Skill Development Program: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Italy

10 days

Milan, Turin, Parma


Program description: Designed to provide insight into how a culture steeped in tradition and the prestige of "made in Italy" has harnessed innovation and growth to compete in today's global economy. Engage in facilitated design thinking sessions, hands-on workshops and learn from world renowned brands, industry experts and entrepreneurs across industries such as food, fashion and automotives while also experiencing 'la dolce vita’ in the cities of Parma, Turin and Milan.

Cultural highlight: Experience one of Europe’s oldest café cultures at one of Turin’s historic, 18th century coffee houses and try a “bicerin” (bee-che-reen)-a glass of espresso, topped with hot chocolate and cream.

🔹 Curated experiences: Every program is intentionally designed to feature guided learning, cultural engagement, and independent exploration experiences to drive global competency development, denoted on each itinerary with a blue diamond. Learn more about these experiences.
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Learning outcomes on this program

Confidence • Curiosity • Global perspective • Empathy • Adaptability • Relatability • Self-Awareness

Academic resources

With this program, you get access to our Global Learning Resources, which include:

  • Discussion questions

  • Sample assignments

  • Journal prompts

  • Webinars

  • EF's Global Competency Assessment, a pre- and

  • post-program assessment to measure

  • competency development


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