IFOA is a non-profit Training and Employment Agency working to maintain and strengthen the link between people and companies since 1971.

IFOA is appointed since 1999 as a national VET center, with 10 sites all over Italy. Standing out as one of the leading private training centers in Italy, IFOA delivers traditional and b-learning post- diploma (EQF 5) and post-graduate (EQF 6 and 7) programs for young unemployed, as well as lifelong training, consultancy and technical assistance to individuals, businesses and public bodies in the areas - Information & Communication Technology; Marketing Sales and Internationalisation; Human Resources Organisation and Development; Administration Control and Finance; Operations and Organisation of Company Processes; Management Skills; Environment and Energy Saving; Safety at work; Large-scale retail; Food processing and Tourism. Since its creation IFOA has trained over 36000 people as the rate of employment achieved is 89,7%.

Since 1993, IFOA has been working in EU projects on curricula development, competences definition, assessment and recognition, lifelong learning, employability, mobility, ICT, etc. Moreover, IFOA is in the network of the Italian and EU Chambers of Commerce, and member of the European network EfVET. IFOA is also head office of ULIXES, a EEIG involving training agencies, colleges, business schools and Chambers of Commerce in 10 EU member States.

Proandi is a VET provider and an active and experienced entity in the field of vocational education and training in north of Portugal, in Póvoa de Varzim city. It was born in 2001 as external Occupational Health and Safety services provider. In 2006, it starts its activities in the market as a provider of Food Safety consulting in order to comply with the new legislation about hygiene and safety rules at workplace. Proandi is accredited by DGERT (Directorate-General for Employment and Labor Relations) in 15 areas of education and training since 2008 as an external entity of Institute for Employment and Vocational.

Proandi works with projects financed by the SFE and another programs in the VET, for youth and adults people (employed, unemployed) in areas considered necessary for socio-economic development in the face of market needs, as restaurant and bar, cook and pastry, multimedia, ICT, health, hair stylist.

Muğla Provincial Directorate for National Education, is subordinate, directly, to the Ministry of National Education and is the sole public body with the powers of execution and inspection of educational processes and regulations. All of the schools of the province Muğla are linked to the directorate. The main function of the directorate is to ensure the running of educational processes and regulations, smoothly, as desired by the ministry as well as inspect, take the required steps for present or future challenges. In this sense, it can arrange or partake in any activity to contribute to education and training.

The directorate keeps the progress with the aim of realizing a new system adorned with innovative techniques/methods, increasing the quality of education, internalizing and disseminating that quality within all institutions. Project-based working is an indispensable part of the directorate to achieve these aims. According to the basic policy of the directorate, all the topics regarding education/educational activities should be regarded as a project. That’s why the directorate gives importance to the ArGe (Search-Develop Department) and analyzes all the activities of this department systematically and continuously. It has been extremely important to grow up a new generation thinking solution-based, having high self-esteem, caring cultural values.