Memberships
In August 2005, we became a Cambridge International School, which provides our students with an opportunity to acquire one of the most widely recognized international certificates.
Cambridge International certificates open the door to a successful career and are conducive to personal and professional advancement, while providing official recognition and certification of the acquired knowledge and skills. These certificates represent a range of professional qualifications designed for people who want to advance their careers or their levels of education. Possession of these certificates gives employers a guarantee that the candidate has top-level professional competencies, thereby providing advantage when it comes to employment. The certificates focus on a number of areas, specific for certain jobs, including ICT; business and management. They are available at different levels and suitable for students of all ages and types of experience.
LINK group Professional Education received the status of Microsoft Partner, which was granted by Microsoft, thus becoming authorized for training and testing to obtain Microsoft certification.
The vitality of our partnership with Microsoft and our status as a Microsoft Partner confirm the highest level of knowledge and expertise in work with Microsoft technologies and the close business relationship with Microsoft.
The Microsoft Partner Network Gold competency provides our students with the latest MS technologies, full technical support, technical information, all sorts of available MS software, beta versions, and other official benefits available only to partner organizations.
Microsoft Partner Program is intended for IT companies who offer a wide selection of Microsoft-based services and solutions (consulting, development, maintenance, support, training, software packages, hosting, etc.). Being a part of this program is a valid proof of skills and technical knowledge necessary for the application of Microsoft-based solutions. It is also the recognition of LINK group Professional Education’s determination to be in step with the latest technologies.
Pearson VUE is one of the world’s two largest (along with Prometric) test centers; exclusive provider of official examinations for companies Adobe, Oracle, CompTIA, Cisco Systems, Zend Technologies and many others, whose diplomas, certificates and licenses, as proof of competence of the highest order, have become a standard and a requirement of IT companies in 165 countries worldwide.
Established as a charity for global outreach in 1979, the Institute of Commercial Management (ICM) is the leading professional body for commercial and business development staff. ICM provides a wide range of professional qualifications in business, management and related vocational areas.
Today, this organization gathers as many as 292 Approved Centers in 132 countries around the world.
More information about the Institute of Commercial Management can be found here.
As a result of LINK group Professional Education and ITAcademy’s partnership with Ahrefs, our students have the opportunity to use this software company’s complete set of SEO tools free of charge. Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO platform with a set of tools used in website optimization, analysis of the performance of competing websites, keyword research, and much more. This is why it’s also used by SEO experts from leading companies around the world, such as Facebook, Adobe, Linkedin, Netflix, Uber...
Chartered Management Institute is a prestigious international institute for professional certification of managers. Through years of experience and active promotion and development of management and leadership theory and practice, this institute has set very high educational standards that others follow.
By offering specialized skills and knowledge, with emphasis on development of personal and professional skills that are a defining feature of modern-day managers, as well as certification flexibility renders the Chartered Management Institute program unique.
Autodesk is a multinational software corporation, leader in 3D software for designing, engineering and creating digital content. LINK group Professional Education’s ITAcademy is an autorized Autodesk Training Center (Autodesk ATC), which means that it provides an opportunity to acquire prestigious certificates that constitute reliable validation of students’ skills and knowledge, and lead to more rapid professional advancement, increased productivity, and higher credibility.
As an authorized Autodesk Training Center, ITAcademy provides training according to Autodesk’s principles to its students, using the company’s latest software.
Owing to the cooperation between LINK group Professional Education and Link-Assistant, SEO PowerSuite, one of the most esteemed software solutions in the SEO industry, will become available to the students of ITAcademy and InternetAcademy.
With this partnership, LINK group Professional Education has joined numerous licensed users of this software – one of the leading solutions in the SEO industry – around the world. The PRO license enables the users of the aforementioned educational institutions to use, free of charge and without limitations, the most advanced functionalities and acquire useful skills they will be able to apply immediately.
As a company that operates at the highest professional level, LINK group Professional Education provides the students at its educational institutions with the possibility of acquiring a number of international certificates and diplomas. On the other hand, the value of the diplomas awarded by the higher and secondary education institutions and academies within LINK group Professional Education is guaranteed through accreditations from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development itself, as the institution with the highest degree of jurisdiction when it comes to education at the national level.
These accreditations confirm the quality of the curriculum, the teaching personnel, and the overall system of education at our institutions.
Android ATC – Advanced Training Consultants is an organization that operates in education and certification in the information technology field at the global level.
LINK group Professional Education is the first and only authorized Android ATC training center in Serbia. Thanks to this partnerships, ITAcademy students can acquire prestigious knowledge directed at the modern market and receive some of increasingly in-demand certificates where programming for the Android operating system is concerned.
Highlighting the importance of English language in the world of business, which includes a broad international field of possibilities, we have begun cooperation with the British Council – the leading international organisation in the UK that deals with education and cultural relations with countries all around the world.
Public institution Sarajevo Canton Employment Service and ITAcademy and BusinessAcademy signed an official protocol on cooperation, to organize a series of actions for the training of the unemployed. The Institute recognized ITAcademy and BusinessAcademy as an ideal partner to carry out its mission of reducing unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose programs help the unemployed to respond to market demands and find the job they want.
Department mediate employment, carry out actions employment, vocational guidance, training and retraining of the unemployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as ITAcademy and BusinessAcademy a quality training to its students provide employment and secure profits, for this was the right move.
PSI Services is a global leader in the field of Human Resouces with more than 70 years of experience in organizing testing that ensures academic and personal success for many experts.
In more than 160 countries, PSI organizes testing programs that are key to every sector, with outstanding test results in the fields of information technology, certification, aviation, finance, healthcare and manufacturing.
LINK group Professional Education is also an accredited international training and testing center certified by the ICDL (International Computer Driving Licence) Foundation. That guarantees that we have fulfilled the standards applied in the EU in organizational, technical, personnel and every other sense. ICDL constitutes a knowledge certification system recognized in over 160 countries. We are implementing the latest ICDL Syllabus version 5.0 in our education program.
International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) is designed and monitored by the ICDL Foundation Ltd. (ICDL-F). The International Computer Driving Licence Foundation was established in order to coordinate, promote and monitor acceptance and application of the ICDL concept across Europe. For European countries, ICDL licence also implies membership in The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS). For non-EU countries, ICDL Foundation grants licensure only to organizations which it finds adequate regarding all the necessary criteria.
In January 2005 we became members of the leading European distance learning association EDEN – European Distance and E-learning Network. This assures that our students study according to the same distance learning principles and criteria as EU residents. In addition to that, curricula and general qualification scheme for IT professionals in the EU are prescribed by CEPIS, and by IEEE in the USA, two world’s largest professional IT associations.
Educational standards for IT professionals are laid down in the EUCIP Syllabus (European Certification of Informatics Professionals) and CC (Computing Curricula).
At the beginning of 2013, LINK group Professional Education became the first and only Exam Preparation Partner for the International Qualifications Network (IQN) in Serbia.
International Qualifications Network (formerly British Institute of Management Studies) is one of the fastest-growing global organizations that provide international certification relevant for business and finance sector. The mission of this institute from Great Britain consists in offering globally recognized and valued qualifications to businessmen and businesswomen who want to achieve exceptional success and results. IQN certificates are officially recognized and valued in more than 160 countries.
LINK group Professional Education has partnered up with Confindustria Serbia, the representative of the Confederation of Italian Industry in Serbia.
Confindustria Serbia strives to become a hub for all Italian business people seeking business opportunities and partners in this part of the Balkans. The Belgrade office is part of the Confederation of Italian Industry which comprises more than 150,000 companies, with over 5 million employees. Confindustria Serbia launches and supports initiatives the aim of which is to provide all members with the necessary information on the business environment in Serbia, and help them find business partners.
LINK group Professional Education is one of 200 accredited centres of the acclaimed Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) from Great Britain, the prestigious international institute for professional certification and education in marketing and business.
This renowned institution has been bringing together marketing professionals for over 100 years and has a leading role in certification for marketing professionals today. CIM certificates are recognized all over the world, serve as preeminent confirmation of knowledge and expertise in the field of marketing, and bring considerable competitive advantage on the market to their holders.
We are the first ICT test and training center certified by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, proving that we have met all the standards on the local education market.
The Public Relations Society of Serbia is a professional organization founded in 2004, as the successor of the Public Relations Society of Yugoslavia, the oldest PR society in the former republic. Currently, it comprises some 200 regular members from various social segments who have joined forces on the same mission – to enhance the field and profession of public relations.
The mission of the Society is to contribute to the enhancement of the field and profession of public relations, help the implementation of the highest professional and ethical standards and realize top quality professional programs, organize conferences, seminars and trainings, and establish international cooperation and the exchange of experiences.
LINK group Professional Education is a member of Bit Alliance, the largest association of software industry companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this cooperation is to solve the two main problems the software industry in the region is facing on a daily basis – lack of qualified employees and an underdeveloped infrastructure in the software industry, accompanied by a lack of development incentives.
Our shared programs and projects include the education of elementary school and high school students, vacancies for IT experts, raising public awareness about the prospects of IT, and a positive impact on the formal education system.
American Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings together the leading companies and organizations from various spheres of economic and social activity. The Chamber brings together law and consulting firms, ICT companies, PR, marketing and advertising agencies, as well as nonprofit and educational organizations and institutions.
Through this membership, LINK group Professional Education has become a part of AmCham’s prestigious global network, which represents the interests of over 3 million registered companies from all sectors and all parts of the world. This cooperation will play an important role in the advancement of the business climate in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in the promotion of high standards in education region-wide.
Certiport, as one of the world’s biggest test centers, is authorized for testing and the entire process of certification for a large number of the most influential institutions, whose certificates, diplomas and licenses confirm expertise of the highest degree. ITAcademy’s status as Testing Center provides the privilege of examination only to students.
The Foundation of Crown Prince Alexander II is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement of education and academic research in Serbia, linking Serbian educational institutions with renowned international institutions.
The Foundation links young people in our country with the business community and the world in general, which is one of LINK group Professional Education’s goals, making this partnership particularly significant.
LINK group Professional Education has joined the “Cluster of Cultural Routes” association through shared projects in education development, knowledge exchange and good practice promotion. “Cluster of Cultural Routes” is an association whose primary goal is the promotion of Serbia and the Balkans as a cultural-tourist product through specific routes: Dragon Routes, Mining Route, as well as the most current one – Tesla Ways. It brings together over 40 eminent cultural institutions, tourist organizations and agencies, entrepreneurs, educational institutions and faculties.
Its M.O. itself, along with the practice of bringing neglected topics to the foreground (persons, events, historical facts) and shedding new light on them in a different, modern way, “Cluster of Cultural Routes” constitutes an innovation and a challenge for anyone who deems it important that this cultural footprint should be viewed as an integral part of European cultural heritage.
The European Digital Learning Network is the leading global initiative gathering the most eminent European organizations and experts in order to respond to complex challenges of the digital age through education and creating opportunities for digital learning. Together with their partners, DLearn implements numerous international initiatives, projects, task forces and activities with the aim of promoting and expanding digital education throughout Europe.
Membership in this prestigious European organization is acknowledgement for LINK group Professional Education’s long-term dedication to 21st-century education.
A very important component of LINK group Professional Education’s work is its regular and long-lasting cooperation with leading educational institutions, such as Cambridge, and companies in the field of advanced information technology, such as Google, Microsoft, Android, etc. Nevertheless, there are other forms of partnership and cooperation which we eagerly foster, discovering new horizons in the world of education together.
For instance, one aspect of our cooperation with other institutions is our joint participation in various international Erasmus+ and other projects focused on the modernisation of education, where LINK group Professional Education worked with a plethora of partners united in the mission to improve education.