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HQVET – Dunajskà Streda, 02.12.2014
Introducing I.F.O.A.
COSETTA SORAGNI
INTRODUCING IFOA
Quick facts
Partners>200
Permanent observatoryon EU calls and tenders
Full coverageof project cycle
Broad geographic coverage
20 Years of experience in EU projects
Projects>120
Introducing IFOA
Established in 1971 by the Chamber of Commerce of Reggio Emilia
Since 1994, training and consultancy centre of the Chambers of Commerce of the Emilia-Romagna Region
Legal body of public interest, not for profit
Since 1999, appointed by the Italian Ministry of Labour as National VET centre, with 14 sites throughout Italy
130 permanent staff
Certified according to ISO 9001 since 1991. Currently according to ISO 9001:2008
ABOUT US
Introducing IFOA
OUR OFFICES
Introducing IFOA
OUR JOB IS…
1. Designing and delivering post-diploma, post-graduation and continuing vocational training courses
2. Supporting companies and public administration bodies through training, consultancy, delivery of active employment services (e.g. guidance, apprenticeship, internships, recruitment)
3. Designing, managing and participating in EU and international projects
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TRAINING SERVICES – I
IFOA’s training services have been developed over 40 years of experience, starting with training programmes funded under ESF, in a range of sectors:
Post-high school graduate training
Post-graduate Masters
Qualified training for individuals wishing to improve their own professional profiles
Work-oriented training paths: work placements and apprenticeships
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TRAINING SERVICES – II
consolidated relationship with the business network, which is involved right from the beginning to define its needs;
hence, identification of the professional profiles required by companies;
high percentage of placements in line with the training attended by participants;
no internal trainers: trainers are high profile professionals with sound expertise in the labour market.
Strong points
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SOME FIGURES 2014
Turnover: 14.200.000 €
Courses delivered: 1.852
Trainees: 10.538
Trainers: 829
Training hours delivered: 46.036
Apprentices trained: 5.000
Internships in companies: 2.574
Companies involved: 3.743
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TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY AREAS
Information & Communication Technology
Marketing Sales and Internationalisation
Human Resources Organisation and Development
Administration Control and Finance
Operations and Organisation of Company Processes
Management Skills
Environment and Energy Saving
Safety at work
Large-scale retail
Agro-food
Tourism
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TRAINING COURSES FUNDED BY PUBLIC FUNDS
ICT Network manager
CAD in Mechanics Industry
Software Developer
Agro-food Logistics
Quality Control in the Agro-Food Industry
Expert in Agro-Industrial Chain Process Management
Expert in Marketing and Management of Industrial Sales
Some examples
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Some examples
TRAINING COURSES: POST-DIPLOMA
Manager Assistant: from organisation to problem solving
Interior CAD design: from design to development of living space
Communication & Design: communication and graphic design
HR Management: Management of contracts and pay packets
Web-site design: layout and planning with Open Source tools
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Administration, Finance and Budget Control (VI Edition)
International Marketing and Foreign Trade (XXVI Edition)
Human Resources Development and Management (VIII Edition)
Food marketing and communication in the agro-food sector
(VII Edition)
MASTER COURSES
To IFOA the EU is…
Europeanmobility
Exchangeof good
practices
NetworksR&D
INTRODUCING IFOA
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
OUR COMMITMENT TOWARDS EUROPE…
Involved in over 100 EU-funded projects since 1994
Support to HR development, skills improvement and certification, mobility, study visits,exchange of best practices
Member of EU and global networks
Head office of Ulixes Consortium EEIG
IFOA - Progetti Europei
Smartcities
Democracy&
participation
Sustainabledevelopment
Developmentof models
Exchangeof good
practices
e-learning
Professionalprofiles
Intrenships
CompetencesTopics
Businessdevelopment
Capacitybuilding
Femaleenterpre-neurship
Training
Workplacements
Activeemployment
policies
Studyvisits
Networking
Technicalassistance
Public-private
partnerships
Governance Activecitizenship
Activeageing
Marketsectors
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
As project leader, co-ordinator or partner IFOA assures
valuable management of large-scale projects, in all project
phases, including project design, management and co-
ordination of activities, administrative and financial
management, monitoring and evaluation.
We are active at a European level in all fields covered by
IFOA, from apprenticeship to ICT, from environment to
competences development, from mobility in companies to
migrants, from active ageing to entrepreneurship, etc..
FIELDS OF INTERVENTION
IFOA INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Our networkssince 1994, founder and head office of the European Economic Interest Group ULIXES
National network of the Chambers of Commerce
European network of the Chambers of Commerce Eurochambres and the Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad (Assocamere)
Network for mobility Q-Placements and iMove
Links with European and International networks, like:EfVET, EVTA, Eurashe, SPACE
ITERO NETWORK – AFS Intercultural Programs
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
NETWORKS
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
…AND THE WORLD
Involved in 46 projects since 1996
Support to business development, training for managers, development of VET national systems
Turkey, Russia, China, Argentina, Armenia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Contracts funded by international donors, in particular by the European Commission through public tenders
Projects implemented mainly in the Mediterranean basin, the Balkans and former Soviet Union countries
Technical Assistance Contracts
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Over 15 year experience in design and management of international contracts
Institutional support to Ministries of third countries
Support to the management of international funds
Establishment of Management Training Centres
Establishment of Enterprise Support Centres
Organisation of in-company Internships and Study Visits
International Experience
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Vocational Education and Training reform policies (Algeria, Morocco, Armenia, Turkey)
Public Employment Services (Croatia)
Measures to increase employment opportunities for young and adults (Lebanon)
Institutional Support to Ministries
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Training of staff in fund management and identification of procurement needs
Support to design and launch of public tenders for procurement of goods and services
Management of grant schemes
Support to Ministries in the management of international funds (Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Turkey, Croatia)
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Feasibility study and business plan
Selection, training of managerial and administrative staff
Selection, training of teaching staff
Achievement of financial self-sustainability
Establishment of Management Training Centres (Armenia, Uzbekistan, Poland)
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Design and coordination of training for business advisors
Delivery of market oriented business courses
Training and consultancy for enterprise development
Consultancy for new entrepreneurship
Establishment of Enterprise Support Centres (Macedonia, Hungary, Turkey, Romania)
EU projects – YOUTHCOACH
YOUTHCOACH – An Erasmus+ partnership to share 4 EU best practices focused on youth employability and inclusion, developing tools and a train-the-trainer programme for professionals working in the field and young people facing unemployment risk.
#employability
IFOA EU PROJECTS
EU projects – DIGAS
DIGAS – An Erasmus+ partnership to promote employability for young people with education in fields of low employment rate and looking for new strategies to connect VET centres, academias and companies.
#employability
EU projects – TEAMCOACHING
TEAMCOACHING – A concept by the Adult Education Centre of the District Freyung-Grafenau to qualify and integrate unemployed. Training workshops focused on employability, company simulation, transversal competences development, group work and conflict management.
#employability #teamworking #teambuilding
http://www.leonardo-teamcoaching.eu/
IFOA EU PROJECTS
EU projects – iMove
iMove - A European project building a network of Multi stakeholder Mobility Platforms (MMPs) bringing together public institutions, vocational education providers and businesses at local level. These platforms will co-ordinate both incoming and outgoing learning mobility for quality placements in VET.
#mobility
http://www.imovenetwork.org/
EU projects – Erasmus Young Entrepreneurs
EYE – New entrepreneurs gather and exchange knowledge and business ideas with an experienced entrepreneur of a different country, staying and collaborating with him for a period of 1 to 6 months.
IFOA – intermediate organization
#mobility #entrepreneurship
http://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
SHAPE
EU projects – CINCO
CINCO – Intercomprehension is a method of language learning, effort is concentrated on the skills of receiving the foreign language (reading, listening) and the skills of producing a foreign language (speaking, writing) are a secondary consideration.Working language: ITA, FRA, ESP, POR, ROM.
#language learning
http://www.projetocinco.eu
EU projects – Q-PLACEMENTS
Q-PLACEMENTS – The project has defined and tested quality procedures in mobility exchanges for young people and companies, students and workers through the creation of a network of hosting companies.
#mobility #quality
http://www.q-placements.eu
IFOA EU PROJECTS
Contact
Thank you for your attention!
COSETTA SORAGNIIFOA – Mobility Projects Coordinator Area Development of European, International and Innovative projects +39 0522 [email protected] www.ifoa.it
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