The Centre for Innovation in Education (TEHNE Romania) is a non-profit organization, aiming to support educational initiatives through projects and programs covering areas of non-formal education, curriculum development, education for democratic citizenship, education through ICTs, elearning, lifelong learning, and in-service teacher training.
TEHNE is the one of the most important non-governmental organisation active in the field of education, providing expertise and quality services. It has promoted internal high professional standards and procedures.
As an independent organisation, without political purposes, TEHNE promotes the European principles and values in the field of education through innovative approaches and technologies.
High-level experience of TEHNE is reflected by the partnerships with different types of institutions - governmental, non-governmental, private and public – and by the activities undertaken, developed in line with national and international needs and trends:
- ICT based education and elearning: distance education, evaluation of elearning programs and projects, computer-assisted learning methodology development, online learning environments
- Citizenship education
- School and community development: school development planning, leadership, school and community link, community development facilitation
- Education policies: policy analysis, design, implementation and evaluation
- Teacher training
- Education for disadvantaged children: access to education and culture for disadvantaged pupils (pupils living in rural areas, in poor families, isolated communities etc.)
- Evaluation of social and educational programmes, projects and materials
- Education research: development of research methodology and instruments, implementation and reporting.