Accentuate (North-East) Limited is a VET consultancy organization located in the rural northeast of England near the Scottish border. It will use its experience from previous wind energy projects to lead Work Package 2 in the Leonardo da Vinci 2011-2013 VET-Wind project, focusing on developing wind technician training content and competencies. Key staff involved include Ian Fisher, an experienced wind energy training developer, and Stewart Deas, with expertise in designing Leonardo and EU projects.

1. Leonardo da Vinci 2011-2013
Transfer of Innovation
VET-Wind Project
Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom

2. Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom
Accentuate (North – East) Limited – European Projects and Co-operation , was
founded in 2010 as an intermediary agency for the promotion and management of
European and other international projects.
The company is presently involved in a number of projects as promoter, co-ordinator
or partner, including Leonardo TOI, Grundtvig, Leonardo Mobility, and others.
In addition, we offer consultancy to colleges, schools, and third sector organisations
who wish to enter European partnerships, develop projects or access European
funding.

3. Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom
Accentuate (North East) Limited is a VET consultancy organisation in the
extreme north-east of England, adjacent to the border with Scotland. Its
catchment area is largely rural and thinly populated, with the exception of the
south eastern quadrant, which is urban and a former centre of coal mining and
heavy manufacturing industry.
There is high unemployment throughout the county, through rural
depopulation on the one hand and industrial decline on the other. Renewable
energies, however, are a growth industry and the region has developed into a
leading UK centre for wind power training: the geographical spread of
Northumberland and the nature of the wind industry requires innovative
teaching and learning techniques, and Accentuate is actively engaged in
assisting local training providers to meet the challenge.

4. Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom
Role of Accentuate (North-East) Limited in VET-Wind
Accentuate is connected to the Windskill project, provided through the
Intelligent Energy Europe programme, as one of its principal consultants was a
key participant
Accentuate's consultant was also a key participant in the Interreg Power Cluster
project dealing with offshore wind.
Accentuate will use its experience and knowledge from both projects, and an
already developed training programme for wind technicians, in the VET-Wind
project, and will host visits and training for partner organisations.
Accentuate will lead Work Package 2: Content and Competence.

5. Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom
Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project
Ian Fisher
As a former employee of Northumberland College, Accentuate's principal wind
consultant has been developing and delivering wind training packages for the
past 5 years and more recently has worked with City & Guilds to produce the
syllabi for the new apprenticeship programme delivered from September
2011.
Within these 5 years he has represented Northumberland College actively in
three European projects namely Power, Power Cluster and Windskill, all of
which are relevant to the training of wind technicians.
He is a member of several steering groups, namely Renewable UK Skills and
Education group, National Skills Academy for Power, Blyth Estuary Renewable
Energy Zone, Northumberland Renewable Energy Group.
He has undertaken a training course in Germany, studying on an intensive
‘train the trainer’ programme where he worked with different maintenance
teams from RePower, Siemens, Vestas etc.

6. Accentuate (North-East) Limited
United Kingdom
Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project
Stewart Deas
Accentuate's principal VET consultant has many years experience in designing
and delivering VET training courses across all sectors, and also in the design of
national occupational standards. He has extensive experience in designing and
managing Leonardo da Vinci projects and other EU LLP projects, as well as
projects for the UK government in other parts of the world including South
Korea, Sri Lanka, Albania and Montenegro.
Rick McCordall
Accentuate's consultants are supported by a business manager whose role is
to ensure that funded projects are delivered on time and within budget, as
well as co-ordinating reporting and dissemination.