(Finance) – Digit’EdItalian leader in the education sector, andTreccani Institutea private law body of national interest and a cultural institution, have signed a binding agreement for the purchase of 49% of the capital of Treccani Accademia, thus starting a long-term strategic partnership in order to expand the educational offer.
There partnership will have as its object the development of highly qualifying training courses dedicated to recent graduates, professionals, managers and companies, integrating the experience and services offered by Intesa Sanpaolo Training and Higher Education. By enrichingoffer from Treccani Accademia, Digit’Ed will become the reference platform in Italy for reskilling and strategic upskilling to support the country system.
Objective of the growth plan of Digit’Ed, investee company of Nextalia SGR and Intesa Sanpaolois the construction of a national champion in the field ofhigher educationable to aggregate the best realities on the market in order to offer training courses and unique learning experiences at the service of the development plans of companies, organizations and individual professionals, thus stimulating the competitiveness of the Italian economic and industrial system.
In this sense, the partnership with Istituto Treccani marks a fundamental stage in the integration path of Digit’Ed’s training offer, which stands out for its high level of content in line with the highest international standards.
“Since its foundation in 1925, the Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia represents a point of reference for citizens, institutions, businesses and professionals in the dissemination of knowledge, providing a complete and reliable guide that allows you to understand the current and past scenario, thus accompanying in a century the cultural evolution of our country – he declares Franco Gallo, president of the Institute of the Italian Encyclopedia -. A great mission that we want to further strengthen by providing the country with a wealth of contents, from the most disparate fields of Italian excellence, to contribute to the training of managers and professionals of today and tomorrow “.
The structure of the operation provides for thepurchase by Digit’Ed of a 49% stake in Treccani Accademia, the use of “Treccani Accademia” and “Treccani Master” brands exclusively for a long-term period and the subscription of a Master Service Agreement long-term related to the supply by Digit’Ed of both technological and promotion and distribution services to support the training offer.
“We are proud of the opportunity to share the authority and skills of Treccani Accademia with the professionalism and technologies of Digit’Ed, to expand the training offer to new graduates, professionals, managers and companies. The operation – he has declared Gianandrea De Bernardis, executive president of Digit’Ed – testifies to the full coherence of the Digit’Ed and Treccani brands as a guarantee of quality and strengthens the positioning of Digit’Ed as an aggregator pole of the best companies in the education sector, to concretely contribute to the development of the Italian economic and industrial system “.
“We are happy to strengthen our presence in the education sector with a partner of excellence such as Digit’Ed. The union between our
quality training proposal, based on the vast cultural heritage of the Treccani Institute, and a pole like Digit’Ed – declared Rossella Calabrese, managing director of Treccani Accademia – will allow us to gain an important competitive advantage within the training sector. Authoritativeness, scientific quality, network of excellence but also industrial, technological and commercial strength will be the foundations on which the development of our training offer will be based “.