The 6th Leonardo - European Corporate Learning Award was all about a new pioneering spirit. For the first time, particularly young pioneers (all award-winners are in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties) were awarded the European award for education in the field of corporate learning on September 14 at the Kameha Grand Bonn: Teemu Arina (Dicole Ltd. – Finland), Claudia Suhov (KIDster – Romania), Christoph Brosius (Die Hobrechts – Germany) and Dr. Thieu Besselink (The Learning Lab – Netherlands) received their awards at a gala evening event.
“Now in its 70th year of existence, the plenary assembly of the UN is currently deciding upon its post-2015 sustainability goals, of which socially included vocational education is an important component“, explained Leonardo Secretary Günther M. Szogs. “The fact that we have brought together young “excelling” pioneers of surprising as well as convincing learning cultures with the UNESCO’s and EU’s central drivers and pioneers of future learning for the “Leonardo” 2015 in the “UN host city” of Bonn has convinced and even touched many – irrespective of their age.“