Ifoa designs and manages complex initiatives and strategic activities and the transfer of good practices, funded at national and regional level, in addition to technical assistance projects on behalf of Public Administrations and other Institutional Bodies.

The main field of activities in which Ifoa intervenes are:

• Technical assistance activities for Employment Centres
• Technical assistance delivered to Public Administrations
• Organisation of study visits for the transfer of good practices
• SMEs: skills development and internationalisation
• Framework interventions on production chains (food processing, logistics and transport, ICT, ceramics…)
• Entrepreneurship, career guidance and support to women’s employment integration
• Training systems, recognition and certification of skills
• LifeLong Learning
• Active employment policies
• Social inclusion
• Over 45s
• Corporate social responsibility
• Mobility, exchange programmes, study visits and transfer of good practices
• E-learning systems design
• Safety and environment

The characteristics of the proposed interventions are:

• The regional or national dimension,
• The strong integration with the policies and priorities of the European Union and equally those of the local territory,
• The multi-player partnerships that include public and private entities,
• The focus on the research and development of innovative products and methods (such as e-learning methods and technologies).

What it offers

Ifoa acts as implementing body, leader or project partner, and provides technical assistance to public or private bodies during the design, implementation, administration and financial phases, as well as in the reporting, monitoring and evaluation of project operations.

Among the main fields of activity in which Ifoa has participated as implementing body, leader or partner we may mention:

• Multi-measure ESF programmes (Ministries, Regions, Provinces)
• Tenders (Ministries, Regions, Provinces)
• European Community Initiative Adapt (1994-1999)
• European Community Initiative Equal (2000-2006)
• European Community Initiative Interreg III (2000-2006)
• European Territorial Cooperation Objective (2007-2013)
• Interprofessional funds
• Italian law 236/93
• IFTS (Higher Technical Training and Education paths)
• PASS - Public Administrations for the Development of Southern Italy

Ifoa also provides consulting services on request or through tenders for strategic projects, technical assistance and scouting initiatives with public and private entities.