Consozio per la Formazione, l'Innovazione e la Qualità - CFIQ

CFIQ is a consortium of 60 bodies representing the local socio-economic context. Located in Pinerolo, a little city nearby Turin, CFIQ started its activities in 1996 as a Vocational Training Organization. CFIQ employs about 30 people under a full-time contract and co-operates with a wide number of independent contractors. Its activities, aiming also at developing training proposals attentive to the needs of the territory in which it operates and the labour market that characterizes it, are mainly based on the regional plans for training and the main target groups to which training is addressed are: young people (professional courses), adult learners (lifelong learning) and companies (apprenticeship training– companies training plans). The main objective of CFIQ is therefore to provide training for: the first entry in the labour market, unemployed workers, disadvantaged people, companies and their employees, upgrade the qualification of people with secondary school diploma. CFIQ has been involved in several projects aiming at local development throughout education and training.