Bottega Veneta
In 2006, Bottega Veneta launched a 3-year, tuition-free training program in partnership with the 4-century-old "Scuola d'Arte e Mestieri di Vicenza". Bottega Veneta launched the Women's Mountain Cooperatives in 2011, independent artisanal leather workshops for unemployed women of the Alto Astico and Posina mountain community. Bottega Veneta opened a first manufacturing site Manifattura Veneta Pelletterie in Altavilla Vicentina in 2011, and a second in Malo in 2012. In 2011, La "Scuola dei Maestri Pellettieri di Bottega Veneta" created a 3-month post-graduate course with the Università Iuav di Venezia to train students to advanced handbag design and product development.