Education Research Emilia-Romagna

Employment

and skills

Education and

Vocational

Training

Higher education,

research,

international mobility

Special plan

for youth

employment,

continuity of

employment,

promotion of

entrepreneurship

Polytechnic

Network

Learning is growing

Education Research

Emilia-Romagna

For any further information, please contact: Emilia-Romagna Region

Ministry for Education, vocational training, university and research, employment Viale Aldo Moro 38 - 40127 Bologna (Italy) phone: +39 051 5274081 - fax: +39 051 5273578 e-mail: [email protected] E-R Formazione e lavoro

For any further information, please contact: Emilia-Romagna Region

Ministry for Education, vocational training, university and research, employment Viale Aldo Moro 38 - 40127 Bologna (Italy) phone: +39 051 5274081 - fax: +39 051 5273578 e-mail: [email protected] E-R Formazione e lavoro

http://formazionelavoro.regione.emilia-romagna.it

Learning

is growing

Education and

Research for

the country’s

development

Learning

is growing

Education and

Research for

the country’s

development

Minister for Education, vocational training, university and research, employment, Emilia-Romagna Region

Education economics and

economic and social dynamics

Over the past few years a special attention has been paid to education economics, i.e. studies on the impact that investment in human capital and educational facilities has on the economic and social system and on the development of a given country or context. Knowledge is defi ned by Nobel laureate in economics Elinor Ostrom as a key asset of the community, and today it is considered to be a strategic element for individuals and for the community.

To profi tably invest in knowledge, supporting growth processes based on participation rights, it is necessary to identify the skills that will be needed in the years to come. We are faced with changing social dynamics and changing expectations and needs of citizens. Change concerns the means that people and businesses use to manage the complexity of the competitive environment in which they operate. There has been a shift away from the rigidity of traditional organizational structures towards fl exible solutions based on constantly evolving capabilities and skills of individuals who interact in the network.

ER Education and Research

Emilia-Romagna

Starting from this awareness and from an idea of knowledge as “common good”, the Emilia-Romagna Region has outlined a strategy for action aimed at generating conditions in furtherance of a closer relationship between provision of training and human capital qualifi cation requirements. The policy that has been implemented since 2010 covered the whole area of education and research, from the fi rst segment under the regional responsibility, aimed at the acquisition of a vocational qualifi cation, up to PhD

courses. The result is a new educational infrastructure, established in liaison with social partners, based on inter-institutional cooperation and integration between training providers and enterprises, subdivided into four branches:

• Education and Vocational Training (EaVT), • Polytechnic Network,

• Higher education, research and international mobility,

• Employment and skills.

It has been named ER Education and Research Emilia-Romagna to identify this Region with a fi rm commitment: to guarantee everyone the right to acquire broad and innovative professional skills, to grow, work and unlock one’s potential, intelligence, creativity and talent. The perspective is that of a new idea of equality. A dynamic and open equality, as a potential access to education, training and employment. The historian and essayist, Aldo Schiavone, has defi ned equality as equal opportunities in social and spatial mobility, in smooth access to jobs, careers and knowledge, and in an ongoing challenge of acquired knowledge and skills.

An educational infrastructure

for an innovative area

ER Education and Research acts as a positive externality for development, starting from the recognition of individual rights. A clear belief is at the base of the complex and articulated policy – implemented and funded with about 200 million euro each year – namely that it is necessary to push the whole community to be innovative,

through a systematic and systemic action on skills, to enhance the ability to critically evaluate and defi ne the roles and the expectations in a new open context and to allow a signifi cant broadening of businesses that can operate and compete globally. The Plan for young people’s access to the labour market, continuity of employment, support and promotion of entrepreneurship is designed to meet these requirements. It is an extraordinary intervention supplementing ER Education and Research, and in particular the fourth segment, Employment and skills, to fi ght against precarious work, and through incentives for open-ended employment contracts for young people up to 34 years, to promote employment, by rewarding enterprises that invest in their training as a prerequisite for innovation.

Growth and sustainability

Today, as Gianni Toniolo tells in the presentation of the Bank of Italy report on the Italian 150 year-long economic history, a poor education level is not only an obstacle to the adoption of techniques

Vocational training providers Schools Universities and Research Institutes

typical of modern times, but probably also to the understanding of other cultures and, in general, to social as well as economic transformation of the country. It is an obstacle to the shaping of that intangible social capital of trust and belonging that facilitates the cohesion of the community. ER Education and Research

Emilia-Romagna is the development policy which combines new employment and social mobility, by combating cultural, economic and local inequalities. A

development policy based on the principle of inclusiveness, essential to overcome a crisis that is so long that it is itself a manifestation of the deep transition that we are living in the new century.

Investing in your future

A fundamental contribution to the

ER Education and Research

opportunities comes from the

European Union which, through the

European Social Fund, allocates

resources to the regions to upgrade

people’s skills, to promote jobs

and the quality of work, to support

an innovative and cohesive local

development.

University

university students

universities

lecturers and researchers

5,500

lecturers and researchers

5,500

lecturers and researchers

4

145,000

Labour market

employed people

employment rate (Italy 56.9% - UE 27 64.3%)

female employment rate

(Italy 46.5% - UE 27 58.5%)

unemployment rate

(Italy 8.4% - UE 27 9.7%)

67.9%

60.9%

5.3%

(Italy 46.5% - UE 27 58.5%)

5.3%

(Italy 46.5% - UE 27 58.5%)

1,967,000

School

pupils

teachers

39,940

teachers

39,940

teachers

518,078

556

Training

accredited

training providers

171

5,500

people in training each year

100,000

people in training each year

100,000

people in training each year

Enterprises

Institutions

The fi rst branch of ER Education and Research is the Education and Vocational Training system (EaVT). It provides students with a new training proposal that allows them to achieve vocational qualifi cations in a three-year-long course.

A three-year job-oriented education and training

The new national law provides that the school system (high schools, technical and vocational schools) releases only upper secondary education diplomas at the end of fi ve-year-long cycles.

To provide junior high school-leavers with a differentiated educational offer, consistent with the needs of the regional economic-manufacturing system, the Emilia-Romagna Region introduced by Regional Law No 5/2011 the new EaVT - Education and Vocational Training system: three-year- long courses based on the cooperation of Vocational training providers with Regional accreditation and national Vocational Schools.

Technical and vocational skills and basic education

The three-year-long EaVT pathway is aimed at promoting the acquisition of knowledge and technical and vocational skills required by the labour market, as well as literacy, numeracy, scientifi c, technological, historical, social and economic skills, which are

essential to train young people to build their own future as full-fl edged citizens.

The fi rst year of the course is intended to provide general guidance and must be attended in national Vocational Schools. It allows students to strengthen their basic skills, also through customized courses, and provides each one of them with the necessary time to choose the most appropriate training solution to achieve vocational qualifi cations over the next two years.

Education and Vocational Training

More future

Educational offer

364 courses at national Vocational Schools

187 courses at Vocational training providers

22 vocational qualifi cations

Education providers

71 national Vocational Schools

42 Vocational training providers

Resources

55 million euro (European Social Fund, national

and regional funds)

2011/2012

school year

Education and Vocational Training

More future

More opportunities, more future

The new system puts out a twofold challenge. On the one hand, it is intended to prevent and reduce school dropout, by creating fl exible career paths, which can re-motivate, strengthen and guide young people. On the other hand, it enables this educational segment to play a strategic role in the country’s economic growth. At the end of the three-year-long course, with the achievement of a vocational qualifi cation, young people are ready to access to the labour market but they can also study further to attain higher levels of education. The EaVT system makes it possible for them to rethink their CVs and to decide to complete their education up to the attainment of a higher secondary education diploma. Otherwise they can decide to increase their working skills through the training opportunities offered by ER Education and Research.

Right to education,

improvement of schools and

training providers system

Investment in the EaVT supplements the regional commitment and action for the right to education and the qualifi cation of the school system in Emilia-Romagna. Approximately 12 million euro resources have been allocated by the Regional Authority for scholarships (this year 14,700 students have benefi ted from them), transport services, actions aimed at further enhancing the quality of education and training, and at promoting the adoption of innovative teaching methods in schools located in mountain areas.

Vocational qualifi cations Vocational training providers

Vocational Schools Three-year courses vocational qualifi cation Fourth year Secondary schools V IV III II I Higher Technical Institutes National Vocational Schools EaVT

Polytechnic Network

Technology to grow

2011/2012

academic year

Higher Technical Institutes (HTI)

7 HTI Foundations

9 two-year paths

215 students

Higher Technical Education and Training paths (HTET)

25 paths

559 students

Higher Education paths (HE)

67 paths

996 students

Resources

9 million euro (European Social Fund and national funds)

Technological innovation, market globalization and the changing demand for goods and services require society to invest continuously in the production of new knowledge, dissemination of technical and scientifi c expertise and acquisition of specialized skills enabling people to be integrated into a dynamic labour market and keep on learning.

In order to meet this need, the Emilia-Romagna Region has strengthened and extended its higher education system, by linking it to the new Regional Polytechnic Network. The aim of the Polytechnic Network is to provide training and learning opportunities based on the enhancement of vocational, technical, scientifi c and

technological culture.

It is characterized by the integration of different education providers - school system, vocational training providers accredited by the Regional Authority, universities, research centres - and enterprises, all committed to working together on the basis of their experience, expertise and excellence in the design and implementation of activities.

The offer of the Polytechnic Network - designed by the Emilia-Romagna Region and fi nanced through

the European Social Fund, national and regional resources - consists of three types of courses.

Courses organized by Higher Technical Institutes (HTI)

HTI are new technology schools that organize two-year courses, 9

throughout the whole region, to train top technicians who

can be integrated into the strategic sectors of the economic manufacturing

Polytechnic Network

Technology to grow

enterprises with highly specialized skills and innovative capacities.

HTI courses are alternative to university, although closely connected to it, provide for mandatory work experiences, both in Italy and abroad, and have a signifi cant number of teachers coming from the business world.

With the establishment of an Association of Foundations, the Region intends

to strengthen the local network of Higher Technical Institutes (HTI), by promoting openness to the national and European dimension.

Higher Technical Education and Training paths (HTET)

HTETpaths train highly specialized technicians capable of managing and supervising corporate organizational and manufacturing processes, also connected to technological

innovations and market internationalization.

Higher Education paths (HE)

Higher Education paths are addressed to employed or unemployed young and adult people who wish to enter the labour market or to attain further qualifi cations to effectively perform occupational roles as engineers and project managers in the production

and business management areas.

Bologna

Top technician for automation and mechatronic systems

Ferrara

Top technician for architectonic renovation of building site

Forlì-Cesena

Top technician for multimedia graphics and communication systems

Modena

Top technician for materials for design and mechanical production

Parma

Top technician responsible for agricultural, agro-food and agro-industrial production and processing

Piacenza

Top technician for info-mobility and logistics infrastructure

Ravenna

Top technician for energy supply and for construction of power plants

Reggio Emilia

Top technician for innovation in processes and products and specialized in mechatronics

Rimini

Top technician for the

development of cultural assets, local products and tourism

HTI network in

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Network HTI HTET HE

Secondary schools V IV III II I Higher Technical Institutes National Vocational Schools EaVT

The third segment of ER Education and Research includes measures to build shared knowledge networks between enterprises, universities and research institutions. ER offers the most experimental and innovative opportunities and actions to give human capital a key role for the growth of a competitive, open and global production system.

Research grants and scholarships

ER provides research grants, fi nancial incentives, customized mentoring and support services, advanced training through the Spinner 2013 Programme, fi nanced by European Social Fund. Actions are aimed at supporting:

• innovative business and / or knowledge-intensive ideas,

• industrial research, experimental development, technology transfer,

• organizational, managerial and fi nancial innovation, • vocational reskilling plans for highly qualifi ed

human resources,

• experiences abroad in universities and research institutes.

Higher education, research, international mobility

Knowledge networks

includes measures to build shared knowledge networks between Training vouchers Ph.D. Courses Research grants Universities and Research Institutes Vocational training providers Enterprises

Spinner 2013

In Emilia-Romagna there are

10

Spinner Points

, active at universities

and regional research centres,

that give information about Spinner

2013 Programme and serve as

reference points for students wishing

to initiate highly innovative and

entrepreneurial projects and careers.

Higher education, research, international mobility

Knowledge networks

Ph.D. courses

To support the regional research system and to develop human resources, the Regional Authority funds scholarships on strategic issues for enterprises and for the regional economic system. All the regional universities work together on individual projects, according to an interdisciplinary approach, in close co-operation with enterprises. A community of researchers dedicated to the creation and transfer of the knowledge necessary for innovation and development of the local community towards a new economic and social welfare.

Training vouchers for higher education

Training vouchers are grants funded by the Regional Authority to allow access to employed or unemployed people to university masters, advanced training courses and specialization courses. The aim is to promote access to lifelong learning providing people with continuous training and retraining opportunities. Higher education, research and international mobility Higher education training vouchers Scholarship for PhD Research grant Three-year courses vocational qualifi cation Fourth year

Universities Polytechnic _Network HTI HTET HE

Secondary schools V IV III II I Higher Technical Institutes National Vocational Schools EaVT 156 Research grants 42 Scholarships for PhD 216 Higher education training vouchers Resources 8 million euro (European Social Fund)

Activities

Altaformazioneinrete.it

This is the interregional

catalogue of courses,

accessible through

training vouchers.

Employment and skills

New skills for new jobs

ER Education and Research offers opportunities

targeting the hiring and retention of qualifi ed people in the labour market. The fourth branch of ER, which completes the regional design, includes different active policies to support people moving into jobs, upgrade workers’ skills and promote organizational and manufacturing innovation of businesses, fi nanced by European, national and regional resources.

Apprenticeship

Emilia-Romagna Region has chosen to promote this contract, that allows young people to access the labour market. Therefore the Region invests in training and offers incentives to enterprises that hire apprentices. This makes it easier for companies hiring young apprentices and investing in training as a key feature to enhance the employment relationship. There are three apprenticeship types: apprenticeship for the achievement of a diploma or a vocational qualifi cation, professionalizing apprenticeship and higher education and research apprenticeship.

The last one allows young people to work in a company and to achieve a masters’ degree or a PhD. With a two-fold advantage: supporting young people in qualifi cation pathways, including the highest academic courses, and providing small and medium enterprises with strategic skills in furtherance of innovation.

Training pathways for transitions

These pathways allow the provision of an in-company-based training and guidance experience useful for

acquiring certifi able skills and shortening the time of entry into the labour market.

Traineeship Continuous Education PIL Apprenticeship Vocational training Providers Universities and Research Institutes Enterprises

Job placement services

The Emilia-Romagna Region offers a job service network, in part also accessible on-line, including information, guidance, counselling, labour demand and supply matching services.

Hubs of this network are 40 Provincial Employment Centres, whose desks are located throughout the regional territory, offering their services to citizens and enterprises.

Employment and skills

New skills for new jobs

Activities

Training for employment integration and re-employment

This kind of training is programmed by the Provincial Authorities and it is addressed to adults who are unemployed or at risk of exclusion from the labour market and social marginalization. Pathways are designed by training providers in close connection with the local business system and they include internships.

Training for innovation of production and organization and for safety at work

Training courses are carried out to increase the skills of workers, reinforce occupational safety and promote enterprises innovation.

Day nursery grants

Day nursery grants are provided to families to facilitate the access of babies to nursery schools and to support family/work balance. It is an effective way to combat discrimination especially against working mothers.

Apprenticeship

35,612 trainees

in training (2011)

Training pathways for transitions

3,307 people in training

Training for employment integration and

re-employment

11,046 people in training

Training for innovation of production and organization and for safety at work

31,920 people in training

Day nursery grants

9,900 nursery grants

948 payee families

Resources

47 million euro (European Social Fund, national and regional funds)

Higher education, research and international mobility Higher education training vouchers Scholarship for PhD Research grant

Universities Polytechnic _Network HTI HTET HE

Labour mar

ket

Job placement services

Professionalizing apprenticeship

Apprenticeship for the achievement of

a diploma or a vocational qualifi cation

Higher education and research apprenticeship

Training pathways for transitions

vocational qualifi cation

Three-year courses vocational qualifi cation Fourth year Secondary schools V IV III II I Higher Technical Institutes National Vocational Schools EaVT Traineeship

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Orienter

It is the database of

training courses funded

by the Regional and

Provincial Authorities

http://orienter.regione.

emilia-romagna.it

20 M

euro

20 M

euro

Special plan for youth employment, continuity of employment,

promotion of entrepreneurship

In 2012, the Emilia-Romagna Region approved a special plan for the access of young people to the labour market, continuity of employment, support and promotion of entrepreneurship, in liaison with the whole ER and, in particular, with the fourth seg-ment on Employseg-ment and skills.

The idea behind this action, funded by European, national and regional resources, amounting to € 46 million, is to enhance youth skills to combat unemployment and precarious work, to support the creation of new businesses, rewarding enterprises investing in young people and their education.

THE PLAN ENVISAGES FOUR LINES OF ACTION:

Recruitment and retention incentives

Enterprises hiring young people up to 34 years with open-ended labour contracts are entitled to receive an incentive of up to 12,000 euro. In particular, those companies that have not recen-tly laid off any employees and those hiring young women on a permanent basis are rewarded.

Apprenticeship training actions

Enterprises wishing to recruit young people using this form of contract have access to opportunities ranging from economic in-centives to funding of apprentice training. Actions vary depending on the type of contract chosen: apprenticeship for the achieve-ment of a diploma or a vocational qualifi cation (for young people up to 25 years without any qualifi cations or diploma), professio-nalizing apprenticeship (for youth aged 18-29) or higher education and research apprenticeship (for young people up to 29 years in possession of a diploma or university degree).

Pre-integration training actions

They are targeted to youngsters aged between 30 and 34 years, with the aim of promoting their integration into the labour mar-ket on a permanent basis. Young workers are provided with the opportunity to receive training before being integrated into the labour market. On-the-job training is mainly provided, designed to make young workers acquire skills consistent with the actual needs of the enterprise.

Actions in support of entrepreneurship

They are aimed at both young people and enterprises based in the region. Young people aged between 18 and 34 years who wish to become self-employed have free access to customized training and consulting. Training programmes are fi nanced for enterprises who wish to enhance the entrepreneur’s or the key employees’ skills and to provide workers with updated technical and professional skills.

The complexity of the labour market and the challenges

of the economic production system require new communication skills and a high propensity to innovate and improve services to satisfy the market needs at a local level.

This is the starting point that has led to the creation of Lavoro per Te (Work for you), namely the new Emilia-Romagna regional employment portal network developed in close liaison with the Provincial Authorities and the employment centres.

The aims are to match labour supply and demand, to facilitate the interaction of citizens and businesses with the public

administration, to facilitate access to the opportunities offered by the Special Plan for youth employment and to other actions carried out by the Regional and Provincial Authorities.

3 M

euro

3 M

euro

Special plan for youth employment, continuity of employment,

promotion of entrepreneurship

unemployment rate

(Italy 15.7%)

unemployment rate

(Italy 15.7%)

unemployment rate

10%

Young people

and employment

employment rate

female employment

rate

employed young people

female unemployment rate

(Italy 17.7%)

female unemployment rate

(Italy 17.7%)

female unemployment rate

56.3%

51.01%

11.8%

501,000

_{employed young people}

501,000

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young people between 15 and 34 years

896,308

896,308

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