Case studies must demonstrate operational excellence (e.g. sustainable partnership and effective learning environment, etc.); excellent program management (e.g. design, delivery, evaluation, selection methodology of participants, etc.); and above all strong business impact (e.g. alignment with corporate strategy, impact for company, incorporation in corporate HR processes, etc.). The programs can be deployed by an organization either together with their in-house L&D unit or with an external L&D provider.

Information session webinars are organized on 18 and 25 November 2010; registration is required.

The five winning partnerships from this year will be presenting their partnership and experiences via FREE webinars:

25 October (2:00pm - 3:30pm CET): MAN SE and WHU and Saïd Business School, "Engineering the Future: A Transformational Learning Journey"

28 October (3:00pm - 4:30pm CET): HSBC North America Learning and Development and Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, "Keys to Success in the Partnership of the Design, Development, and Delivery of the Advanced Consulting Skills Program"

29 October (5:30pm - 6:30pm CET): Prism Venture Capital and KickApps Startup and Bentley University, "An Innovative Case of Synergistic Learning and Development between Venture Capital, Start-up and University"

3 November (12:00pm - 1:30pm CET): The National Trust and Ashridge Consulting Ltd, "Developing Internal Consulting Capability within the National Trust"

8 November (11:30am - 1:00pm CET): Pon Holdings B.V. and ORMIT B.V., "Developing a Sustainable Supply of Leaders, a Partnership between Pon and ORMIT"