Ecole Culinaire Santé Tourisme

The role of the Chamber of Commerce Gard is to answer the needs of local companies in terms of recrutement. Therefore its mission is to develop young people's skills in order to assist them in their career plans. In order to achieve those objectives, the Chamber of Commerce has created a campus composed of 5 training centres in Nîmes. 1) Formeum - dedicated to companies, their employees and also to job hunters. It helps them update their knowledge and skills enabling them to adapt to the evolution of working methods and to economic changes. 2) Lycée de la CCI de Nîmes - trains students to baccalauréat level and it also proposes two year post baccalauréat courses. These courses are specialised in commerce, management, communication, computing and the service and care sector. 3) EGC (Ecole de Gestion et de Commerce) - a school which proposes higher level courses in management and commerce. 4) L'Institut de Formation aux Affaires et à la Gestion (IFAG) - a business school specialised in higher level courses in managment and marketing 5) CCI Sud Formation, CFA Occitanie, Établissement de Nîmes, proposes sandwich courses in many different sectors. (health, commerce, sales, logistics, catering and hospitality, mechanics). In September 2015, the Chamber of Commerce Gard created a new school, l'Ecole Culinaire Santé Tourisme. It builds on the Chamber of Commerce's 20 years of experience in apprenticeship in the catering and tourism sectors. The aim of this new school is to encourage creativity and innovation in order to be able to deal with new challenges and future issues. A new building was inaugurated in 2016 which is devoted to the tourism, catering and hospitality sector and the Ecole Culinaire Santé Tourisme shares this building with the CCI Sud Formation It offers 3 different types of activities in the catering and hospitality sectors.: • Fee paying courses for students. • Apprenticeship courses for young people and adults • A place where professionals can meet to share their experience and discover new things. The Catering, Health and Tourism School is a cornerstone in the valorization of the region, its products and its biodiversity. It operates in respect of local products, through short supply chains and with the support of regional professionals. By collaborating with local firms, it also trains apprentices on local issues and puts an emphasis on tourism in relation with local food. The school has an international dimension with mobility programmes for the students and apprentices. Its partnerships with different foreign schools also contributes to its international profile. It is for this reason that we host volunteers in our school. We are particularly interested in voluteers who are attracted to the tranmission of knowledge, to teaching and learning and to events organization. It is also preferable to have an interest in tourism, catering and hospitality. The candidates should have good communiation skills in order to be able exchange with our trainees. But above all, we are willing to host European or non European volunteers who are interested in our missions and motivated by the idea of working with young trainees.