A body percussion and rhythm workshop for children and young people. But above all, a pathway built around meeting, listening and understanding the context.

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Since October, Heimat Academy, the cultural division of Heimat Srl, has launched a new collaboration with CasaOz, a Turin-based organisation that supports children, young people and families through activities, relationships and spaces for everyday life. At the heart of the project is a workshop dedicated to body percussion, rhythm and music, designed as a space where the body, movement, voice and instruments can become opportunities for expression, listening and connection.

The first session has already provided an opportunity to begin getting to know the group, experiment with body sounds and explore percussion, starting also from music chosen directly by the young participants. But the pathway began even before entering the workshop space.

Designing After Meeting

One of the most significant aspects of the collaboration between Heimat Academy and CasaOz is the co-design process that preceded the start of the activities.

In educational work, objectives, tools and methods often have to be defined in advance, before the people taking part in the pathway are even known. In this case, it was possible to dedicate time to dialogue among professionals, to understanding the context and to gradually shaping the proposal.

This approach makes it possible to view the project as a structure that can evolve over time according to the people involved, the relationships that develop and the needs that emerge.

For Heimat Academy, this dimension is a fundamental part of educational work: designing with the organisations and people involved, rather than simply for them.

Music as a Space for Connection

Body percussion and rhythm thus become not only subjects to learn, but also tools through which to experiment with different forms of participation. The body is an instrument that everyone carries with them. A clap, a gesture, a sound or a beat can become part of a shared language in which each participant can find their own space.

The pathway will continue over the coming months and may also open up to dialogue with other artistic languages, while keeping at its core the possibility of progressively adapting activities to the group.

A New Pathway for Heimat Academy

The collaboration with CasaOz is part of the work that Heimat Academy is developing in the field of educational projects through music, theatre, movement, sport and awareness practices.

The aim is to develop initiatives in which artistic languages can become tools for fostering participation, expression and relationships, working together with organisations and professionals operating in different contexts.

During one of the sessions at CasaOz, a sentence printed on a T-shirt caught our attention:

“There’s no place as beautiful as home, but it takes courage to get there.”

It seemed to us a particularly fitting phrase to accompany the beginning of this new pathway.

From listening to companies to developing skills: a vision of training that responds to changes in the world of work.

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Eviana Arduino, 36, is the new Head of Business Services at Enaip Piemonte. She succeeds Francesca Marcone, who has taken on the new role of Director of Operations – Innovation and Development. We would like to thank her for the work carried out over the years leading the Service and for her contribution to its growth and development.

The Business Services team coordinates and supports training activities for companies and their employees, working closely with the 16 Enaip Piemonte Centres across the region. Its activities are developed through a range of tools and opportunities: apprenticeships funded by Regione Piemonte and privately funded apprenticeships, Individual Continuing Training, Supply Chain Academies, and training financed through Interprofessional Funds, including Fondimpresa, Fondartigianato and Fondirigenti.

Eviana, who holds a degree in Management and Planning of Educational and Training Services, has worked at Enaip for eight years. Her professional path has developed within training services for companies, starting with the coordination and management of training plans and progressively expanding to the design, monitoring and management of increasingly complex projects. She has worked closely with companies, partners and funding bodies, developing particular expertise in the instruments made available by Regione Piemonte and the Interprofessional Funds.

How do you feel about taking on this new professional role?

I see this new role as the next stage of a journey that began at Enaip Piemonte eight years ago. During this time, I have grown professionally thanks to the experiences I have had the opportunity to undertake, the responsibilities gradually entrusted to me and, above all, the exchange with colleagues from whom I have learned a great deal.

Taking responsibility for Business Services today represents an important opportunity for me, which I approach with enthusiasm and a strong sense of responsibility. It means coordinating a team, but above all supporting colleagues across our centres, valuing the skills and experience that enable Enaip every day to respond to the training needs of companies throughout the region.

It is also a role that feels particularly close to my own understanding of training. I strongly believe in lifelong learning and in the possibility, at any age and at any stage of one’s career, to update skills, take on new challenges and continue to grow both professionally and personally.

For me, training is not only a response to changes in the labour market: it is a concrete tool through which people can invest in their professional future.

What do you think will be the biggest challenges?

I believe one of the main challenges is keeping pace with a rapidly changing world of work while, at the same time, helping companies and workers understand that continuously updating skills is no longer optional, but a fundamental part of any professional journey.

For us, this means being able to listen to what is happening within companies and local communities, identify needs that are constantly evolving, and turn them into genuinely useful training opportunities.

There is also an internal challenge that I consider equally important: building increasingly strong collaboration between Business Services and the Enaip centres. Colleagues working across Piedmont are our day-to-day point of contact with companies and have first-hand knowledge of their needs, characteristics and transformations. My role is to support them, facilitate their work and connect the experience and expertise available across the network.

The real challenge is therefore twofold: supporting companies through change while, at the same time, building an increasingly connected Enaip network capable of responding to that change together.

What are the key points of your development project? What would you like to achieve?

I would like Business Services to become increasingly effective as a connecting point between our centres, companies and the training opportunities available, capable not only of making the most of continuing training opportunities, but also of helping local areas invest consistently in strengthening and developing skills.

To learn, unlearn what is no longer enough, and learn again.

For me, this is one of the great challenges of our time. Skills change, work evolves, and people need the opportunity to evolve alongside it, regardless of their age or stage in their career.

In this sense, I feel very close to the role of Enaip Piemonte: supporting people not only as they enter the world of work, but throughout their professional journey, offering opportunities to update their skills, grow and invest in their future.