SMART IDEA
Slovenia
Smart Idea is a private enterprise established in 2017. The company is developing and implementing innovative methodologies and tools for education, as well as the digitalization of educational products and processes.
Our current services are:
- Development of new curriculum, tools, and methodologies for all stages of education – primary and secondary schools, universities, youths, and adults;
- Development of training for teachers, trainers, facilitators, and other pedagogy staff;
- Development and implementation of strategies for leadership in education, including digital leadership;
- Design and implementation of Online Learning Resources with intuitive user interface, as well as the development of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) courses;
- Training in entrepreneurship and coaching for young entrepreneurs; Implementing Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and creating supported software in QA;
- Preparing studies, researches, analyses, and expert assessments in education;
- Implementation of ISO standards in educational organizations.
In the last few years, Smart Idea specializes in introducing of new techniques of learning and management into schools and actively lectures in educational conferences (SIRIKT Slovenia, InfoCom Tech Slovenia, Future of education, Italy). Nevertheless, the company is young, still, people involved in the project has long years of experience in education, development of training courses and curricula, implementation of self-evaluation, programming of educational software, and managing large-scale projects in the education sector all across the Balkans (CARDS and IPA programs).
What are the activities and experiences of the organization in the areas relevant to this project? What are the skills and/or expertise of key, persons involved in this project?
In the field of training management and development of new curricula, Smart Idea has in the last five years counseled over 70 schools in Slovenia and changed their extracurricular training for teachers and students. The experience will be a massive benefit in this project. After the study, Smart Idea proposed changes to the planning of the Annual Working Plan and techniques for teaching improvement. Smart Idea was also the leader of one of the most prominent Slovenian projects in the field of curricula upgrade where one part of the project was counseling schools
(https://skupnost.sio.si/sio_arhiv/sirikt/www.sirikt.si/slo/prispevki/predstavitve/predstavitve_cetrtek/vodenje_e_kompetentnega_viz/8). In this project, we have developed techniques and different software for gathering data of the school, which give us a comparative advantage in this project and enable quicker development of tools needed for school analysis.
KEY PERSON
Igor Razbornik
Igor Razbornik, Msc., is the founder of Smart Idea and has 28 years of experience in designing, costing, and overseeing the implementation of large-scale education and management projects. Igor is also an expert in project management, development of workshops, project evaluation, analysis, and ESF finances. He concepts different state-wide Education management information systems like EMIS in Bosnia and Herzegovina and eŠolstvo in Slovenia. He was team leader of the various EU IPA projects like Technical Support to Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Montenegro. This project developed the first draft of the National Qualification Framework (NQF) and wrote the first draft of the Law on National Vocational Qualification.
He has a master’s degree in EU Programme Management and Development at Pixel University, Florence.
Now he is running a new website, promoting good practices in the field of EU and Erasmus projects, called https://projects-with-igor.eu As a renowned trainer in the field of project preparation, the community of the followers are growing very fast. On the website, you can find good practice approaches, documents templates, and innovative ideas for project development and project management.
Borut Razbornik
Borut Razbornik is a researcher and digital marketer. He works on research and analysis in education and is dealing with the digital marketing strategy of the company. He holds two degrees in Marketing management and International sales from the University College of Northern Denmark Borut has also experience in research and analysis in other industries – renewables, construction & healthcare.
Gašper Pongrac
Gašper Pongrac is a web designer and e-learning content expert. He has expertise in youth work as a trainer, as well as a coach of youths and adults. He also has experience in evaluation and monitoring activities of E+ projects.
Gabrijela Fidler
Gabrijela Fidler works as a career development expert. Her expertise includes personal coaching and development of training plans. She is coordinator of counsellor service in School Centre Velenje. She is responsible for workshops for students and parents (Learn how to learn, School enrolment process, Drop out) and for work with gifted students. She carries out lectures for student’s mentors for practical training in companies.