Customer Feature

The agricultural education in the Netherlands resorts under the Ministry of Agriculture, which is responsible for the agriculture, livestock, animal welfare, horticulture, outdoor recreation, biotechnology and food and water quality of its country. Helicon Opleidingen is an educational center for plant cultivation, animal care, gardening and landscaping, nature and environment, flower arranging, equestrian sports, food technology and recreation. Because it is a small, specific group, approximately 50,000 members, the need for collaboration and sharing of knowledge within the sector is very high.

When the Ministry of Agriculture needed a collaboration and knowledge management solution, they turned to Open Text...

Benefits

• The "Green Knowledge Center" - a Web-based, ECM-powered, centralized knowledge repository used for collaboration and information sharing
• Business and educational benefits
• Improved collaboration and project management
• ROI = cost savings + time savings
• Centralized capturing of knowledge
• More meetings are conducted online reducing the number of in-person meetings
• Creation of portfolios for participants allows for effective, Web-based Student Competence Management
• Support for international projects and online course offerings

Related Links

• www.helicon.nl