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CSCS is a research institute active in the field of labour and pedagogic innovation, as well as in the promotion of transnational cooperation on technical education and training.

Located in hearth of Tuscany, in the north-centre of Italy, CSCS is appointed by the European Commission as a Lead Intermediary Organisation of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs network, the latest new cross-border business exchange European programme and is formally accredited by Tuscany Regional Government as a Vocational Training and Centre.

CSCS operates under a Quality Assurance System ISO Vision 9001 for: “design and supply of vocational training courses: compulsory education, further education, higher and continuous training, apprenticeship. Design and supply of mobility educational programmes (study visits and work placements) (EA37)”. CSCS Quality Management Assurance System is certified by TUV.

CSCS is the Italian National Representative and Member of Executive Team of EFVET, the European Forum for Vocational Education and Training, based in Brussels with over 1500 members of all over the world.

Gender equality at work: the EYE program is a huge opportunity for young entrepreneurs

The EU Commission defines “Gender Equality” as promoting equal economic […]

Video interview with Janis Hermanis (KABADA project)

Janis Hermanis, the coordinator of the Erasmus+ KABADA project, was […]

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCED AN ACTION PLAN 2020-2025 – TOWARDS A GENDER-EQUAL EUROPE

The European Union is a global leader in gender equality: […]

Gender Equality: what do you personally know about it?

21st century: hundreds of conventions, thousands of bills (or shall […]

Free download of the book “Powering a learning society during an age of disruption”: by Rupert Mc Lean , Shanti Jagannathan and Sungsup Ra

The newly published book “Powering a Learning Society During an […]

Virtual mobility, from the pandemic crisis to opportunities for the growth of the labor market

On May 18, Mr. Giovanni Crisonà, international consultant on capacity […]

FREASCO – Free from sexism and sexual harassment at school

FREASCO is a European project founded by Justice Programme & […]

SWOST- Sport Without Stereotypes

SWOST – Sport Without Stereotypes, is an Erasmus+ Sports project […]

Beyond the limits, a novel Erasmus+ project on entrepreneurship through creativity

CSCS is taking part in a new Erasmus+ KA2 project […]

TWOST – Training without stereotypes

TWOST is an Erasmus + KA2 project aimed at preventing […]

FREASCO project was submitted by CSCS and its consortium

On April 15th, 2020, CSCS along with an extensive EU […]

Virtual Mobility: A new opportunity for personal growth

As technology continues to advance, teleworking has become more and […]

Medmobility pre-selected among 196 projects

Medmobility, the project for Scaling Up Youth Mobility for Employment […]

Final accreditation for Incubatore.net

The request for transformation from temporary accreditation to final accreditation […]

Alessia Guarracino, CEO at BrickScape, tells us the story of her company

Brickscape is an innovative start-up for the promotion of experiential […]

IVETA organizes its 2nd Europe Regional Conference on TVET

IVETA Europe is holding its second regional conference on technical, […]

The partners of the ARACNE+ meet in Athens

The meeting of the Aracne+ project was held the last 10th and […]

EYE was presented in the Hamburg Reeper Bahn Music Festival

The opportunities provided by EYE to enhance a business was presented in […]

Skillman for Open Robotics

Corso gratuito di Addetto alla manutenzione di macchinari destinati alla […]

New EYE agreement with the school of music foundation of Fiesole (Florence)

Fondazione ONLUS Scuola di Musica di Fiesole signed the agreement […]

Initiative on the mobility of NEETs and young workers

CSCS is currently working on the promotion of social inclusion […]

Initiative on the prevention of online sexual harassment

CSCS is working on the prevention of violence against children, […]

Skillman was presented to the Annual ECVET Forum in Rotterdam

The Annual ECVET Forum, held on 20-21 June 2019, involved […]

The research team of CSCS supports the realization of a thesis on the social integration of Immigrant Background Students

The Master’s thesis of Francesco P. Cardiello ‘Understanding and Improving the Social […]

Iniciatives against Stereotypes

CSCS as a skills innovation hub is currently engaged in […]

Grand Launch of the “Smart’Orto Sociale”

The project “Smart’Orto Sociale”, an initiative affiliated to the Skillman.eu network, was launched the […]

SWoSt – Sport Without Stereotypes

A new initiative aimed at encouraging social inclusion and equal […]

First meeting between the Skillman board and the ECVET Secretariat

The first online operational meeting to improve the implementation of […]

CSCS awarded at the EYE Entrepreneur of the Decade Awards

A great and deserved recognition for the constant and sustained […]

Skillnet

A new project for the creation of a Sector Skills […]

Robot cluster in Slovenia

Skillman members work together to establishing a robot cluster in […]

PLATIN: the new initiative supported by the Skillman.eu

PLAyful Transformations towards INnovative company cultures With the support of […]

job Radar – TVET initiative

The new project designed in collaboration with MENETP (Madagascar) The […]

Euro-Africa

A new joint project designed within the Skillman.eu network A partnership […]

Caronte decides to join the Skillman.eu in the last meeting

The intermediate meeting of ‘Caronte: Continuing educAtion and scientific infoRmatiON […]

Rakesh Sanjel, the Managing Director of NAAT, at the Skillman Secretariat

At the beginning of January 2019 Rakesh Sanjel, the skillman.eu […]

Skillman presented at the CLC-South Partners’ Meeting

Skillman has been presented at the CLC-South Partners’ Meeting of […]

Aracne+ Training Action

On October 16th-18th, 2018 Greta Bilanzola and […]

Study visit: the Riga State Technical School

On November 6th, 2018 CSCS was pleased to host the […]

ARACNE+ @CSCS for the EU Vocational Skills Week

About the event The 7th of November 2018, on […]

skillman @ the ‘journée de la recherche Ingénierie & Architecture’ in Switzerland

The 10 of October, 2018 Giovanni Crisoná visited the international […]

2nd GERMAN-ITALIAN INNOVATION CONFERENCE in Berlin 2018

Slillman.eu alliance presented at the 2nd ‘GERMAN-ITALIAN INNOVATION CONFERENCE Investing […]

The European Vocational Skills Week 2018 in Pistoia

The Celebration of the European Vocational Skills Week in Pistoia […]

IMY Director Greta Bilanzola meets Centro Educativo Fuenllana

Greta Bilanzola (IMY Director at CSCS) visited the “Centro Educativo […]

EIT RawMaterials Information & Brokerage Event 2018

The venue took place October 15-16, 2018 in the Radisson […]

CSCS at the 22nd Network Meeting of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programm in Brussels

CSCS took part, invited by the European Commission, in the […]

October 5 is World Teacher’s Day. A special day in […]

ARACNE+ Training Action in Madrid, October 16-18

CSCS is looking forward to participating in the Training […]

CSCS signs a cultural and scientific collaboration agreement with the UNESCO Transdisciplinary Chair Human Development and Culture of Peace

CSCS – Centro Studi Cultura Sviluppo signs a cultural and […]

THE SKILLMAN.EU TEAM, LED BY CSCS, PARTICIPATED IN THE CEDEFOP’S WORKSHOP ON SKILL ANTICIPATION METHODS AND PRACTICES

Skillman was selected by CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the […]

Tiziana Chiappelli represents Skillman.eu in the Cedefop’s Third Policy Learning Forum

Tiziana Chiappelli, as representative of the Skillman.eu network, participated in […]

7 webinars for entrepreneurs available on the EYE Website

The Entrepreneurs’ Mobility consortium, led by CSCS, has created until […]

The Entrepreneurs’ Mobility Consortium has recently achieved targets for 2018

The Entrepreneurs’ Mobility Consortium, first European Partnership in terms of […]

Tiziana Chiapelli nominated expert for the thematic working group on the inclusion of minor migrants

Tiziana Chiapelli nominated expert for the thematic working group […]

QAPCO – Qatar Petrochemical Company new partner in Skillman.eu network

QAPCO – Qatar Petrochemical Company, one of the world’s largest […]

open day – Pistoia 29 maggio 2018 – Invito / ingresso libero

L’evento celebra l’impegno di CSCS nella European Alliance for Apprenticeships con lo […]

Giovanni Crisonà was recently appointed ambassador tackling early leaving from VET

Giovanni Crisonà has been included in the list of ambassadors […]

CSCS hosted the ARACNE+ project meeting the last 15th and 16th of March

On March 15th and 16th, the partner meeting of ARACNE […]

CSCS, leader of EM Entrepreneur Mobility, participates in the the 21st EYE Network Meeting

The 21st EYE Network Meeting, held the past 5-7 of […]

The project meeting of Caronte: an useful opportunity to talk about the European learning standards for training

CSCS participated in the meeting of the Caronte project, held […]

A grant agreement has been signed among CSCS and Ondokuz Mayis University

The Agreement among CSCS, represented by Giovanni Crisonà and the […]

CSCS as leader of the Entrepreneurs’ Mobility consortium participated in the partners’ meeting in Berlin

The Entrepreneurs’ Mobility consortium, led by CSCS, held his […]

Vocational Education within industries: an interesting talk within the second European Vocational Skills Week

Jorge Arévalo Turrillas, Regional Deputy Minister for Vocational Training at […]

CSCS celebrates the European Vocational Skills Week with an event dedicated to the “mobility learners”

On the occasion of the European Skills Week, CSCS organized […]

BASF Group, the renowned largest chemical producer in the world, sent its apprentices and tutors to Pistoia, in collaboration with…

the local Incubator incubatore.net CSCS which is carrying on many […]

CSCS and Metropolis signed an agreement aimed at promoting the Programme ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’

Centro Studi “Cultura Sviluppo” signed an agreement with Metropolis, a […]

CSCS and Dekaplus signed a cooperation agreement under the EM IX project

The bilateral agreement among CSCS, represented by Giovanni Crisonà, and […]

Caronte, the project that turn the challenge of raw materials dependence into a strategic strength, has been launched the past 5th and 6th July 2017

The National Research Council hosted the Kick-off Meeting of Caronte […]

The Europemobility.eu network expresses its concern about the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the council

The Europemobility.eu network, joined by more than 300 EU organisations, […]

A series of valuable products for resilience training has been created by ‘Resilience’, a project led by Blickpunkt Identität and carried out by CSCS and other institutions

‘Resilience’, the project coordinated by Blickpunkt Identität and carried out […]

CSCS and Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) signed a cooperation protocol under the EM IX project

The bilateral agreement among CSCS and ATO has been signed […]

New materials for professionals working with victims or perpetrators of violence have been produced by the EURehabChildren team

The EURehabChildren team has produced a series of materials […]

CSCS and the municipality of Santander signed a cooperation protocol under the EM IX project

The bilateral agreement has been signed under the Framework Partnership […]

CSCS signed the European Alliance for Apprenticeships pledge at EAFA 2017

The European Commission, Directorate General Employment, Social affairs and Inclusion, […]

One of the SKILLMAN PILOT TRAINING Course on Industry & Production 4.0 Manager has been held in May 24th in Italy

The training was addressed to test a unit aimed to […]

Celebrated in Pistoia the European Alliance for Apprenticeship awarding the participants of the skillman piloting courses

In collaboration with the local Incubator, Skillman has promoted in […]

Lorenzo Lombardi speaks about italymobility.com ran by CSCS in his TV show

In a TV show broadcasted by TVR, Lorenzo Lombardi presents two young interns […]

The call to participate in the Advanced Composite Repair Training is now open!

Technical Education Copenhagen TEC in cooperation with the SKILLMAN partners […]

CSCS adheres to the Charter of the European Solidarity Corps

CSCS adheres to the Charter of the European Solidarity Corps, […]

Centro Studi Cultura Sviluppo has been accredited as work placement company by the Cooperation Organisation for Vocational Education, Training and the Labour Market (SBB)

Organisations granted this accreditation are competent to provide workplace […]

Two aspiring chefs from Spain selected by the project Tourism for Vet find a job in Pistoia.

Italymobility, one of the learning mobility initiatives of CSCS, has […]

Incubatore.net has been inaugurated in Pistoia

Incubatore.net has been inaugurated the past 5 December 2016 in […]

Skillman participated in the the 4rd meeting of the GEAR 2030 on the competitiveness of the EU automotive sector

The Working Group on Adaptation of the EU Value Chain […]

Skillman will be presented at the European Commission during the European Vocational Skills Week

Skillman will be presented by Giovanni Crisoná and Fabio Croci […]

Incubatore.net will be inaugurated in Pistoia the next 5 December

Incubatore.net (http://cscs.it/?p=36463) will be inaugurated in Pistoia as a result of […]

CSCS congratulates Qatar for the award of the UNESCO Chair on TVET and Sustainable Development

Qatar has been awarded a Unesco Chair on technical and […]

The EM Entrepreneurs Mobility consortium coordinated by CSCS signed a six-year agreement to manage mobility activities for new entrepreneurs

The EM Entrepreneurs Mobility consortium coordinated by Centro Studi Cultura […]

The ARACNE project finishes and presents its Methodological Guide

The European project ‘ARACNE, training, empowerment and entrepreneurship’ has come […]

Entrepreneur Mobility VII led by CSCS confirms its excellence during the meeting with the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

The meeting of all the intermediary organizations implementing the Erasmus […]

Giovanni Crisonà presented the skillman project at the 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LIFELONG LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP FOR ALL

As a keynote speaker of the International Conference on Lifelong […]

CSCS at MASTERING THE FUTURE: International Encounters on Vocational Education and Training

CSCS participated in the International Conference about Technical and Vocational […]

CSCS participated in the high-level event to launch the New Skills Agenda for Europe.

Centro Studi participated in the event organised by the European […]

Italymobility has been presented in the Aracne Euroevent.

The project Italymobility has been presented in the Aracne Euroevent, […]

CSCS participated in the Aracne Euroevent. Innovation in vocational training, empowerment and social entrepreneurship.

CSCS, Fam and Lias and Blickpunkt Identität, united in a […]

CSCS supervised 5 internships offered by the “Ciudad de los Muchachos” to students of FP Intermediate.

“Ciudad de los Muchachos” is a school located in the […]

CSCS hosted a meeting with 5 aspiring chefs from Spain selected by the project Tourism for Vet

The 5 interns, thanks to a grant Erasmus+ assigned by […]

Eurehabchildren team visited HMYOI Cookham Wood in Rochester UK

During the 4TH PROJECT MEETING hosted by Diagrama Foundation the […]

Inauguration of Incubatore.net

Incubatore.net is the result of a collaboration among CSCS, an intermediary organization […]

New Cooperation Agreement with Water Right and Energy Foundation (WREF)

The past 30th March, the Water Right and Energy Foundation […]

Skillman contributed to improve ESCO’s skills

CSCS has coordinated the contribution of the Skillman’s partners addressed […]

Meeting in Madrid to discuss latest research output in the field of an integrated approach towards Rehabilitation of Victim and Offender Children.

CSCS, within an international partnership leaded by Proves Consulting of […]

Supporto enti Incubatore

Caricamento in corso…

Sostenitori incubatore

Caricamento in corso…

Accreditamento definitivo per Incubatore.net

La domanda di trasformazione da accreditamento provvisorio ad accreditamento definitivo […]

“The Emergence of Eurocitizens” by Franck Biancheri has been reprented by the AAFB in partnership with Editions Anticipolis.

The AAFB in partnership with Editions Anticipolis is delighted to […]

Three students from Alfa College will be hosted by CSCS for the production of a videogame.

Within skillman activities, cscs is entitled to internally develop a […]

New skills needs in the automotive, aerospace and train industries.

Innovative learning solutions in the specific economic domain of advanced […]

‘Skillman’ presented at the ‘Central Asia Academy for development of Vet Provision’ event

Skillman and the opportunities provided by the project to universities […]

Skillman meeting at Birmingham Metropolitan College

Here we are during the visit to the Birmingham Metropolitan […]

Skillman.eu has been presented at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Friday 26th of June 20

Mr Borhene Chakroun, Mr Keith Holmes and Ms Katrien Daelman […]

ARACNE

The main objective of the project is to design […]

SOS Network is making its first steps as an independent European body

SOS Network is now formally registered as a legal entity […]

170 successful business exchanges between overall 85 new entrepreneurs and 85 Host Entrepreneurs will be carried out by the project ‘Entrepreneurs’ Mobility VIII’

We are proud to announce that the project proposal EMVIII […]

CSCS participated in the International Conference of SOS Network in Aalborg.

Giovanni Crisonà represented CSCS in the Conference ‘Social inclusion in […]

CONNECT-VET

Vocational education and training connecting higher education and rural companies […]

Innovative storytelling techniques

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]CSCS is engaged in promoting his activities producing very […]

Latest opensource technology platform for e learning management

Based on Moodle, one of the most famous and large […]

Latest opensource technology platform for mailing

Based on phplist, CSCS deployed it’s own cloud solution to […]

Latest opensource technology platform for survey management

Based on Limesurvey, CSCS deployed a cloud solution to manage […]

Latest opensource technology platform for project management

Based on Only Office, CSCS deployed a cloud solution for […]

Liquid democracy platform and other opensource tools

Currently CSCS is engaged to launch a new initiative among […]

Project management

CSCS is the founder and leader of the europemobility.eu network, […]

Research & Development

Since 1994 CSCS has dedicated his efforts in establishing bridges […]

E-Learning and Publishing

CSCS has developed since 1997 e-learning solutions for Italian and […]

Transnational learning mobility

Italymobility.com is the CSCS brand for transnational learning mobility initiatives. […]

Vocational Education and Training

CSCS, as a training centre accredited by the Regional Government, […]

Speech at UMYOS symposium to present skillman.eu for ‘The Role of Vocational Schools in Regional Development’

Four hundred participants from 15 countries joined the 4th International UMYOS […]

Speech at the Seminar on ‘NEETs and Second Chance Opportunities’ – Miramar Palace San Sebastian

Earlall – European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for […]

Visit at Ankara Chamber of Commerce to prepare October 2015 conferences

Explorative meeting in Ankara to identify a potential location and an attempting programme […]

Launched EURehabChildren Project with the first partner meeting in Turkey | 26 – 27/03/2015

The EURehabChildren Project, coordinated by Provest Consulting, is a research […]

Agnès Goux

Direction de la Formation Lyon Chamber of Commerce France […]

Göran Sjöberg

European Minds’ Sweden europeanminds.com We have been collaborating with CSCS […]

Liisa Metsola

Development manager Project coordinator Keskuspuisto Vocational Institute Helsinki, Finland www.keskuspuisto.net […]

Petra Buse

project manager fms Gesellschaft für Unternehmensberatung mbh Bonn, Germany […]

Marijo Irastorza

European Project Manager Cebanc-Cdea San Sebastián, Spain www.cebanc.com The […]

Anja Neubig

Project manager and laywer EBG Europäisches Bildungswerk für Beruf […]

Agnieszka GolczyDska-Grondas

Institute of Sociology University of Lodz, Poland www.uni.lodz.pl I […]

Gheorghe Avram

Vicerector The Academy for Computer Assisted Technical Sciences, Economics, Law and […]

Daniele Quiriconi

General Secretary CGIL Pistoia Italy www.cgilpistoia.it I’m Daniele Quiriconi, leader […]

Amos Fabbri

Regional Coordinator INCA CGIL TOSCANA – patronage Florence, Italy www.incatoscana.it […]

Lore Olsen

Student Counsellor and International coordinator Department of Automotive Engineering Odense […]

Mission Possible!

TRAINING COURSE: Non formal competences in the labourmarket: mission possible! […]

EYE Programme

Further to call for proposals launched each year since 2008 […]

Services to business start-ups

CSCS offers business consulting services to clients in both private […]

EfVET

CSCS has joined EfVET in 2001 and today is proud […]

Wide Network in Europe and Italy

Over the years CSCS has established relationships with a large […]

Apprenticeship

CSCS is one of the leading training providers in the […]

Vocational Education

CSCS started providing training programmes in 1995. Within the Italian […]

Mobility

CSCS is proud to launch a new Mobility service, aiming […]

IYDA, the new EUMN member hosted Ambassador to Egypt Pavel Kafka during a mobility fair for Arab students

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”640″ border_color=”grey” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row]Under the slogan of […]

Symposium of Life Long Learning Culture and Vocational Education and Training in Instanbul

On Sunday the 17th of June, CSCS will take part […]

ACTIVA students: a mobility success story

Within the framework of the Swedish TranS -Sam project supported […]

New material for the BUSINESS PLAN creation

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”100″ border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row]With the CReBUS project , […]

Continuity in the language teaching projects care by CSCS: Pools-M and Pools-CX projects

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Rainova Project

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”109″ border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”300×100″][/vc_column][/vc_row]Vocational training centres and, in […]

Entrepreneurship area: Research and implementation of European projects

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”101″ border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”200×201″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row]CSCS was one of […]