We, the Kolping-Bildungswerk Paderborn gGmbH (Kolping education centre), have been a successful and recognized provider of adult education, vocational training, qualification, employment, counselling, and integration since 1967. We offer our participants, clients, and customers a variety of qualification and training programmes along the entire educational chain, both for their personal development and for their professional advancement. Specifically, we are active in the following business areas:

• Children and youth welfare
• School
• Training and employment (SGB II/III)
• Inclusion (integration companies)
• Securing skilled labour
• Adult education / vocational training
• Kolping Education Consulting (corporate customer business)
• Work with refugees
• Internationalization (education export)
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Nursing and care services

Our work is based on the example of Adolph Kolping, the Christian view of mankind, the world and Christian social teaching. The following parameters are decisive for us:

• Personality - the person is the centre and goal of all actions.
• Subsidiarity - the community helps to fulfil tasks that exceed the powers of the individual.
• Solidarity - the needs of the weakest members of society must be taken into account in all actions.
• Common good - the benefit for society as a whole takes precedence over the satisfaction of individual interests when making decisions.
• Sustainability - responsibility for future generations requires a conscientious approach to the foundations of life in this world.

People are at the centre of everything we do. We therefore see education as a lifelong process that encompasses the whole person and teaches professional, social, and behavioural skills. We attach particular importance to individualized support and, if necessary, support involving the family and social environment. In doing so, we respect and preserve the dignity of the individual.

As a value-orientated educational service provider, we want to

• motivate and help people to develop according to their talents and thus shape their lives independently,
• support and advise them in educational matters,
• help them to build and expand their professional and personal lives through our educational programs,
• place them in employment or support them in finding employment,
• strengthen people in situations of upheaval, support disadvantaged and disabled people by providing them with education,
• enable them to take on responsibility in society,

As an institution, we want to influence society according to our performance and expertise in educational matters.

We are aware that we fulfil an important social task with our work. We face up to the requirements and expectations in all areas and actively participate in the continuous improvement and innovation process. We innovate in a timely manner and in line with requirements within the economic framework set for us. We act on the basis of legal requirements and scientific findings. Ecological behaviour and the preservation of our environment are important to us. Our quality policy is supported by a comprehensive quality management system.