The Foundation and SENATI of Peru, an institution created by the “Sociedad Nacional de Industrias” with the aim of providing professional training and upskilling in industrial activities, as well as in installation, repair and maintenance tasks for any other economic activity, have a collaboration agreement to promote innovation in the industrial field.
Within the framework of this agreement, we have collaborated in the evaluation of projects, and a VET teacher in the field of design and graphic arts had the opportunity to participate in SENATI’s Innovation Week in Graphic Arts. The selected teacher among the candidates was Martí Zamora from Escola Pia de Barcelona and Mataró.
According to the teacher, collaboration with SENATI was, from the very beginning, an extraordinarily enriching experience, both professionally and personally. The institution, a reference centre for higher technical training in Peru, has more than sixty campuses throughout the country, and the Lima campus —the most important and with the greatest academic diversity— represents a true nerve centre of knowledge, innovation and technological development. Being invited as an international lecturer was a privileged opportunity to get to know first-hand an institution that, with vocation and rigour, nurtures the talent of new generations.
During his stay, he was able to fully integrate into the daily life of the School of Graphic Arts and Informatics, where, with the constant support of its teaching team, he could observe first-hand their methodology, the internal functioning of classes and the curricular structure of the training programmes. This immersion enabled him to understand in depth SENATI’s commitment to practical, up-to-date training aligned with the real needs of the industry, especially in areas such as 3D animation, digital design, audiovisual production and emerging creative technologies.
The central point of his participation was the keynote lecture during the Annual Graphic Arts Festival, where he presented a comprehensive overview of the current state of the creative industry in Europe, sector trends, and the role of Barcelona as an international hub for design, animation and technological innovation. This lecture —structured around the intensive work carried out for the project: scripts, slides, real cases, portfolio analysis, professional projection and an introduction to platforms such as “The Rookies”— was received with great interest and engagement from the students. Their curiosity and energy turned the session into a space for dialogue and two-way learning.
In parallel, he delivered a workshop for teachers, focused on the integration of new technologies into the educational and productive ecosystem. In this session, they explored the growing role of artificial intelligence in creative disciplines, the tools currently used in Europe, hybrid workflows, and the challenges and opportunities these tools bring to technical training. The workshop, designed to showcase real applications and current pedagogical criteria, generated a highly valuable debate on innovation, curricular updates and future strategies for the centre.
Overall, this experience at SENATI represented much more than a one-off collaboration. It was an opportunity to build bridges between institutions, share knowledge, compare methodologies and develop new lines of international cooperation. He was able to confirm the centre’s potential, the professionalism of its team and the motivation of students eager to grow within a global creative industry. Without a doubt, this project reaffirms the importance of working together to promote innovative, competitive and connected technical training.
