· Large enterprise projects

The winner in the large enterprise projects category was "Fachwissen Bijoux Flirt" by Manor AG, Switzerland. In this project, a blended elearning scenario is used to transmit the skills needed by salespeople in the fashion jewelry business for competent counseling of their customers.

· Small enterprise projects

The winner in the small enterprise projects category was "Training ARAL Kassensysteme" by Content Company and the EU oil firm ARAL. With the learning computer based CDROM, the employees of gas stations are trained in the usage of an electronic cashier system.

· Associations and Foundations

"Virtuelle Akademie" by Friedrich Naumann Foundation was awarded first place in the associations and foundations category. It is a unique project on a EU scale, transmitting political elearning and education via the internet, reaching new target groups, and exploring new ways for elearning.

· Public Administration & Education

First place in this category went to the Swedish Center for Flexible Learning (CFL), a nationwide agency promoting the use of new media in adult education, networking teachers, and contributing to improved education.

· Private Initiative

First place in the private initiative category was "Klavierkurs für Kinder" by Ms. Andrea Zahn. Ms. Zahn, a piano teacher, noticed a gap in the training of children and filled it with a Computer based training program covering the piano keyboard.

· Journalism & Reporting

The winner in the journalism and reporting category was given to the project "ERNIST School Reports", a subproject of the European SchoolNet, where information about eLearning projects was collected and compiled from twenty schools all over the EU. School principals and teachers can learn from this study and possibly avoid some of the pitfalls of introducing eLearning in schools.

The award ceremony was part of a festive event. The European eLearning Gala 2005 was held in the Center for Arts and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany. Among the more than 200 guests were representatives of the EU eLearning industry as well as high ranking officials from the State Government of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the city of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Each award is made of a unique aluminum statue cut from a massive block of aluminum by a computerized cutting machine and other components including computer hardware, and congress tickets for 2006. The winners received over 22,000 euros for all six categories. Various possibilities for advertising and publicity for the projects were offered to all the finalists and winners, who are permitted to identify themselves as holding the honor "Best Practice in eLearning".