CIOFS-FP is a non-profit organisation, whose main area of activity is Vocational Training. It operates in 12 Italian Regions with as many Regional Associations and 60 Operations Offices. The National Centre is based in Rome: its 14 staff members provide co-ordination and training of the operators, project design, administrative and technical assistance, networking at the national and European level.
CIOFS-FP is currently active in vocational training, guidance and job placement services, the certification of skills, social inclusion, employability promotion as well as equal opportunities, through the implementation of several European projects. Among those addressing Youth, Meet the Neet, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and some Italian Regions, aims at improving the effectiveness and outreach of the Youth Guarantee Scheme; EP-DeM Labs provides Youth with the opportunity to make their voices heard and plans measures to improve their level of education and employability. With regard to migration, NICeR project is working to elaborate a new approach to the social inclusion of refugees at the local level, through cultural and artistic activities, while DIME is developing a skills reference framework and training modules for migrants’ inclusion in Europe. As far as quality assurance is concerned, NQCA designs and develops a working model among different bodies on the topic of quality culture within VET paths; QUAL4T2 supports teacher teams in VET schools in their use of quality assistance mechanisms like the Plan Do Check Act cycle; Work-based Learning in CVET works on the development of a complex methodology applicable in adult work-based vocational training in international cooperation based on Finnish, German and Italian models. Then, the most recent project EPWESS is focused on Entrepreneurship Support Services (SAEs) and intends to improve the professional training of the SAEs’ staff.
Additionally, CIOFS-FP is a founding member of MetropolisNet which over time has been facilitating several partnerships in metropolitan areas and had done brilliant work on social cohesion and good practices on re-integrating disadvantaged groups into the labour market.
Recently we also joined the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) which brings together key stakeholders to strengthen the quality, supply and image of apprenticeship in Europe.
At the national level, CIOFS-FP is paying great attention to new technologies and teaching methods, developing and promoting the web-platform Smart CIOFS-FP and the Application JobApp as tools to support Youth in their school-to-work transition (http://www.smartciofs-fp.it).
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The Ciofs-FP Team in Rome (starting at the bottom left): Angela Loiacono, Francesca Di Paolantonio, Tiziana Piacentini, Cristina Diamanti, Salvatore Merenda, Maria Paolucci, Manuela Robazza, Alessia Persiani, Claudia Signoretti, Federica Ruggiero, Angela Elicio, Giorgia Persiani, Lauretta Valente
