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The Istituto Professionale Alberghiero Di Stato - Erice is entitled in the school year 1996/97 to two great Sicilian entrepreneurs: Ignazio and Vincenzo Florio, sons of an industrious Sicily, creator of wealth and center of Mediterranean and European culture that fully represent the vocation of the school and its ability to affect the territory.

In the same school year, a branch was opened, located on the premises of the Episcopal Seminary of Erice Casa Santa.

The Institute welcomes students from the provincial capital and the municipalities of the province, coming in most cases, from families dedicated to agriculture, crafts or commerce. In recent years, the attention of students coming from families that gravitate in the tourist-gastronomic sector has increased attention.

Thanks to the alternating school / work paths and the summer internships, a strong alliance has been created with the companies and economic operators of the territory that consider the school a significant point of reference for the training of staff in charge of tourist accommodation and hotel services. The interlocutory capacity of the Institute has meant that the attention towards the professionalism and skills required of workers has grown and determined a positive trend on the employability of outgoing young students.

To promote the integration of young people, even with specific problems, the professionalism of social workers and specialized external operators of the Municipality of Erice and Trapani was used and alternative strategies were implemented:

- Cooperation with other educational agencies in the area: Network Plans and Memoranda of Understanding ;

- Alternating school / work paths and internships involving local economic operators;

- Implementation of projects integrated with the world of associations and voluntary organizations;

- T utoraggio : intervention aimed at personality variables and towards learning factors to prevent discomfort, dispersion, deviance with SERT operators;

- interventions aimed at favoring the processes of active participation in citizenship through projects and activities in partnership with the EE.LL. and the Court of Trapani ;

- Integrative Education (laboratory activity).

The institute has developed a good ability to design and find funding from the EU that is equal to 9.9% of the total revenue of its budget. This has allowed the school to enrich its infrastructural heritage and to implement technologically advanced laboratories.

The training offer was also extended with language stays abroad, with paths for the recovery of key skills and work placements that made it possible to enhance the outgoing skills of students, both linguistic and professional.

The ability to find economic resources through sponsorship, loan for use, supplies and the establishment of collaborative relationships with leading companies in the hotel and tourism sector is also growing.

The Institute of Secondary Education "La Rosaleda" began its activity in 1947 as Trade Union School of Vocational Studies. It is a free public High School located in the south of Spain by the Mediterranean Sea in Málaga city. The building has 70,000 square meters and has plants with very large corridors and naves, which gives it a very peculiar distribution and organization. It is one of the historical educational in Malaga. It has about 2300 students with an age range from 16 to 20+. The school is staffed by 160 teachers. The students are from Spain, the most, but there are many students from other countries, mainly EU, Latin America and Morocco. Our students are over sixteen years old. Our students come from all the neighborhoods of Málaga and they are middle class mainly.

We work, from the IES La Rosaleda, to present to the entire educational community a school open to the formation and education of our young people, a path towards university education or insertion in the world of work. We also have Bilingual teachings, both in Bachiller and Vocational Training. Some studies takes part in the bilingual project in English where some groups and subjects are developed in English in order to improve the language skills. We all have a long experience in teaching up to thirty years, and with this project we aim to encourage the students to develop their own start up extending their experience to the european scene and improving their languages skills. The teachers have participated in different training courses to update their competences and are ready to increase their relations with teachers abroad in order to establish a foundation of common work that prepares its students both to general and technological level and is updated in the use of new technologies and willing to open up to new teaching methods and experiences. we have had so far show us the importance of interchanges with other countries and cultures, the importance of seeing other points of view which can improve their personal and professional skill and careers. Every year we develop some activities and performances in the school so as to make the students think about different behaviours as discrimination against women, ethnic minority, and develop respect and tolerance. key people in charge of running the project Adela García Valenciano, Hospitality, Tourism and Food Industry. Maria Sierra Ruz Ruiz, Hospitality, Tourism and Enterprise Management. Huberto García Peña. Biology. Juan José López Urbaneja, French and IT teacher. Salvador Arcas Sánchez. Biology Paloma López Godoy. Hospitality, Tourism All team members have experience in project implementation. If necessary, they can be replaced by other experienced teachers.