HISTORY

The Cultural Association UMBRIA TRAINING CENTER was founded in 1994 in Castel Ritaldi (Umbrien - Italy) to carry out exchange projects with other countries. The content of our work is to realize an exchange for young people in vocational trainings and projects for Permanent Professional Traing, in order to increase the chances of our participants on the labour market. We support the Region of Umbria and connect its culture and tradition with our work about cooperations with regional partners.
The Association is working successfully on regional, national and european level and gives young people not just the possibility to improve their vocational training and occupational situation but additional to develope their personal and linguistic skills, experiences and culture.

“Our mission is to offer extremely high quality consultation and training in the following sectors: sustainable development and tourism, public governance and business management. We promote the change, the development and the innovation of territories, organisations and individuals by means of efficient, functional and incisive methods.”

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OBJECTIVES

The aim of the UTC is to foster innovation, development and change in the people and in the organisation through the promotion and implementation of studies, research, vocational training activities, cultural exchanges and social activities, integrated actions for local development, meetings and conferences, publishing. A motivated group of human resource managers, vocational training programme planners and managers, trainers enables to act scientifically and flexibly.

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STRATEGY

The Umbria Training Center develops projects for companies, public bodies, schools and associations through custom made services thank to a team of national and international experts and consultants and to a network of national and international partner organisations.

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The certification of the management system according to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 for drawing-up, research,and management of training initiatives, vocational training, higher education for international integrated projects, guarantees the results’ quality and the efficiency and the effectiveness of the actions.

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 UTC  has been carrying out training and vocational courses, exchange-projects and placements with foreign partners in many different sectors, both within the framework and outside the initiatives of the European Union (such as: LEONARDO DA VINCI, ADAPT, SOCRATES, EQUAL, INTERREG, DAPHNE, ESF, ART.6 ESF). It is working with young people in the field of professional training, trainers and people in continuing education (for both employees and job seekers). 

UTC collaborates with public bodies, SMEs and local partners, pursuing the following aims:

• Fostering the local sustainable development;
• Promoting the European mobility in the professional training system;
• Facilitating access of young people to the labour market.
• Improving the ICT facilities and FAD teaching systems;

Moreover, UTC carries out projects aimed at fostering access to the labour market through real and simulated experience, e.g. marketing plans and feasibility studies, communication courses (NLP) and games that stimulate creativity.

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UTC will take part in the following project activities, such as:

• development of curricula of economic animators in the rural/local development,
• testing the curriculum for the animators of regional development,
• consultancy, advice and participation in the quality system development,
• analysis of the labour market, development of mobility programmes for trainers, learners and employees,
• transfer of innovations
• leading several teaching ESF projects
• participating in many projects management, monitoring and evaluating, dissemination activities, networking development, ICT development.
• participating in several projects concerning the tourism of all sectors.

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SECTORS and SERVICES

The Umbria Training Center gained a lot of experience in planning, management and evaluating projects in the framework of EU Initiatives: Leonardo Da Vinci (exchanges, placements, pilot projects and language competencies), Socrates, Youth, Employment NOW, Adapt, Leader II, Equal, Agenda 21. With the support of the ESF, the UTC has carried out vocational training actions aimed to prevent the school abandonment, to upgrade the workers’ skills, to promote the e-learning, to foster the sustainable tourism development, to support the businesses’ setting up, to promote the innovation and competition in tourism businesses.

The Umbria Training Center is focused on tourism, hospitality industry, catering and gastronomy, rural tourism, local planning, rural development, biological agriculture.

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SERVICES OFFERED

• Consultancy for European community planning and fund raising
• Monitoring and strategic evaluation activities
• Vocational training and counselling
• Translations in the following sectors: commercial, legal, development and research

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UTC has fully developed experience in planning and coordinating project activities.

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In the last years it has carried out the activities of the following European Community projects:

•  2010-2011 EQF Project 167197-LLP-1-2009-1IT-KA1-KA1EQF on recognition and validation of non formal and informal learning on the urban sector, landscape and risk prevention
• 2009-2012 German ESF-programme „IdA – Integration through Exchange“.Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Ostprignitz-Ruppin GmbH -Neuruppin Deutschland
• 2009-2011 LDV MOBILITY project  PERSONNES SUR LE MARCHE DU TRAVAIL » Carried by Mission locale de l’Agenais et de l’Albret In reference to conventions  n°LLP-LDV-FR-2009-PMT-471  Project «  e puissance » Et n°LLP-LDV-FR-2009-PMT-472  Project « mob euro jeunes
• 2008-2010 LLP - Leonardo Da Vinci Multilateral Project  LLP-LDV-PA-08-IT-372
• 2006-08 INTERREG IIIA INTERADRIATICO “RURAL FAIRS”;
• 2006-08 INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED “MESST – Mediterranean Standards for Sustainable Tourism”;
• 2006-08 INTERREG IIIB ARCHIMED “HADRIAMED – Harmonious Development of Rural and Insular Areas in the Mediterranean”;
• 2006-08 Leonardo da Vinci Pilot project “Eurojobmediator”;
• 2004-06 TCA Id code: 3844 P.I.C.Trasnsnational project “LABORATOIRE SAVOIR-FAIRE: Echange autour d'une économie sociale en milieu rural” ;
• 2004-06 IT-G2-MAR-028 P.I.C. Equal “Il territorio montano ed il suo rinnovamento”;
• 2004-06 IT-G2-BAS-007 P.I.C. Equal “MECENATE”;
• 2004-06 IT-G2-BAS-007 P.I.C. Equal “I  giovani e lo sviluppo della montagna Lucana”;
• 2004-06 IT-G2- EMI-032 P.I.C. Equal “Laboratorio Samoggia: una terra accogliente e socialmente responsabile”;
• 2004-06 IT-G2-BAS-003 P.I.C. Equal “Mestieri antichi per una nuova occupabilita’”;
• 2004-06 RO/03/B/F/PP-175 050 Leonardo da Vinci pilota “Creation of a Vocational Training Center for tourism activities”;
• 2004-06 ES/04/B/F/PP-149 184 Leonardo da Vinci pilota “Gender Experts”: a professional profile for equality of  opportunities”;
• 2004-06 PL/04/B/F/PP-174 446 Leonardo da Vinci pilota “Economic Animator”;
• 2005 UM.06.03.33.012 FSE Corso post laurea per “Esperto nella ricerca e gestione di progetti di sviluppo”;
• 2005-07 Socrates Grundtvig “The Life Long Learning MAP – L3 MAP” CP-1-2005-1-NL-Grundtvig-G1;
  • 2004-06 n° 119645JA-1-2004-1-IT-JOINTCALL-INDI: “EU.FOR.ME Formazione Turistica per un’utenza ampliata”;
  • 2004 PG 04.03.34.027 FSE – Corso per Operatore di Bed and Breakfast;
  • 2003 PG 02.03.34.030 FSE – Corso per Operatore di Bed and Breakfast;
  • 2003 048-LOM-020 P.I.C. Equal “Rinnovamento rurale” Azione 3;
  • 2002-04 Progetto Socrates “Flex All” 101182-CP-120021NL-GRUNDTVIG;
  • 2002-04 IT-G-LOM-020 P.I.C EQUAL:“Gli agricoltori; il loro ambiente ed il mondo rurale nell’Unione Europea”;
  • 2002-04 IT-G-CAL 014 P.I.C EQUAL: “Atena”;
  • 2002-04 IT-G-CAL- 013  P.I.C EQUAL: “Locride per tutti”;
  • 2002-04 IT-G-BAS-002 P.I.C EQUAL: “Herculia”;
  • 2002 PG 00.03.51.008 FSE – Course “Progettazione e sviluppo di Imprese turistico sostenibili”; 
  • 2002 PG 00.03.41.003 FSE – “Workshop Formativi: competizione ed innovazione nelle imprese turistiche”;
  • 2002 F/02/B/P/PP-118084 Leonardo Da Vinci Pilot Project Création d’une formation de médiateur pour une insertion durable en entreprise de jeunes en difficulté;
  • 2002 112214 LdV Pilot Project EUROPRESENT Trasnationale Entwicklung und Undersetzung von Präsentationsverfahren in der Reiserverkehrsaus buildung;
  • 2001 Leonardo da Vinci Training Decision Support System for Sustainable Tourism I-01-EX-120497/SCF;
  • 2000 LdV The European Charta of sustainable Tourism – Formare fa ECO I-00-A-F-EX-121075/SCF;
  • 1999 Leonardo da Vinci Ecomanagement in Hotel and Restaurant I/99/1/69763/PL/I12a/FPI;
  • 1999 Leonardo da Vinci Sustainable policy for Tourism I/99/1/69767/PL/I12c/FPC;
  • 1998 Leonardo da Vinci Ecomanagement tourism – ISO 14000in Europa I/98/1493/PL/I12c;
  • 1998 Leonardo da Vinci Eco-occupation Tourism ISO 14001 I/98/1/328/PL/I12aFPI;
  • 1998 Leonardo da Vinci Transnational manager of regional promotion I/98/304/PL/I12a/FPI;
  • 1997 Employment NOW The Via of transnational tourism in Europe –Giubilea            1029/E2/N/R;
  • 1997 LdV Transregional placements of managers of regional promotion I /97/1/ 287 / PL / I.1.2.a. / FPI;
  • 1997 LdV Transnational exchange of manager of Regional Promotion  I/97/1/326 /PL/ I.1.2.c./ FPI;
  • 1996 Leonardo da Vinci Transnational Placements of manager Promotion 1.2.a /I/9 /1/32/PL I;
  • 1995 Leonardo da Vinci The via of Transregional tourism in Europe    1.2.a /CL/570/95/ ML;
  • 1995 Human Resources Enhancement NOW IC/0362/N Social Catering Service.

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ITALIAN PARTNERS

The Umbria Training Center collaborates with provinces, municipalities, local bodies, universities, enterprises’ consortia, cooks associations, tour operators and vocational training organisations.