CPIA Imperia
The CPIAs constitute a type of autonomous educational institution, equipped with a specific didactic and organizational set-up, divided into Territorial Service Networks consisting of a central office and various operational offices. The CPIAs were set up to help combat the training deficit and to help the adult population achieve higher levels of education. The CPIA of Imperia creates a training offer aimed at obtaining:
the certification of the middle school diploma;
certification certifying the acquisition of basic skills related to compulsory education (two-year high school);
Italian language proficiency qualification (A2 level CEFR)
The CPIA of Imperia offers institutional Italian courses, Evening Courses of Secondary Education (Middle School) and Higher Education (First Two Years) open to people over 16 years of age. Other courses are open to all adults. The learners' profile is that of Italian and foreign adults at risk of dropping out of school and with low levels of schooling who need to implement knowledge, skills and abilities for professional and personal/social requalification. From an administrative point of view, the CPIA has a central office and three operational offices: Imperia, Sanremo, Ventimiglia; it also manages education in two prison structures; all report to the Headmaster, Francesca Notari.
The Imperia CPIA is connected to evening high schools for adults. In this sense, the CPIA of Imperia has network agreements with technical and professional institutes in the area such as the I.I.S. Imperia Technological Pole, I.I.S "G.Ruffini", I.I.S. "G. Marconi", the I.I.S. "C. Colombo". Furthermore, the CPIA, in order to expand the training offer, enters into agreements with local authorities and other public and private entities, with particular reference to the training facilities of the Liguria Region. In this sense, mention should be made of the projects with the Aliseo Regional Agency for issues relating to gender-based violence and the introduction into the working world for immigrant adults with certified professional experience (Sintesi project); collaborations with the LIBERA Association in the fight against mafia; projects with the Permanent Observatory of Florence for the enhancement of reading newspapers in the classroom and financial literacy. The CPIA of Imperia is also involved in a) identification the training needs of the territory b) building profiles of adults defined on the basis of the needs of the social and work contexts c) interpretation of the skills and knowledge needs of the adult population d) reception and orientation.