IFOA works for the knowledge society:

• to face the challenges of technological and organisational innovation, develop personal skills, strengthen professional competences, and support learning processes;
• to enrich human capital, a resource and decisive value for businesses and for all kinds of organisations, in order to stand up to the challenge of global competition and improve the Italian system;
• to promote the introduction and integration of young people in the labour market, supporting self-guidance, transition and reconversion processes aiming to assure satisfying professional career paths;
• to support territorial development, facilitate the enrichment of its human and professional capital, foster innovation processes, overcome the challenges of the information and knowledge society;
• by providing training and work placement services that accompany the school and higher education system;
• by directly managing EC-funded projects aiming to promote internationalisation processes and actions targeting young people, firstly assuring a fully European and transnational dimension but on a wider, global scale, supporting the qualification of Vocational Education and Training systems.