutions:

• the possibility to distinguish oneself by the large offer of supplementary qualifications in technical and foreign language aspects
• Availability of descriptive teaching media and material
• Individualization of learning processes
• Protection of trans-European quality standards about skills in trading
• the transformation of authorized qualification modules for the job preparation
• Support 
• with the on-site training of your trainees and junior employees.
• regarding to your responsible task as a trainer by providing descriptive teaching media and material.
• with the integration of lateral entrants and returners.
• of the employer concerning the assessment of competencies of applicants with EuCoCo-Certificate

All educational institutions, vocational colleges or schools, organizations, chambers and even single companies can propose a motion for the establishment of a certification authority at the advisory board for School and Economy at the vocational college “Berufskolleg an der Lindenstraße Köln e.V”.

Please extract the requirements and the process for this from the accreditation order (PDF). 

General Aims and benefits: 

• a standardized, European basis qualification for commerce

• a skills oriented certification system

• individual and multimedia-based learning programmes

• career prospects in commerce

• an additional proof of recognized competences in commerce

• promotion of mobility

• commerce-oriented foreign language competences

• preparation for the IHK exam