COM2 SRL

COM2 was founded in 2007 in Piacenza (Emilia-Romagna) as an organization specialized in training, with a broad focus (e.g. event management, safety management, marketing, tourism, etc.). In time, COM2 expanded the variety and scope of its training offer. It became a reference at the regional level for the training of young graduates, the unemployed, and company training, winning numerous training projects financed with Regional Funds and ESF Funds.

COM2 srl is an accredited body in the Lazio Region and the Emilia-Romagna Region for the areas of Continuous and Permanent Training, Higher Education, Apprenticeship and Utenze Speciali (for the Emilia-Romagna Region only). COM2 is the Giffoni Academy Brand owner for audio-visual training in collaboration with the Giffoni Film Festival. In June 2013, it was certified UNI EN ISO 9001: 2008 in compliance with European regulations.

The mission of COM2 is to train but above all, to transmit the importance of training and respond to the new and evolving social and working dynamics and needs. In such an evolving context, COM2 pays particular attention to disadvantaged people. COM2 also has accreditation in the Emilia-Romagna Region for Utenze Speciali: people with disabilities, NEET, people living in situations of fragility (e.g. new forms of poverty). It promotes courses in the field of Disability Management to enhance the inclusion of people with disabilities in employment. COM2 also gives specific attention to enhancing the cultural, artistic, and touristic heritage and, more generally, towards emerging professions connected to digital communication and the digital revolution of work processes concerning both the public and private sectors.

In detail, COM2 offers specialized training in the fields of culture, tourism, marketing, communication, Information and Communication Technology, entertainment and audiovisuals. It annually delivers numerous courses relating to the sectors listed above, e.g. specialization courses in territorial tourism marketing, marketing 4.0 and green marketing, corporate social media marketing, screenwriting and direction, video editing, documentaries, audiovisual productions for children and executive production in the film sector, as well as Advanced Training courses in Event Organization and Public Relations, in various fields: music, tourism, promotional events, publishing industry.

COM2 is well connected to the National and regional most relevant stakeholders in Higher Education and has carried out several projects in collaboration with the Department of Political, Social and Communication Sciences of the University of Salerno, the DAMS degree program and the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Bologna, and the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Reggio Emilia.

Targets:
The organization works with different age groups: Com2 offers young people, mainly high school students, Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro activities: work-related learning experiences conceived as stimulating paths, based on the innovative approach called Youth Paradigm that contribute to the inner and behavioral evolution of the students. As to young people aged 19 to 30, COM2 offers to this target specialization courses and first professional placement.

COM2 also works with adults (especially the unemployed) and offers Refresher training and continuing education paths of transformation, professional change, or self-entrepreneurship/creation of One Person Startups. Also, as to adult professionals, COM2, during the COVID-19 pandemic, organized courses of tourism management in the covid era for professionals of the sector.