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16 Eni for 2016 | Sustainability Performance

Training

2014 2015 2016
Total Attendances (number) 136,419 147,786 159,456
Training hours by type (hours) 1,212,535 1,098,996 940,227
- HSE and quality 323,029 324,478 311,845
- Languages and IT 187,907 122,472 107,901
- Conduct/Communication/Institutional 125,764 154,824 182,623
- Professional-cross cutting 176,752 168,834 94,877
- Professional-technical/commercial 399,083 328,388 242,981
In house training (a) (%) - 17.2 19.4
Training expenditures (€ million) 39.1 29.1 26.6
Training hours (hours) 1,212,535 1,098,996 940,227
- of which e-learnings 120,049 183,200 197,085
- of which in classroom 1,092,486 915,796 743,142
(a) Including the contributions related to the companies not included in the perimeter, such as Saipem.

As part of a comprehensive efficiency policy, This new strategy has enabled shorter and more focused
a reduction of 9% on training expenditure was recorded courses to be planned, able to reach people more easily
between 2015 and 2016, a percentage that is much lower regardless of their geographical location and therefore
than that of the previous period, which stood at 26%. significantly increasing attendance (+8%). One of the
This datum is in line with the change in the mix of training most significant initiatives in 2016 was the campaign
methods, which moved from a prevalence of classroom on human rights which had 22,000 attendances in Italy
courses to greater use of distance or blended courses. and abroad.

Knowledge Management

(number) 2014 2015 2016
Knowledge/Community network by application sector 66 67 68
- business 58 59 59
- cross cutting 8 8 9
Participants in the knowledge community/network by application sector 6,883 8,266 9,913
- business 6,216 7,558 8,935
- cross cutting 677 708 978

In 2016 Knowledge Management initiatives confirmed management and knowledge sharing processes. At the
the trend towards growing dissemination of knowledge end of 2016, Eni’s Knowledge Management system was
already demonstrated in recent years, evidence of composed of a total of 68 active communities involving
continued investments aimed at involving more a total of 9,913 members, a 20% increase over the
Eni employees, in Italy and abroad, in knowledge previous year.