Calle Guardia Civil 21, esc 2, pta 9
46020 Valencia Valencia
Spain
- Youth and education
IFESCOOP is a non-profit cooperative which cooperates with the regional and local Public Administration (Regional Government and City Municipalities), Social Partners (Trade Unions and Employers Associations), as well as many other institutions and organisations in different fields, mainly related to adult education and vocational training.
IFESCOOP provides education for different target groups, where priority is given to specific disadvantaged groups such as migrants, women, youth, disadvantaged people, children, etc.
Number of staff employed: 6
Budget 2019: 108.084,67 €
Sources of funding: mainly European projects
Actions: pilot projects, exchanges, trainings and seminars, mobilities
As a training provider, IFESCOOP offers tailor-made training programmes for developing and upgrading skills and professional qualifications of workers and unemployed people, thus improving their employment opportunities and supporting their personal and professional development.
Important part of the company´s activities is the performance of market analyses for matching needs and requirements to current training offers, skills and competences needed for successful realisation on the labour market. With a lot of experience working in the entrepreneurship field.
IFESCOOP participates very actively in public policies, like training plans (VET), initiatives to prevent the early school leaving, through the validation or recognition of skills acquired through non-formal and informal learning, promoting media literacy and online safety, improving the social cohesion and equal opportunities, etc.
IFESCOOP encourages social commitment and integration, awakening young peoples’ critical abilities and their awareness of social problems, trying to engage them in the process of learning and promoting youth leadership and quality work.
IFESCOOP also promotes initiatives to increase the diversity of young participants through the actions carried out by the Spanish Youth Council, which include offering spaces for reflection, joint work, training, dialogue with public authorities and State institutions, and carrying out the systematisation of the experience of the organised youth movement, opening new channels and channels of action.
The company benefits from the experience of its founders and collaborators: Experts in vocational training and adult education with more than 30 years of experience in the area; Trainers and training programmes designers; IT specialists; Web designers; Experts in project management and implementation at regional, national and European level.
At regional and local level, IFESCOOP cooperates with different organisations and institutions and has established working networks and collaborations that can be used for the dissemination and exploitation of projects results and products.
At European level, IFESCOOP cooperates with the European Network «EURORESO», which includes 63 organisations from 30 different European countries. This has a clear strategic value for dissemination. The projects, their results and products can be easily disseminated within the network members and also they can cooperate in further dissemination through their own channels at national and local level. More information: www.euroreso.eu
IFESCOOP has participated in 12 European projects dealing with young people, arts and mental health, children, migrants, refugees, language skills, integration, intercultural skills, disabled people, elderly.
Using our knowledge and experience for empowering young people, promoting a more inclusive society, improving the integration of disadvantaged groups like young people, NEETs, women, migrants, refugees.
Encouraging the democratic participation of citizens at every level.
Promoting interculturality, diversity, integration, equality, human rights.
Through all our educational resources.
We think that networking is very important.
ALF is an international organisation whose objectives fit very well with the main purpose of IFESCOOP and our projects could have an added value within the network.
We would be very happy to join it and start working together with other members.