INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Rotterdam January 2011 INTEGRA Migrants’ Integrating Kit Basic Language for Dealing with Financial Matters

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES The Institute for Training and Social Studies – IFES, is a non profit educational foundation, promoted by the Trade Union UGT and established aiming to be a technical instrument for the development of activities in the field of Vocational and Continuing Professional Training. Since 1986, IFES has been meeting the training demands of workers due to technological innovations and the changes associated to them, the qualification needs and professional competencies. I F E S

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES STRUCTURE IFES has a nation-wide structure able to develop its activities all over the country, profiting a close research of the evolution and training trends by productive sectors and geographical area. There are 17 local offices at autonomic level, and a central office co-ordinating all the support services.

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES ACTIVITIES Training needs analysis Training activities design with its own methodology Development of didactic resources for training activities Implementation of training courses in a vast range of subjects covering every productive sector Training schemes evaluation Research projects and studies in the fields of training and professional qualification Training and didactic resources consulting Management, control and follow-up of training schemes IFES carries out different activities related to professional training and qualification. Among them, we could point out the following:

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Training Resources FACILITIES 167 training centres in all Spanish regions, with 577 available classrooms m 2 devoted to training COURSES 327 recognised training specialities for unemployed workers recognised training specialities in the available classrooms E-Learning platform with 90 on-line training specialities DIDACTIC MATERIALS More than training curricula and 86 self-edited training handbooks

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Training Activities 2009 PROGRAMMES Prioritary for employed Prioritary for unemployed TOTAL COURSES TRAINEES HOURS

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Continuing Training IFES collaborates with the signatory institutions of the Continuing Training National Agreement (Employers Associations and Trade Unions, with the financial support of the Spanish Government), carrying out a wide and varied range of training courses aimed at the workers’ qualification and their adaptation to the technological and organizational innovations.

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Vocational Training Training the unemployed has always been one of IFES’ main objectives. We are deeply convinced that training is the best way to accede to the labour market, acquiring the professional qualification that provides better chances for work insertion.

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Training Areas IFES offers training in nearly all the productive sectors:.

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES The call for Complementary measures to support Training developed by the Spanish Foundation for Continuing Training, aims at the adaptation of enterprises and workers to the structural changes produced by the internationalization of production and the introduction of technological, productive and organizational innovations. These objectives are carried out through different activities: researches and studies, data bases, professional observation systems, experiences exchanges, innovative methodologies in products or didactic resources, etc. National Programmes

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES National Programmes

European Community Programmes INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES Everyday gathers more strength the Community dimension of the Professional Training Policies. The development of pilot experiences on training, competencies and professional qualifications between the different institutions and enterprises in the European Union, points at the generation of a genuine European Citizenship Spirit strengthening the links to collaborate and exchange experiences, cultures and languages, to ensure the integration of the European society.

INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN Y ESTUDIOS SOCIALES IFES has participated in multitude of European Programmes:. Leonardo da Vinci Adapt Now YouthStart Horizon Grundtvig Equal Social Dialogue (B3) Innovative Meassures (B2-1630) Programe 19 Integra Etc. European Community Programmes