Page 29 - msc_sustainability_report_2016

Santos, Brazil
CASE STUDY
BRAZIL

MSC’S APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMME SINCE 2000
Teenagers 250
MSC’S
Hired as full-time employees 105
APPRENTICESHIP

PROGRAMME

needed to work in a wide range of MSC’s departments,
through training provided by our managers. Since
2000, more than 250 teenagers, including those coming
from poor contexts like “favelas”, have been trained
and 105 of them are presently hired as full-time
employees by MSC. This is the case, for example, of
Mr. Claudio Oliveira, who has been tasked, among
other responsibilities, to work on MSC Brazil’s CSR
activities in collaboration with both the Management
and the Marketing departments. His experience and
extensive knowledge of the local reality contribute
immensely to the success of MSC’s initiatives.
Some other former apprentices have become Managers,
Coordinators and even Managing Directors, such as
One of the most successful examples of our social Mr. Marcos Nascimento, presently Managing Director of
inclusive initiatives is the Apprenticeship Programme MSC Costa Rica. In 2016, MSC Brazil accepted 30 addi-
promoted by MSC Brazil, implemented in partnership tional apprentices offering them working opportunities
with CAMPS (Centro de Aprendizagem e Mobilização in several departments such as Documentation, Finance,
Profissional e Social), a local NGO with 50 years of Logistics, Administration and Human Resources.
existence based in Santos. This project, which complies Recently, MSC Brazil has also further expanded its
with Brazilian national law 10.097/2000 and is regulated project by partnering with Santos Municipality via
by the Decree n° 5598 of December 1 , 2005, gives the PROMIFAE, a tax incentive programme from the city,
st
opportunity to young adults to gain theoretical and supporting sport activities and other projects for young
practical understanding of MSC’s daily operations. It adults. Some of these projects are directly dedicated to
also focuses on the development of a core set of skills, local people with disabilities.

28 SOCIAL INCLUSIVE APPROACH MSC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016 29