Calmar International Ltd. is a wholly Irish company established in 1990 and the registered owners of the Irishconsultants.ie website, logo and site content.

During this period since 1990, the company has gained a reputation for providing quality services to businesses over a range of areas from International Conference Management, EU Project Management, Training & Development Programmes and the production of the “National Training and Continuing Education Directory”.   This website is seen as a natural progression for the company in providing up to date information to businesses and provide further services to consultants throughout the country.

The company was the first to publish a national directory of training providers in Ireland.  First published in 1992, the “National Training and Continuing Education Directory” had its 7th edition published in October, 2005.  This website is seen as a natural progression for the company from the directory in providing up to date information to businesses and provide further services to consultants throughout the country.

Training and Development is now only one of 17 major sectors on the website with each further divided into many more sub sectors.  All of the data are searchable.  It has taken almost 12 months to research, develop, design and implement this website.  Calmar International Ltd. has provided all of the time and resources into the development of the site with only a small Innovation Grant from South Dublin County Enterprise Board toward the development cost of the site.

The site is beneficial to all sectors of business, private and public, large and small. 

• It allows easy access to searchable information on consultants who provide services in a specific category, under 17 main sectors and their relevant sub sectors.
  
  
• The site saves valuable time and money for companies seeking external expertise.
  
  
• Facilities on the website provide businesses with the opportunity to post invitations entitled “proposal requests” for work by consultants within their company.
  
  
• A News and Current Affairs section displays summaries of topics relevant to the business sector.
  

• Consultants can provide standard details or enhanced details of their services.
  
  
• Consultants can promote their services by increasing their presence on the website through posting additional information.
  
  
• The website provides consultants with the opportunity to compete for business displayed on the "Proposal Requests" section.
  
  
• Facilities on the website provide consultants with the opportunity to invite responses from consultants to "collaborate" on proposal requests.
  
  
• A News and Current Affairs section will display summaries of topics relevant to professional consultants.
  

The company intends to develop the website further with new ideas and innovations. The following areas currently on the website are expalined below:

Consultant Search

1. The database of consultants can be searched :

2. Under any of 17 main sectors and further defined each of their own sub sectors.

3. By County.

4. Companies can also be found by searching with all or part of their name.

Proposal Requests

This section provides information on requests for proposals which have been posted by companies with a view to receiving proposals from interested consultants or groups of consultants. Unless specifically requested, the identity of the company is not revealed on the website.

The details provided by the companies include the following.

Proposal Description
Object & Purpose :
Place :
Duration :

Technical Information
Conditions :
Selection Criteria :

Technical Specifications
Objectives :
Tasks :
Deliverables :

Additional relevant Information :
Initial communication is conducted via our own email system in order to screen out any spurious and time wasting communication.

Collaborations

This section of the website is for those Consultants who are seeking to make contact with other consultants in any area of expertise with a view to working together in collaboration on a proposed or existing contract.

The details provided by the companies include the following.

Proposal Description
Object & Purpose :
Place :
Duration :

Technical Information
Conditions :
Selection Criteria :

Additional relevant Information :
Initial communication is conducted via our own email system in order to screen out any spurious and time wasting communication.