AFP - http://www.afp-collineastigiane.com
AFP Colline Astigiane is a VET centre accredited by Piedmont Region. It is a consortium established in 1998, that manages the Vocational Training Centre AFP combining the public and private local synergies within a territorial development project focused on the qualification and professionalisation of tourists’ reception. The training service is an essential instrument to promote the transition to active life and for updating individual competitive skills in the professional field.
The members are: Municipality Agliano Terme, Municipality Canelli, Municipality Nizza Monferrato, Bersano Vini, Banca Asti, CRA Group Cassa Risparmio Asti (credit institute/bank), F.lli Carli, Oneglia (food company with expertise in the olive oil sector), Comunità Collinare Val Tiglione (administrative union of municipalities in Asti).
The VET Agency AFP represents the continuity of the former Vocational Training Centre for restaurant and hotel services managed by the Municipality of Agliano Terme since 1972. This organisation is well known to the local population as “the Hotel and Catering School”. AFP is co-funded by the European Union, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Piedmont Region. The Agency proposes the aim to combine the personal project with the opportunities in the social – economic framework, making the students as active players and determined protagonists of their own life choices, through the continuous promotion of the person as an individual, as a citizen and as a worker.
AFP was awarded in 2015 with the Erasmus+ VET mobility charter, ranking 1st in Italy.
From 2020 AFP is accredited for Erasmus+ VET mobility.