CHAPTER I

POLICY AND STRATEGY OF THE ENTITY

MISSION

FACES Isabel Guimarães is a unique private entity based in Vila Nova de Gaia, emerging from a seven-year cycle under the previous name Gabinete Isastros, now reborn with a new FACE. With diverse professional experiences and backgrounds, we have jointly rebuilt this space, open to all who wish to learn, evolve, and care for themselves and others.

Training is a critical area in the development strategy of FACES Isabel Guimarães. Key guidelines, defined by political authority and the resulting legislative framework, as well as the increasing demands of the job market, induce the need for skills in various domains.

Thus, investing in the training and qualification of individuals as a tool for personal and organizational development constitutes one of the pillars of FACES Isabel Guimarães' operational strategy, aiming to continuously improve training actions and other formative initiatives to achieve excellence in consulting and training.

FACES Isabel Guimarães guides its actions by the following principles:

• Principle of equal treatment for all agents involved in the training activities developed by FACES Isabel Guimarães;

• Principle of loyalty, ethics, and correctness;

• Principle of compliance with legal requirements applicable to the activities it develops;

• Principle of the quality of the formative interventions it develops, adopting a strategy of continuous self-assessment and implementing resulting improvement actions.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience for the training activities developed by FACES Isabel Guimarães includes not only individual external participants seeking to enhance their qualifications but also users participating in training as employees of companies and other collective entities that promote training plans.

STRATEGIC ACTION LINES

In its role as a training entity, FACES Isabel Guimarães is guided by the following objectives:

• Contribute to the personal and professional enhancement of human resources targeted by its training;

• Contribute to increasing the effectiveness and efficiency levels of organizations;

• Respond with technical and pedagogical quality to the training needs of the markets it addresses.

TRAINING MODALITIES

The training modalities currently framed within the intervention scope of FACES Isabel Guimarães are:

• Initial training;

• Continuous training.

The intervention of FACES Isabel Guimarães in terms of developed training areas is continually evolving, depending on market trends and the resulting collective and individual needs.

FORMS OF ORGANIZING TRAINING

The forms of organizing training used by FACES Isabel Guimarães are essentially:

• Online training – with synchronous and asynchronous classes.

INTERNAL REGULATIONS AVAILABLE TO OUR TRAINEES