Camst has always chosen to place people at the centre of its strategies and has dedicated a great deal of energy to continuous learning. This objective inspired the creation in 2019 of the Academy, a learning organisation established to oversee the cooperative’s key knowhow and encourage people to exchange information, promoting learning and the development of a better-informed workforce. The Academy’s projects include the Trade School, an in-house strategic training plan launched at the end of 2020 which aims to improve the technical and managerial skills of catering area staff. The school is founded on 5 pillars: consolidate and standardise the training process; provide employees with free access to structured growth paths, geared towards enhancing internal skills; foster engagement and the development of talents motivated to make a difference, via the enhancement of knowledge; share the cooperative’s culture, style and good practices; support employability. The project is run by a team of professionals with lengthy experience in training and in the cooperative’s sectors of business, working in synergy with educational experts, with the aim of providing everyone – and not only users with the best digital skills – with easy access to knowledge. The training project was launched in June 2021 with a trial phase to consolidate its structure, contents and methods, after which it was extended across the geographical areas and company population concerned.