1. FORESTUR: “Tailored training for professionals in the rural tourist sector”
ES/06/B/F/PP
FLORIDA PRESENTATION
Valencia, November 2006

2. FLORIDA PRESENTATION
Florida was founded in 1977, when a group of professionals with a vocation for education and training decided to start a cooperative initiative.
Nowadays we are a group of more than 200 professionals working in a campus (of 26,869 square metres) with 6 buildings and on which more than 3,500 students study each year.
At FLORIDA we believe in people and their professional commitment, and this is why all the workers can participate and take decisions in their role as members of the co-operative.

3. FLORIDA IN FIGURES
Founded:                                              1977 Students per year:                                3,700 Ex-students:                                         11,700 Workers:                                               210 Teaching staff:                                     133 Administration and service staff:      Turnover:                                         8,235,148€ Campus area:                                       26,869 m2 Buildings:                                               6

4. Post-graduate training
FLORIDA PRESENTATION
Educational Services in Florida
Post-graduate training
University education
Secondary education
Vocational training
Compulsory secondary education
Post-compulsory secondary education
Upper Vocational training
Training for unemployed people
In-company training
Business Studies
Industrial Engineering
Tourism
Seniors University
Various postgraduate courses:
Safety and hazard prevention at work
Financial Audit
School for ICT professionals
Language courses

5. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Florida Secondary Education
Compulsory secondary education
12 to 16-year-old students
General education
Two stages involving 2 years each
Post-compulsory secondary education
16 to 18-year-old students
Nature sciences and health
Humanities and social sciences
Technology

6. Upper Vocational Training Training for unemployed people
FLORIDA PRESENTATION
Vocational training
Upper Vocational Training
18 or older
Administration and Finance
Commercial Management and Marketing
Administration of Information Systems
Software Development
Industrial Equipment Maintenance
Telecommunications and computer systems
Safety and Hazard Prevention at work
Sports and Leisure Activities Monitoring
Support from the Regional Employment Service (Servef)
According to the priorities defined by Servef
Training for unemployed people
In-company training
Several tailored courses

7. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Florida University Business Administration
Diploma (3 years) / Degree (5 years)
Industrial Engineering Diploma (3 years)
Mechanics & Electronics
Tourism
Diploma (3 years)

8. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Post-graduate training
Postgraduate Studies (Masters):
Business Administration
Human Resources
Safety and Hazard Prevention at Work
Management
Marketing Management
Training for managers

9. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Seniors University
Seniors University has a twofold objective: on the one hand, to help students to better understand the world around them, and, on the other, to keep their interest in learning.
“Discover a pleasure in studying”, as our slogan reads.
Areas:
Spanish and European History, Economics, Health Care, and Contemporary issues (Social and Business Matters).

10. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Specific services
Space for entrepreneurs: support for business creation and organisation of activities to foster entrepreneurship.
Careers advice and job-finding service, working with more than companies
International relations to guarantee Florida’s presence at international forums, development of transnational projects and the integration of the European view in every activity.

11. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Quality
FLORIDA aims at the implantation of Quality Assurance Systems, as a result of this it has achieved the “Educational Excellence Certification” in Higher & Secondary Education and the “ISO 9001” standards in Student Services as well as Continuing Education Training and Training for Unemployed People.

12. FLORIDA PRESENTATION Services for companies Consultancy (HRD)
R+D+I (Research + Development + Innovation)
Employment portal (labour arbitration)
Document centre
Training in different areas

13. FLORIDA PRESENTATION European Co-operation European programmes:
Leonardo da Vinci: Pilot projects, mobility (for students and staff), transnational networks (EINET), reference documentation and valorisation (Valorisation Conferences and Valorisation Pilot Actions)
Socrates: Comenius, Erasmus, Minerva, Lingua and Grundtvig
Other programmes: EQUAL, E-learning, Joint Actions, DG Employment, etc.

14. What do we expect from FORESTUR?
Increase awareness among professionals of rural tourism of training as a tool for improving business management and local development
Increase our internationationalization
Increase our pedagogical competences through ICT
Increase our training activities in rural environments
Increase the interaction and cooperation level with regional/national agents linked to the tourism sector and local development.