The extremely high demands by globalisation compel businessmen to be ready to deal with constantly shifting economic scenarios: specialist training is crucial in establishing a successful network of managers and public administrators.

Piemonte Agency Foreign Trade Training department helps local and foreign entrepreneurs, managers and officers to be updated on key subjects related to international trade and the most advanced commercial strategies. Tailor-made seminars, courses and conferences are organised with the aim of harnessing skills and increasing knowledge on both commercial and technical topics (quality, health and safety products, environmental protection and social responsibility), to be more competitive on foreign markets.

Piemonte Agency pays very special attention to the future managerial generation and collaborates with the University of Torino’s Faculty of Economics in the management of the University B.A. in Foreign Trade. Moreover, it cooperates with several Italian and foreign universities in under - and post-graduate courses, higher technical education and training and life-long learning.

Through a customized training approach Piemonte Agency also organises programmes designed to support female entrepreneurs to face the challenges offered by global markets.

The international and transnational courses are highly appreciated abroad. Aimed at businessmen and officers from countries in transition or developing countries, they offer new tuition and trade opportunities and provide updated information on major legal-economic changes. All programmes are personalised according to the participants’ needs and provide integrated activities combining training and workshops, visits to companies and institutions, and b2b meetings aimed at fostering business matchmaking as well as international exchanges and cooperation. The main topics examined during the training sessions deal with International economics, company organization and management, institution building, International marketing; communication and negotiation skills; intercultural communication, cross-country management and negotiation techniques; international contracts; customs, fiscal regulations and forms of payment; international transportation and logistics; international financing; business plans; technical topics referring to specific sectors, such as agrifood, the car industry or tourism.

The learning methods include lectures, case studies, senior management inputs, guest speakers’ seminars, debates and group sharing of experiences, simulations, group exercises, role-play sessions, networking, action-oriented learning, on-the-job training and distance-learning.

The teaching staff includes more than 200 experts belonging to the Quality Trainers Roster, composed of: academic staff, management consultants, managers, officers of public and private organizations, banks etc.

The training department of Piemonte Agency is accredited by Piemonte Region as a training agency and certified under ISO 9001:2008.