Responsibilities and functions
Audiovisual Centre - Format, yesterday and today
The Audiovisual Centre of the Autonomous Province of Trento was opened in the first half of the 1980s in order to support school activities in the use of audiovisual media and technologies, which at that time were conspicuously appearing in society and in schools. In the 1990s, the Centre further increased its endowments in step with the digital and IT technological evolution, also introducing the loan of equipment. In 2007, after significant restructuring, the Audiovisual Centre was transformed into Format and became a place for meeting, studying and promoting audiovisual and media. With Resolution no. 620 of 23 April 2021, Format passed from the responsibilities of the Press Office to those of the Cultural Activities Service, and all audiovisual material and the video and media library of auteur cinema were transferred to the Library of the Province of Trento, in via Romagnosi 7, Trento, where they are still available for consultation and loan.
Resolution no. 1264 of 12 August 2024 entrusts Format once again to the Province's Press Office, which proposes to relaunch the Centre with initiatives in line with the current needs of the world of training and work.
The idea is to create a dynamic laboratory - a crossroads of ideas, creativity and professionalism - through which to establish a close network of links between the worlds of education and work. The first step in Format's conversion into a training hub dedicated to students and schools is'Gio-co' (acronym for 'young communicators'), a school-to-work alternation project in the communication sector to train young communicators. 'Gio-co' aims to enrich the Press Office's institutional mission with the practical training of students mainly from graphic arts and multimedia institutes, but also open to high school students. A 'gymnasium' that can not only promote the professional growth of young people but also help build solid bridges between institutions and the new generation of communicators. The young people accepted at Format will work on various graphic design, editing, video, and multimedia production projects and will carry out secretarial work for events and initiatives that are planned to be organised.
Format's services
- Welcoming students in work-school alternation
- Possibility of being supported by experienced communication journalists
The first school-to-work alternance courses of the 'Gio-co' project started in January 2025.