About us
All about Intercountry
Intercountry has been specialized in foreign language training since 1995. We are a French group with our headquarters and main training center in Paris and a second training center in Bordeaux. We also have our subsidiary Loquendi in Lille along with homebased trainers spread all around France. Our Spanish subsidiary, Babelia Formación, is located in Madrid with activity across Spain. Further afield, we have trainers in the United States, Great Britain, South Africa and Australia. We also have a subsidiary in the Philippines, Intercountry Philippines Inc., to serve our needs in Europe and accompany our development in Asia.
We provide services to 3 different clienteles: companies of all sizes and sectors, institutions of higher education, and the general public. Our course offering covers 20 languages in both face-to-face and distance training. We integrate a human and technological approach to help our learners effectively reach their goals and objectives. Our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to providing training solutions that are perfectly adapted to meet our clients’ specific needs.
Learn with pleasure
We strive to make our courses interactive, based around mutual respect, active listening and goodwill.
Be responsible
We are committed to being a socially engaged company that respects people and the environment.
Unlock the potential
We believe that training should serve the learner. It should help them to surpass themselves, to break through barriers, get closer to other people and create links.
Innovate
We create innovative training methods while at the same time preserving the important human relationship between the trainer and the learner.
A group with big ambitions
The language training market is evolving very quickly as a result of numerous legislative changes and the continued trend towards digitalization. Many new players have arrived on the scene, often from other countries, shaking up established practices and engaging in price warfare. The Covid crisis has also weakened many training companies and sped up the race to digitalize.
Over the past 10 years Intercountry has become one of the primary forces in the language training sector in France and Spain with some of the most effective training methods on the market. We believe that Intercountry is the ideal base on which to construct the training company of the future, capable of facing the many challenges and sustainably leading the market in France and beyond.
A customer-oriented group
At Intercountry, customer focus is a major part of the company's DNA. We are committed to an approach that pushes us to constantly improve our processes and services in order to achieve the satisfaction of our customers. We seek to be more efficient and creative as we adapt to the changing needs of the clients. Our actions focus upon training methods, taking into account the learning process for the best progress of each learner. We also strive to give customers the means to manage and measure the effectiveness of our courses as well as to optimize their budget.
Eric WROBLEY General Director
Laurent GACHET President
Our history in a few words
2023: Creation of « Passion for Progress »
Parent company for the Intercountry group
2023: Acquisition of Loquendi
Integration in the Intercountry group of the training company Loquendi, leader of language training in the North of France.
2022: Launch of Linguist’IC
Creation of mobile app in English and French
2019: Creation of Intercountry Philippines
The launch of our subsidiary based in Cebu as a first step into Asia.
2019: Creation of Intercountry Shareholders
Giving our employees the opportunity to be shareholders.
2017: Acquisition of Babelia
Acquisition of the language training company Babelia in Spain.
2016: Creation of the Intercountry - ICB group
Intercountry - ICB was created by merging Intercountry Management, Intercountry Academy, ICB Europe and ICB.
2016: Included in the National Directory of training certificates
Our EYES (for English) and DICE (for Spanish) level tests were recognized by France Compétences.
2015: Launch of Training Carrier
A tool for more efficient management of training courses.
2014: Intercountry - ICB Europe federation
A joint venture created by Christophe DELEBARRE and Eric WROBLEY to provide a global training solution.
2010: Smart Business Communications
ICB absorbed the training and e-learning activities of Smart Business Communications.
2006: Creation of ICB
ICB was created as a training company not subject to VAT.
2000: Blended learning
Intercountry Management began using their blended learning training method.
2000: Creation of ICB Europe
ICB Europe was formed by Eric WROBLEY after the purchase of the client base of a language training company founded in 1993.
1995: Creation of Intercountry Management
Creation of Intercountry Management by Jean-Louis and Thérèse DELEBARRE.
413 colleagues
577 business clients
12189 learners
Data: 2023
A responsible group
Since the creation of Intercountry in 1995, we have been committed to offering quality services to our clients, respecting values of progress, intercultural understanding, and respect for our clients, partners and employees, while preserving the environment. It is in this spirit that we joined the UN Global Compact in 2011. Our strategy reflects the values conveyed by this institution, and our action plan is guided by our commitment to corporate citizenship.
We are proud to share, respect and support the 10 principles of the Global Compact particularly in terms of respect for human rights and labor laws, the fight against corruption, respect for the environment and the safeguarding of resources.
Since 2017 Intercountry has helped to improve the lives of about 50 refugees each year through the provision of an e-learning for the French language specifically designed for their needs as well as training of the volunteers who supervise their training. We have been doing this in cooperation with ŒUVRE D'ORIENT.
212495 training hours
23 languages taught
Top 10 language training France
Data: 2023
Our trainers
Intercountry's learners have access to several hundred enthusiastic trainers. They come from over 30 different countries and teach their mother tongue, or are recognised for their expertise in the language they teach.
Teaching is a true vocation for our trainers who thrive on helping their learners overcome obstacles and reach their goals.
Voir l'équipeExperience counts
Intercountry's trainers have an average age of 48 and an average tenure of 5 years at Intercountry.
Dedicated trainers
Throughout the learning process, our trainers are responsible for the progress of their learners.
Great Place to Work
We are involved in the well-being of our employees and carry out an annual survey of their satisfaction and their expectations in the company.
Our support team is here for you
Intercountry has a dedicated and proactive support team in place to help you. The team is united around a single objective: ensuring Intercountry's clients are satisfied. More than a dozen different professions work together to ensure your training course is a success: client co-ordinators, hotline operators, course material designers, IT staff, sales people, etc.
Eugenie
Having begun her career in a travel agency, Eugénie has always loved foreign languages and human relationships. Her job as a coordinator with Intercountry lets her enjoy both these pursuits.
Based in the north of France, she is only 45 minutes by Shuttle from England which lets her enjoy another of her passions: British culture.
Sylvie
Slyvie started working in finance in New York, her home town, in 1992. Financial services like stock broking or securities trading have no secrets for her. In 1997 she moved to Zagreb in Croatia for a job as a consultant in brokerage transactions, and then became an account manager in a telecom company.
Sylvie is now an English language trainer and the manager of a team of trainers.
Peter
Peter is from Britain and began his career in London. Then he moved to the Philippines, Singapore and finally Colombia where he had different sales and marketing posts. After meeting his wife in Colombia he managed a company that grew and exported flowers around the world.
Peter is a trainer and a Team Manager in charge of a number of Team Leaders who manage teams of trainers.
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