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Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Empolese
Valdelsa Spa was born
on 2001 thanks to an agreement among
26 founders with a mixed public private
capital. Its purposes are: organising
professional training, and planning new
strategies for economic, cultural, social
and tourist local development.
SHAREHOLDERS
The company composed by
• The eleven municipalities of
Empolese Valdelsa round-up: Empoli,
Castelfiorentino, Cerreto Guidi, Certaldo,
Fucecchio, Gambassi Terme, Montaione,
Montelupo Fiorentino, Montespertoli,
Vinci (60% of shares).
• Chamber of Commerce of Florence (25%
of shares)
• 14 trade unions and associations (15% of
shares).
MISSION
- Planning and management of activities connected with the economic development of the area, included activities of urban development and all those activities related with the innovation and the sustainable development
- Planning, managing and carrying on of vocational training courses for people, enterprises, associations, public or private bodies
- Planning, organization and management of the activities of school and professional guidance
- Planning and management of project
within programmes and initiatives, local,
regional, national or European - Planning, management and organization
of services for employment and for works
active politics - Management of course and activities related with university education
- Promotion, planning and management activities in tourist ambit to enhance the cultural, historical environmental patrimony of the Circondario
COMPANY PROFILE
As regards the area of training and job,
Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Empolese Valdelsa
accomplishes:
- Vocational Training courses for young people looking for a job.
- Refresher courses for enterprises and workers
- Training for public officers.
- Training for people serving apprenticeship.
- Training for young people attending formative duty.
- High technical training for graduates in collaboration with Universities, colleges and firms.
- Training for migrants citizens, together with the Circondario Empolese Valdelsa municipalities and Empolese Valdelsa Intercultural Centre.
- Advice concerning services supplied by employment offices.
EDUCATION
The main ASEV’s purpose is to train young people and adults on job, through an ultimate way toward human and personal growth as well as technical and vocational. Lessons are strongly based on practical activities, by using
training – work rotation method.
A mixed course of study wherein participants alternate lessons, laboratory activities and traineeship agency.
- Basic vocational training, higher level, steady, permanent.
- Careers guidance
- Self - employment (women’s and youth)
- Traineeship
- Local government employees training
- Enterprises guidance
- Adults education
With over 10 years of training experience, ASEV always maintained a placement close to 70%, within six months to the conclusion of training course.
This positive result has been achieved thanks to the enterprises contribution which every year provide suggestions about job titles to train up.
Courses effectiveness and specific technical - vocational competences transfer to young people who attend ASEV courses allow a better involvement within work context where they are called for.
ASEV is a training centre recognized by Regione Toscana and it is also certified ISO 9001:2000.
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
To make concreteness of own mission ASEV
has been conducting a connection role
between supply and demand of innovation,
service and research, by setting up itself as a
pivot amongst local enterprises and innovation
centres in Tuscany.
It has been fostering know-how exchanges
with close territories already equipped of hubs
to support innovation demand by the side of
enterprises.
In recent years ASEV has interpreted several
specific demands of economics network by
promoting and developing projects aimed to
strategic replacements of productive network
area.
It has undertaken an active role in planning
and management phases on projects
realization concerning research and innovation
of manufacturing enterprises.
ASEV mission is also to promote technical
scientific innovation of local productive
network. For this reason various innovative projects have been carrying out in
collaboration with several important local
enterprises.
ASEV leads and manages NANOXM (www.
nanoxm.it) the Regional Innovation Pole
for Nanotechnologies recently instituted
under the initiative of the Regional Authority
which links all Tuscany research centers and
laboratories operating in different branches of
nanotechnologies.
A growing number of more than 70
enterprises working with or willing to invest
in nanotechnologies for improving own
processes and products have already joined
to NANOXM.
ASEV finally is also member of the
management board of the Regional
Innovation Pole for Renewable Energies and
Energy Efficiency.
