Oslo, Norway 18, May 2010 - MOT is an educational organisation working with young people in schools in Norway and South Africa. Their key objective
is to contribute to the development of young people and to create safe environments for them. MOT has established a three
year sponsorship deal with Edvantage group, an e-learning company and Managed Learning Service provider, worth 1.6 million
NOK (£180,000). The sponsorship agreement includes Edvantage group providing a learning portal enabling MOT to provide better
training to their 1,000 trainers in Norway and South Africa.
MOT focuses on the lives of the young. They are dedicated to showing young people they can make their own choices, take care
of each other and show more courage in day-to-day situations. Recent surveys show that schools participating in the MOT scheme
have 30% less bullying per week than schools that are not part of the MOT programme. "The key to achieving these numbers is
continuous training of MOT trainers, who run the programmes in schools," said Fabian Giæver, Marketing Manager, MOT. "The
tools Edvantage group have contributed allow us to operate even more effective training of all trainers."
Thomas Berglund, CEO of Edvantage group, became involved in MOT in 2009, when he participated in the eight day cycle race,
'Cape Epic' in South Africa as part of a cycling team, which also works with MOT. Thomas Berglund comments, "MOT is doing
some great work with young people all over Norway and South Africa. During the race I became more and more connected to the
MOT concept and decided that, as one of Europe's leading Managed Learning companies, we want to help. This has now become
a reality, and I feel very proud that we can contribute our services to MOT."
About MOT
MOT is an educational organisation working with young people. Their key objective is to contribute to the development of young
people and to create safe environments for them. MOT has a comprehensive model for how communities can work together with
young people. The overall model consists of a programme in middle school, high school and the youth recreational arena. Through
peer-to-peer communication, exercises, stories, dialogues and role plays young people are made aware of the ability to make
their own choices, take care of each other and show courage in day-to-day situations. MOT was founded in 1997 by Norwegian
athletes Atle Vårvik and Johann Olav Koss. The company has 2,700 employees who are engaged in MOT work in local communities.
About Edvantage group
Edvantage group is a Managed Learning Service company providing a single-source for corporate e-learning solutions. The company
combines industry expertise, learning systems and software, content and customised services to help clients develop employee
skills and improve performance. Edvantage group serves local, multinational and global organisations from offices throughout
the Nordic countries, Benelux and the UK. For more information please visit www.edvantagegroup.com.
Contact
Edvantage group
Thomas Berglund - CEO
+47 92 82 45 82
thomas.berglund@edvantagegroup.com
MOT
Fabian Giæver – Marketing Manager
+47 90 10 10 13
fabian@mot.no
