Who believes in us

Organizations are made of people, and many times, the meetings among these people bring much more than anyone could expect. That’s how it was for us when we met Bernhard Gut, Erika Geser-Engleitner, and their colleagues from
FH Vorarlberg – University of Applied Sciences and the Social Work Department of the
Center for Science and Continuing Education Schloss Hofen.

We were impressed by their interest and opening, their desire to generously offer, their capacity to say what is valuable and positive, their professionalism and fidelity in time for a relationship that grew with every year and that valorized the professionalism of the specialists in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, helping them to develop from the professional point of view. More than 25 trainers from CONCORDIA Academia benefited from professional development opportunities offered together with our partners from FH Vorarlberg – University of Applied Sciences and Kardinal König Haus as part of the Train-the-Trainers programs.

We thank Bernhard Gut, Erika Geser-Engleitner and FH Vorarlberg – University of Applied Sciences for everything that you taught us and for the company that you keep offering us on this journey.

Another meeting that marked the history of CONCORDIA Academia was that with Akademie für Sozialmanagement (ASOM) and Kardinal Konig Haus (KKH)

It was like meeting someone and thinking, “That’s who I want to be when I grow up.” From the first meeting we were impressed by the level of quality and training philosophy that ASOM promotes, the attention paid to details and the intention behind every comma and every full stop in everything that they do. The generosity and openness of our colleagues from ASOM allowed us to develop one of the best training programs for social sector managers at the regional level — both in terms of content and of the training methods we became familiar with during the trainer development courses.

Thank you ASOM (Karin Krischanitz, Georg Nuhsbaumer, Johannes Jurka) for the courage to start together on this path and the continuous challenges.

The circumstances that sometimes surprise us and turn upside down even the best prepared plans were at the basis of the meetings with Bogdan Cuc and the Romanian Supervisors Association. The desire to develop and implement functional supervision services to support professionals in the social field was the foundation of a partnership that turned CONCORDIA Academia into one of the few accredited training providers in this area.

Thank you, Bogdan Cuc and the Romanian Supervisors Association for your opening and cooperation, professionalism and courage to accept new challenges.

Cu colegii de la Federația Organizațiilor Neguvernamentale pentru Servicii Sociale – FONSS ne cunoaștem de mult timp și i-am apreciat întotdeauna pentru interesul sincer și dedicarea cu care lucrează pentru dezvoltarea sistemului social și a organizațiilor din domeniu. We wanted to be able to do things together and every time we had the opportunity we cooperated successfully. They are, for us, those neighbors you know you can always count on — the ones who never leave you in difficult times, and for whom you would do the same.

Thank you, Diana Chiriacescu and FONSS, for your courage and constant drive to become better — it strengthens our motivation and confidence that together we can make things better, day by day.

So, whoever you are, reading these lines — thank you for your curiosity to get to know us and to understand who we are. And if you wish, we can even meet someday, because it’s possible that, in time, your name or your organization’s name will be among those who Believe in us.