Réseau québécois des Centres de Formation en Entreprise et Récupération (CFER)

  Définition Description

1. Title of Initiative

Title or name as specified in official documentation, e.g. funding contract

Réseau québécois des Centres de Formation en Entreprise et Récupération (CFER)

2. Provider

Name of organisation responsible for delivering the initiative CFER
3. Sponsor Name of organisation responsible for funding the initiative Réseau québécois des CFER
4. Date Commenced Month and year (if known) when the initiative first came into operation 1990
5. Date ended If this initiative is not longer in operation, please give the month and year when it came to an end, if known.  
6. Targeted Audience Is the initiative aimed at specific groups, or is it more general in application? Please specify any demographic or employee groups being targeted.

At-risk

Students between 15 and 18 years old who are at least two years behind on regular academic curriculum

7. Location Is this a national initiative, or is its coverage limited to a particular region or locality? If so, please specify the region or locality covered. 22 organizations situated in different regions of Quebec (as of September 2007)
8. Overview of Program Please give a brief description of the initiative, in one or two sentences.

The program focussed on:

- personal development
- social skills
- general knowledge (language, math and social sciences) and
- employment readiness.

Each CFER specializes in a different industrial or commercial aspect of recycling. The school and the factory are one entity. The reference to “Centre” is important for participants as it eschews the notion that CFER is simply another form of school.