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On behalf of E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH IFOK has been charged with the conceptual design and implementation of stakeholder management processes at a number of power plant sites where E.ON Kraftwerke plans new-builds to replace older facilities with the parallel expansion of capacities for power generation.

The concepts for stakeholder dialogues are designed to meet the specific communication requirements at each location. For that purpose informal interviews were conducted with diverse relevant stakeholders in the respective regions in order to get insights in the starting situation, the general sentiment, positions and interests as well as stakeholders’ arguments regarding the power plant projects.

The project “New Partnerships” is conducted in cooperation between the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and IFOK (Institute for Organisational Communication). It strives to develop effective strategies and solutions that increase the mutual benefit for society and business in developing and newly industrialising countries. Based on case studies and a range of practical experience the project will explore ways of how stakeholder groups and corporations can build mutually beneficial relationships. Corporations will be able to better secure their investments and mange sustainable growth. Stakeholders and societies will benefit from more effectively communicating their needs towards companies and from forming a long-term partnership for development.

Our brochure on Training and Coaching with short company profiles of the E-I members involved and that of some of our training partners in Central Europe has been recently updated with indicative samples of our work as well as an outline of its merits and rationale.

Berenschot ranked first place in the category management and organisation in the Management Team 100 list. The ranking order in this special edition of the management magazine Management Team is based on the percentage of satisfied clients. Berenschot achieved a score of 94% for management and organisation, with 6% of Berenschot’s clients giving the agency a score of 'outstanding'. Berenschot was the best agency in the Netherlands in the terms of complaint resolution, price-quality ratio, independence of the offered recommendations and worthiness to be recommended to third parties. Berenschot also appeared in the Management Team 100 list in the categories interim management (no. 2) and HRM (no.13), with 85% of Berenschot’s clients satisfied in both categories.

Hypodomi Consulting S.A. is currently implementing an EU funded project aimed at supporting Cross Border Cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Hypodomi is the leader of the Consortium which includes three partners: OeAR in Austria, VVMZ in Slovakia and CEBEDA in BiH.

The purpose of this 18-month project is to provide the support to the relevant BiH state institutions and in particular the Directorate for European Integration (DEI) as well as local stakeholders in order to successfully participate in EU funded projects and programmes that promote cross border cooperation.  

Hypodomi is a partner of an international consortium led by the Hamburg Port Training Institute GmbH (HPTI) in Germany.

Greece, seeking to become an operational centre for investment in the wider region of Southeast Europe, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, has seen a dynamic increase in foreign investment to 4.0 billion Euro, from January to November 2006 and in line with the new reform programme.

Expansion at IFOK: new members of Management Board
Henning Banthien and Jochen Tscheulin join IFOK's Management Board

IFOK named top employer