FUNDACION EDPInitiatives

The EDP Foundation has signed agreements with the Universities of the Autonomous Regions of the Principality of Asturias, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Murcia and Madrid, thanks to which 300 students carried out paid work experience at the different EDP work centres throughout 2013.

Trainees are selected on the basis of their academic records and, after six months, many can extend their contract for a further six-month period. Prior to joining the company, the trainees attend an induction course on the Quality, Environmental, Intranet and Health and Safety policies of the company.

The trainees joined different departments of the organisation, which provides them with an initial job opportunity that will provide them with eminently practical training.

EDP stared funding these grants over 30 years ago. Since then, over 1,200 trainees have completed placements at the different centres of the energy company.