Company Profile 2012 Education and Training for co-operative development

Company Profile 2012 Education and Training for co-operative development

Curriculum and presentation of corporate activities 1. Notes Identifiers Name Irecoop Emilia-Romagna VAT Number 04191010372 Legal nature Type institution Cooperative Private Entity Year established 1979 Description Headquarter Education and Training via Alfredo Calzoni 1/3, Bologna, Italy Phone +39 051 7099011 Fax +39 051 372979 Website E-mail Certification www.irecoop.it sede.regionale@irecoop.it Accredited for Lifelong learning and Superior Education in the Emilia- Romagna Region.

2. Key Skills IRECOOP Emilia-Romagna is an education, training and consulting firm created in 1979 by Confcooperative Emilia-Romagna to meet the training needs of the regional cooperative system. IRECOOP offers a wide range of training programmes designed to meet the needs of members, directors, managers and employees of cooperatives regionally. IRECOOP s mission is: 1. To anticipate, forecast and match the skills demand and supply in the local labour market; 2. To develop and disseminate the co-operative culture; 3. To promote co-operative entrepreneurship and solidarity and social responsibility values. In line with cooperative principles and values, IRECOOP activities are also addressed to the most vulnerable sector of society. Particular attention is paid to the training needs of unemployed, disadvantaged people and people with special needs: particularly young people, immigrants, people with disabilities and prisoners. In the past, IRECOOP developed hundreds of learning, training and work opportunities to more than 500 co-operative enterprises, the majority of which are social co-operatives: enterprises specialized in the provision of social services or in the reintegration, through work, of disadvantaged and marginalized people. Irecoop s mission translates into activities in four main areas: Education and Training training, refresher and specialization courses; vocational training; vocational guidance. Co-operative Education - in primary and secondary schools; Tailored training activities - for co-operatives operating in the fields of agribusiness, social and heath services, banking, logistics, tourism and culture, green economy. Research - on co-operative skills need. Transnational projects participation in European Projects, organisation of workshops on internationalization opportunities, study visits abroad for co-operative managers. In particular, IRECOOP helps co-operative enterprises to set up and manage transnational projects on different social, health, work, culture, organizational innovation related topics. Furthermore IRECOOP sets up specific and targeted training interventions addressed to co-operative enterprises to train the internal staffs on the access to European Funds. IRECOOP is accredited by Emilia-Romagna Region for Life-long learning and Superior Education (D.G.R. n. 530/06).

4. Organization Irecoop ER counts on a regional headquarter in Bologna and 9 branches at local level (Bologna, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Ferrara, Modena, Ravenna, Piacenza, Rimini, Forlì-Cesena). The staff is composed of 63 dedicated individuals (43 permanent staff and 20 freelancers), whose expertise contributes towards the daily management, promotional activities and training services provided. Irecoop integrates its internal staff with qualified external professionals included in its relational network, to create multidisciplinary team able to meet the needs of each specific project and training activity. President: Marco Venturelli Executive Director: Annamaria Sartori 5. Curriculum International Projects Since 1991 Irecoop has been participating in European Projects and projects financed by the European Structural Funds, both as applicant and as partner organization. What follows is the list of the most significant projects divided into thematic areas. Integration through work of disadvantaged people 1991 HORIZON pilot action for the socio-economic and professional inclusion of people with disabilities. 1992 HORIZON pilot action for the socio-economic and professional inclusion of immigrant people. 1994 NOW - Vocational training for women entrepreneurs in the field of childhood care. 1994 IRIS European Network for the improvement of women training 1996 HORIZON Pilot action to foster job integration of people with disabilities through on-the-job training 2007 TOWARDS SOCIETY THANKS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING addressed to prisoners of the Jail of Parma, to acquire professional competences to facilitate

their active inclusion in the job market (ESF) 2008 ACTIVE inclusion of disadvantaged women training and work insertion of adult, unemployed, predominantly immigrants women with low educational profiles. 2008 WE TRY TO WORK vocational training in local enterprises for prisoners, exprisoners and drug addicts in the district of Rimini. 2009 TOWARDS SOCIETY THANKS TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING II addressed to prisoners of the Jail of Parma, to acquire professional competences to facilitate their active inclusion in the job market (ESF) 2010 WE TRY TO WORK Training for unemployed people with psychological distress (ESF) 2010 ALL WORK. Soft skills for active inclusion in the workplace - adressed to men and women under the new poverties category (ESF) 2011 INC.I.P.I.T. III Job Active inclusion through Internship and job-support (ESF) 2011 NEW I.So.L.E. - Social Active inclusion: Job and Experiences in Ferrara (Italy ESF) Lifelong learning and mobility 1992 CAMELIA II - Cultural and linguistic adaptation of multimedia training 1993 LINGUA - European student mobility: HR Administration curricula 1994 TEMPUS technological applications in the secondary educational system of the Cracow Restoration Academy. 1996 ADAPT II Tourism, Vocational Training and Services 1996 SOCRATES - LINGUA Romanes 1997 ADAPT - Vocational training for expert in the tourism sector 1999 LLP - Leonardo da Vinci - Career plan and European mobility Co-operative entrepreneurship 1994 EUROFORM - Management of co-operatives enterprises in Europe 1997 TELEMATICS APPLICATIONS Agora, Teleservices for Small and Medium sized enterprises.

2004 EQUAL - Social co-operatives network for people employment (ESF) 2004 EQUAL II Agape: Actions for people employment Developing entrepreneurial skills for social enterprises (ESF)