IBERSOL Sustainability Report 2017

SOCIAL PERFORMANCE Education and Training The Ibersol Group is in charge of the technological component of the Techni- cal Catering Course taught at the António Nobre School Grouping. In 2017, the Ibersol course team provided 623 hours of training, many of which on-the-job training, namely at Burger King, KFC, Pans & Company, Pasta Caffé and Pizza Hut restaurants. Ibersol was responsible for training, monitoring and the per- formance assessment of seven trainees. At the end of the course, four pupils from the groupwere integrated at the Ibersol Group, including onewith special needs. Junior Achievement As part of the “Porto de Futuro” project, the Junior Achievement Portugal As- sociation challenges schools in the region by holding training programmes focused on entrepreneurship with the support of partner companies, that provide training for first and second cycle classes. In 2017, eight volunteers from Ibersol trained 81 pupils from schools in the António Nobre School Grouping on “Family” and “It’s My Business”. Innovation Challenge The Innovation Challenge challenges pupils to solve real-life problems that companies are usually facedwith. During the day, high school pupils are put into teams to work on these challenges, aided by volunteers from various consult- ing companies. In 2017, Ibersol was represented by one volunteer, who advised teams partici- pating in the competition. 76