Over the years, APeL R & D has cooperated in projects and assignments with a range of actors at the local, regional and national level. APeL takes on assignments ranging from a few days up to multi-annual projects with budgets in the order of 20-30 million SEK.

 Below follows a selection of both past and present partners and assigners: 

• European Social Fund
• Knowledge Foundation
• Vinnova
• National Agency for Higher Vocational Education Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research
  Swedish Board of Agriculture – The Leader approach
• Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
• Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
• Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union.
• Swedish Agency for Networks and Cooperation in Higher Education
• The universities of Gävle, Halmstad, Jönköping, Linköping and Örebro
• Luleå University of Technology
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• The municipalities of Göteborg, Haninge, Lindesberg, Nacka, Nyköping, Södertälje, Vansbro and Örebro
• The Regions of Halland, Värmland, Örebro, Östergötland
  The County Administrative Board Örebro
• TYA - the Vocational Training and Working Environment Council (Transport Trades)
• Nestor R & D Centre