The ChessAIThon project (2025-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000354329) is co-funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Spanish Service for the Internationalisation of Education (SEPIE). Neither the European Union nor the National Agency SEPIE can be held responsible for them.

Contractual Partner

From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the ChessAiThon project. There are 7 partners from 5 European countries.

Spain
IES Simarro
Xativa, Spain
Web Site: portal.edu.gva.es/ieslluissimarro/
IES Dr. Lluis Simarro Lacabra covers different Secondary school Education Levels, High School and VET. Regarding to High School, Natural Science and health, as well as Humanities and Social Sciences modalities are offered. The organization has 2070 students and 150 teachers. In addition, the school has public VET education in three families: Computer Science, Accounting and finances and civil engineering. The two former families include basic, intermediate and high levels. Whereas the latter has a course of middle VET Level.
The school is accredited in School education mobility and it has contacts with several schools in Romania, Croatia, Italy and Portugal where teachers and students will work in different innovative subjects.
The school works with different methodologies and tools to integrate students with learning difficulties among them robots, chess, hackathons, etc.
Spain
Associació L’alqueria Projectes Educatius
Guadassuar, Spain
Web Site: www.alqueriaeducatius.org/wordpress/
Associació Empresarial l’Alqueria Projectes Educatius (ALPE) is an accredited network of educational institutions, including universities, secondary schools, and VET centres. Established in 2009 in Valencia, Spain, ALPE promotes lifelong learning, sustainability, and social inclusion across Europe and internationally. With Erasmus+ accreditation, ALPE has strong expertise in higher and vocational education, fostering mobility, innovative teaching and employability. Its team includes professionals trained in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and digital innovation, which enables ALPE to design and implement projects such as CHESSAITHON, combining advanced skills with inclusive and sustainable approaches.
Croatia
Srednja škola Dugo Selo
Dugo Selo, Croatia
Web Site: ss-dugo-selo.skole.hr
Dugo Selo High School is a public institution whose main activity is the upbringing and education of young people for secondary school education and secondary vocational education, founded in 2002. The school's activities are high school education of regular students, adult education and mediation for regular students' casual work. For obtaining secondary school education in the area of general education, the general high school curriculum is offered. To acquire secondary vocational qualifications The school offers nine professional occupations in four sectors. Since 2020, the School is part of the Regional Center of Competence – The Center of Excellence for Robotics consists of five classrooms/practicums equipped with new equipment: classroom for renewable energy sources, CAD/CAM classroom, classroom for automation and sensors, robotics classroom, machining classroom.
Italy
ITIS Q. Sella
Biella, Italy
Web Site: www.pixel-online.net
ITIS Q. Sella offers its students a varied teaching path based on different fields, from the Applied Sciences Lyceum to the Technical School together with a lot of activities and projects that enhance the teaching offer in relation to the following fields: educational,
linguistic, work-related learning and attention to students with special needs. Our addresses: Mechanics, Mechatronics And Energy, Electronics and Electrotechnics, Computer Science and Telecommunications, Chemistry, Materials, Biotechnology, Fashion System: Textile, Clothing And Fashion; Scientific High School Applied Sciences (Traditional, "Data Science and Artificial Intelligence", "Second Foreign Language”, "Law and Political Economy", "Music Technologies”, "Industrial Design".
Italy
Pixel
Florence, Italy
Web Site: www.pixel-online.net
Founded in 1999 Pixel is an international education and training institution based in Florence. Pixel has successfully designed, managed, and implemented 165 European and international projects funded by the European Commission. Pixel is also highly active in providing in-service training and post-graduate education on topics such as European cooperation, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Digital Education, Integration of AI in Education and more. Since 2011, Pixel organises the International Master in European Project Planning and Management. Pixel organises every year, three international conferences in the field of innovation in education, in STEM education and in language education, each attracting approximately 250 participants from countries across the five continents.
Portugal
Associação Empresarial de Penafiel
Penafiel, Portugal
Website: www.aepenafiel.pt/
AEP – Penafiel Business Association, founded in 1892, is a non-profit institution, recognised as a Public Utility (1993) and holder of the Municipality's Gold Medal. Its mission is to represent and defend business interests, promoting technical, economic and social progress, as well as preparing citizens for the job market. It has several departments: Project Studies (support for initiatives and business plans), Accounting (taxation and management), Legal Office (personalised advice), Image and Events (promotion, conferences, workshops), Erasmus Projects (European cooperation) and Training & Seminars (innovative methodologies, languages, gender equality). AEP has been certified in 22 training areas since 1998 and currently has 25 employees, 40 trainers and 287 students.
Romania
Colegiul Național ”Unirea”
Târgu Mureș, Romania
Web Site: www.colegiulunirea.ro
Unirea National College is a prestigious public institution, educating a number of 857 students at primary level, middle school and high school. The educational offer at the high school level makes available to the students the mathematics-informatics specializations, intensive computer science, natural sciences, intensive English or intensive German-French, social sciences, intensive English and philology, bilingual English. The school totals approximately 56 teaching staff and 7.857 students (primary cycle, lower secondary cycle, upper secondary cycle). Main activities: education and training of students; extracurricular education activities; counselling and guidance students; supporting teaching staff in training and professional development activities. Unirea National College educates students between the ages of 6 and 19. Our institution educates both students with performance, as well as students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with disabilities, Roma, students from the Republic of Moldova, from other nationalities, Romanian language courses for Ukrainian students, regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, both from urban and rural areas. Our students participate both in Olympiads and competitions in disciplines, as well as in competitions and extracurricular activities: national competitions on chess topics, ecological topics, robotics competition, science competitions, etc.