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COSTA

PEOPLE Attracting, informing

and instructing

young people

Costa has always regarded its human capital as one of its greatest assets, a pool of corporate The younger generations are our future and Costa has always focused on and been
core competencies further enhanced by the workforce’s cultural and professional diversity. committed to school-to-work transition, liaising with schools and providing employment
We have over 20,000 employees from 70 countries and 5 continents. The Company’s opportunities for young people. We raise awareness of the world of shipping and tourism
human resources management policies are based on respect and equality of treatment, with in junior and senior high schools, and organize ship visits, designed as a stimulus for
personalized career advancement paths and, at the same time, a guarantee of wellbeing and these youngsters to broaden their horizons and consider the possibility of “embarking”
inclusion in the workplace. Our W.I.D.E. (Warm Hospitality, Innovation, Diversity, Enrichment) on a career at sea. Adequate training is the first step towards increasing your chance of
corporate values are incorporated in Costa’s People Strategy; they are intended to orient finding a job; every year, Costa arranges a series of training paths providing orientation
all employees’ behaviors and strategies towards common ideals, shared at all levels of and instruction regarding complementary skills required if you join the Company. In
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responsibility both shoreside and on board. The 35 W.I.D.E. internal ambassadors are tasked 2019 we decided to further extend our tuition for high school pupils, not only in the
with promoting the values from day to day and defining concrete projects related to this with Region of Liguria but throughout Italy: during the year, 65 students from 8 Italian
the support of the senior management, who are the first to embody the Company’s W.I.D.E. regions took part in training schemes (school-to-work transition programs now referred
values. Fleet coordination with regard to project implementation and training & awareness to as PTCO ) and around 30% of the participants were subsequently offered jobs in
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programs is provided by the shipboard HR Director, who is responsible for these aspects vis- the Company. Once again Costa was part of the work experience initiatives known as
1 Appointed by means of an internal selection process. à-vis the crew. the “Sailor Project – The maritime career vocational ship” with students attending
from all over Europe. We also participated in the Salone Genovese Orientamenti, with
prizes awarded to the best students from the University of Genoa. Similarly, in the Share
a Meal contest, promoted by Knorr in collaboration with the World Food Programme,
Unilever Food Solutions and Ballarini, the two winners – students from Milan’s Istituto
Alberghiero Paolo Frisi – took part in a made-to-measure educational program on board
Costa Fortuna under the supervision of our Chef Gennaro Chiatto. The pair that came
second won a training experience at the Villa Figoli Hôtellerie Academy in Arenzano,

2 Percorsi per le competenze trasversali e per l’orientamento. near Genoa.

EXTERNAL TRAINING
OFFER

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STUDENTS TRAINING STUDENTS CADET
from high schools COURSES TRAINED OFFICERS
in 8 regions took with the support by means (20 Engine and 15
part in training of the European of initiatives Deck) trained at
courses on board Social Fund supporting the Accademia
organizations del Mare and hired
and associations by the Company