We’re already in the last few days of 2017 and we don’t want to let the year finish without remembering with our readers the most important moments of the year for FEDELE.
The first activity of 2017 was, as usual, the annual convention of FEDELE schools, which has become a regular event in the calendar for the heads of FEDELE schools. On this occasion the training programme was very well received. There were activities dealing with various professional matters such as business leadership, labour law and Instituto Cervantes accreditation.
The 1st Conference on Language Tourism in the Madrid Autonomous Community took place in February. This event was organized by the Madrid Autonomous Community together with the Instituto Cervantes and the Plataforma del Español.
In 2017, the collaboration agreement between FEDELE and SIELE was signed. This agreement, which was ratified by the FEDELE President, Maricarmen Timor, and by Sara Alegría, as the representative of SIELE, will make it possible for member schools to become SIELE examination centres.
In April, FEDELE, the publishers Edelsa and the Berlin and Munich Institutos Cervantes organized training days for teachers of Spanish in Germany.
And in Madrid in May, FEDELE organized the 1st Meeting for Heads of Study of FEDELE schools. This event allowed Heads of Study of member schools to access a training programme specifically designed for their job profile.
Once again this summer FEDELE has taken part in the summer course of “Spanish throughout the World”, which was organized by the Instituto Cervantes together with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid as part of the 30th Cursos de Verano Complutense at El Escorial.
Without a doubt, the main focus for FEDELE activity this autumn has been ¡VAMOS! Español en España FEDELE Workshop 2017. This year the event included a programme of social networking in the cities of Ibiza and Palma from the 8th to the 11th October 2017. The workshop was made possible thanks to the sponsorship of the Agència de Turisme de les Illes Balears and the Consell Insular d´Eivissa and to the collaboration of Turespaña and the Instituto Cervantes.
And in November for the first time a FEDELE open space conference #DesconFEDELE was held in Sevilla. The different format of this meeting for teachers of Spanish was a total success. In the future, open space conferences will be held in other FEDELE destinations like Barcelona, which has already been confirmed for next January.
Many thanks to everyone who has made this year such a success and special thanks to all the people who follow us on this blog and on social media. Happy 2018!