Training organizations Midi-Toulousain

Do you want to become a florist, primeur, cook, receptionist, sommelier? Do you have insufficient or inappropriate initial training, do you want training in immersion in the company, supervised by professionals? The CFA (Centre de Formation en Alternance) in Blagnac is your contact person. It offers nearly forty courses that prepare diplomas ranging from CAP to BTS. The courses can be followed in three forms: the apprenticeship contract for young people aged 16 to 29, the professionalization contract for jobseekers and beneficiaries of minimum social benefits, and continuing training for employees. An interesting way to bounce back.

The Office Public de la Langue Occitane is a public organization dedicated to promoting the transmission and visibility of the Occitan language. It brings together the Occitanie Region, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region and the French State. Since its creation in 2016, the OPLO has supported actions aimed at schools, high schools and associations. Whatever your age, OPLO can help or guide you in your learning of the Occitan language!

The consular centre for the training of the TARBES and the Hautes Pyrenees and its specialized establishments offer numerous training courses in the fields of tourism and hotel, foreign languages, trade and distribution, and aircraft maintenance.

- The Regional Institute for Tourism and Hospitality (IRTH) provides professional training for the trades in the kitchen, catering and hotel services but also higher formations such as BTS tourism, superior technician in hotel management, travel agent, tourism-hotel commercial assistant, receptionist… During your holidays, you will meet, certainly professionals from this institute. Information: 05 62 44 45 95. E-mail: [email protected]

- The Centre for Language Studies, at its two sites in Tarbes and Lourdes, prepares for international diplomas, offers free initial evaluations and provides the study of 10 foreign languages (and French for Foreigners), individually or in groups, in the form of internships for any public. Information: Tarbes (tel) 05 62 44 45 90. E-mail: [email protected] - Lourdes (tel) 05 62 94 00 75. E-mail: [email protected]

- The school of trade and distribution, which depends on the Regional Institute for Trade and Services (CCRI), trains sales forces technicians, pro-commerce ferries, future commercial leaders, creators, or auction companies and thermal agents. Information: 05 62 93 95 97. E-mail: [email protected]

- Cross-interprofessional continuous training of information technology, management, hospitality, sales techniques, general accounting… and more specialized, aeronautical maintenance. Information: 05 62 93 27 44. E-mail: [email protected]

Founded in 1927 in Castelnaudary by Prosper Estieu and Joseph Salvat, the Collège d'Occitanie provides continuing education and distance learning of Occitan. Courses are offered for all levels: from initiation for beginners to literature and civilization courses for the more advanced. The training structure also offers conversation workshops, writing workshops as well as support for the baccalaureate or a competitive examination. The establishment was recognized as a public utility in 1969.