Education System and Opportunities in Italy: Insights from LUPT and Europe Direct Network

THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ITALY and ASOC A Scuola di Open Coesione Arch. Emanuela Coppola and dott. Enrica Rapolla Centro LUPT Federico II University - Naples (Italy)

WHAT IS THE EUROPE DIRECT NETWORK? The LUPT Interdepartmental research centre of the University of Naples Federico II hosts a Europe Direct Centre, officially part of the European Commission network Europe Direct . Europe Direct network is a real network diffused thorough Europe, made of Centres whose main aim is to provide information for citizens about a wide range of topics, such as: Citizen rights, EU opportunities, EU legislations. Each EDIC is hosted by an institution (mainly Regions, Municipalities or Universities). Each EDIC acts as first contact point between EU institutions and the local citizenship, that can contact us coming in our front offices as well as can easily reach us via email, Skype, telephone, social media and so on. EDIC network depends from the DG Communication of E.C. and we are coordinated by our E.C. representations.

THE EUROPE DIRECT LUPT We cover a large territory of the Southern Italy, that is the provinces of Naples, Benevento and Avellino, providing 1 front office at our headquarters, 2 front offices in Benevento and Avellino and 14 smaller front offices in the territories. We implement information and communication activities, organizing and co-organizing with our partners as well as with the European Commission, Representation in Italy local / national events, running online campaigns and developing diffusion and editorial outputs (such as newsletters, blog, e-books and so on). More info: www.edlupt.eu

Statistic data of educational system and professional training Schools: 87% of schools (state and equal) made the alternation in AA 15/16 against 42% of the AA 14/15. Among the regions where most schools have made Alternation stand out: Molise (98%), Umbria (95%), Emilia Romagna (94%) and Piedmont and Friuli V.G. (93%). Among those who have experienced some difficulty we find Campania (74%), Sicily (78%), Lazio (86%), Abruzzo (89%). If you consider the improvement over the pre-compulsory situation, between regions that have experienced greater growth in the number of schools that make the alternation emerge: Campania (+ 288%, from 179 to 560 schools), Sicily (+216 %, from 196 to 494 schools), Lazio (+ 175%, from 208 to 421 schools) and Piedmont (+ 169%, from 145 to 323 schools.) PIEMONTE LAZIO SICILY CAMPANIA 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350%

HOST STRUCTURES In school year 2015/16 151,200 housing facilities have hosted students in Alternation (+ 41% over the previous year) The largest number of housing facilities is located in the following regions: Lombardy (22%), Veneto (14%), Piedmont and Emilia Romagna (9%), Tuscany (7.7%). Some difficulties are still experienced by the Southern regions in finding host structures: Campania (2.4%), Sicily (3.8%), Calabria (2%), Basilicata (0.8%), Puglia (4,7 %).

ALTERNATIONI SCHOOL/WORK : the data for macro regions (classes III,IV and V) Students (sy 15/16) % of the total growt over previus year host structures Schools (sy 15/16) % of the total growt over previus year NORTH 228644 48% 85% 51% 2101 92% 77% CENTER 206845 50% 123% 33% 1802 90% 64% SOUTH 217152 40% 286% 16% 2864 82% 158% 100%

DATA MONITORING EDUCATION (MIUR) INDIRE - 1 FROM THE OF RESULTS THE OF THE OF MINISTRY In the S.Y. 2012/13, 45.6% of secondary high schools (3,177 of 6,972) has used the alternation as a teaching method to develop the skills required by the laws of studies. Of the 3,177 establishments: 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% professional tecnical high-schools other institutions They have realized 11.600 routes, of which 7,783 (67%) in vocational schools (of which 6,043 in classes IV and V), 2,556 (22%) in technical schools, 903 (7.8%) in high schools and 86 (0.7%) in other institutions, to train 227,886 students, 8.7% of the school population of upper secondary school.

ROUTES OF WORK AND STUDY OF GRADUATES AND GRADUATES Survey of 2015 graduates in 2011 (ISTAT) - 1 The estimate of graduates who have achieved the title in 2011 and in 2015 work amounted to 43% (46% in 2011 for the graduates of 2007), while 21.8% are looking for employment (16 % in 2011). In southern regions, the integration into the labor market continues to be more difficult: the graduates who work four years after maturity is 37%, in the center exceeds 42% while the north is occupied a graduate of two. Among the graduates who work in 2015, one in four (25%) is dependent indefinitely, 11% are self-employed, the remaining 63% have a job "unstable"; specifically, 34% have a fixed-term contract, 9% are employed without contracts, 14% have a project contract, the provision of work, voucher or scholarship / work and 7% are paid training activities. Four years after graduation, eight graduates of 10 still live at home.

ASOC A SCUOLA DI OPEN COESIONE In Italy there is a project called ASOC we follow as EDIC. A Scuola di Open Coesione is a good practice globally acknowledged. ASOC is a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course), designed for Italian high-school students. It was launched in 2013 within the open government strategy on cohesion policy carried out by the National Government, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Representation Office of the European Commission in Italy.

BEFORE ASOC: OPEN COESIONE On the national OpenCoesione portal (www.opencoesione.gov.it), everyone can find transparent information on investment projects funded by Cohesion Policies in Italy. A Scuola di OpenCoesione builds on the OpenCoesione portal to actively promote the use and reuse of data by participating schools for the development of civic awareness and engagement of local communities in monitoring the effectiveness of public investment.

HOW OPEN COESIONE IS STRUCTURED The program is composed of 6 main sessions. The first 4 build on the use of innovative and interdisciplinary skills. During the fifth session the students carry out on-site visits to public works and/or services financed by EU and national funds, while the sixth step is a final event where students meet local communities and policy-makers to discuss the findings of their investigations and evaluations.

WHY ASOC IS IMPORTANT FOR DUAL VET ASOC programme is recognized as Alternanza Scuola Lavoro: students participating in ASOC could see recognized their participation in the Alternanza Scuola Lavoro path. Indeed, they develop very important soft and transversal skills and professional ones, because working groups are divided in activity clusters such as analyzers, coders, social media managers, bloggers, graphic designers, journalists and so on.

WHY ASOC IS IMPORTANT FOR DUAL VET In our experience, we see ASOC as a very important tool as orientation and alternative professional training, which is very useful for non-technical schools (such as the Italian liceo ) which provide for their students a theoretical and non-practical training. So, while the classic Alternanza is very useful for technical schools, it is not the same for licei and more theoretical schools which entice to be followed by a University. Usually, classic Alternanza experience imply job tasks which do not correspond to the aspirational jobs of the students of licei.

HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION - 1 The ITS - Superior Technical Institutes are aimed at obtaining the diploma of superior technician for the establishment of a non-university tertiary education channel. It is emphasized that they are highly professional technical training courses carried out according to the most advanced international models (the Swiss SISPI, the French IUT and the German Fachhochschule) lasting two years. Activated since 2011, there are 93 in various Regions (excluding Trentino Alto Adige, Valle d'Aosta and Basilicata). The majority of ITS are located in Lombardy (18); follow Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Piedmont, Tuscany and Veneto with 7 ITS; Puglia with 6 ITS; Sicily and Calabria with 5 ITS; Marche, Liguria, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Abruzzo with 4 ITS, Campania and Sardinia 3 ITS; only one Foundation is present in Molise and Umbria. Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont and Lombardy are the regions that have at least one ITS Foundation in all technological areas. To access ITS courses it is necessary to pass a selection places are limited. The course will be divided into 4 semesters for a total of 1800/2000 hours: 900/1000 hours of classroom and laboratory activities and 900/1000 hours of project work in the company. because the

HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION Participation fee is required for participation. Scholarships will be provided for the best students of the initial selection and for the best students at the end of the first year 50% of teachers come from the world of work and professions. The qualification awarded is the Diploma di Superior Technician with the indication of the technological area and of the national reference figure (V level of the European Qualifications Technological Areas identified for ITS are: 1. Energy efficiency 2. Sustainable mobility 3. New technologies of life 4. New technologies for Made in Italy (mechanics, fashion, food, home and business services) 5. Innovative technologies for cultural assets and activities 6. Information and communication technologies Framework - EQF). The

HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION - 3 The leading ITS institutes in Italy ENERGY EFFICIENCY ITI "D'Aosta" - L'Aquila ITIS "A. Merloni" - Fabriano (AN) IPIA "E. Amaldi" - Macomer (NU) E. Majorana" - Piazza Armerina (EN) ITIS "T. Sarrocchi" - Siena ITG "Belzoni Boaga" - Padova NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR MADE IN ITALY (mechanics, fashion, food, home and business services) ITIS "da Vinci" - Lanciano (CH) - Meccanica IIS "Alessandrini" -Teramo - alimentare ITIS "Fermo Corni" - Modena - meccanica ITIS "Leopoldo Nobili" - Reggio Emilia - sistema meccanica - meccatronica IIS "Aldini Valeriani Sirani" - Bologna - meccanica - automazione industriale ISISS "Galilei - Bocchialini - Solari" - San Secondo Parmense (PR) - agroalimentare IIS "Malignani" - Udine - meccanica/aeronautica ITIS " Canonica" - Vetralla (VT) - alimentare IPSAA "San Benedetto" - Borgo Piave (LT) - alimentare ITAS "Rousseau" - Viterbo - Servizi imprese IIS "G. Capellini/N. Sauro" - La Spezia - Navalmeccanico IP "Maddalena di Canossa" - Brescia - moda ITIS "Cardano" - Pavia - Sistema casa ITCG paritario "Einaudi" - Grumello del Monte (BG) - Servizi alle imprese ITI "Mattei" - Recanati (MC) - Sistema meccanica/Servizi alle imprese ITI "Montani" - Fermo (AP) - moda/scarpe IIS "Pertini" - Campobasso - alimentare ITIS "Sella" - Biella - Sistema moda ITIS "G. Marconi" - Bari meccanica/meccatronica IIS "B. Caramia - F. Gigante" - Locorotondo (BA) - Sistema alimentare IIS "Antonello" - Messina - alimentare IIS "B. Russel/I. Newton" - Scandicci (FI) - Sistema moda IIS "E. Mattei - E. Solvay" - Rosignano Marittimo (LI) - Sistema meccanica ITI "Volta" - Piscille (PG) - - Sistema meccanica /meccatronica IIS "Ruzza Pendola" - Padova - moda/scarpe ITIS "A. Rossi" - Vicenza - meccanica ITAS "Cerletti" - Conegliano (TV) - Sistema alimentare e vitivinicolo

HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION - 4 The leading ITS institutes in Italy (2) SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY ITIS "G. Marconi" - Torre Annunziata (NA) IT aeronautico Fondazione villaggio dei ragazzi "Don Salvatore D'Angelo" - Maddaloni (CE) IIS "G. Marconi" - Piacenza IIS "Caboto" - Gaeta Accademia marina mercantile - ITN "San Giorgio" - Genova - Trasporti marittimi IIS "Ponti" - Gallarate (VA) - mobilit persone e merci ITIS "Grassi" - Torino - aerospazio ITIS "E. Fermi" - Francavilla Fontana (BR) - Aerospazio IIS "Duca degli Abruzzi" - Catania - Trasporti IPSIA "Giorgi" - Verona - logistica, sistemi e mobilit delle persone e delle merci INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR CULTURAL ASSETS AND ACTIVITIES IPSSCT "G. Fortunato" - Napoli IIS "G.B. Aleotti" - Ferrara IIS "Via Domizia Lucilla" - Roma IIS "F. Juvara" - Siracusa ITI "Euclide" - Caltagirone (CT) IPSSARCT "E. Cornaro" - Jesolo (VE) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ITS "Blaise Pascal" - Cesena (FC) ITI "Kennedy" - Pordenone Istituto professionale "R. Rossellini"- Roma IPSIA "Odero" - Genova Istituto Pavoniano "Artigianelli" - Milano ITIS Pininfarina - Torino NEW TECHNOLOGIES OF LIFE IPSIA "Cavazza" - Pomezia (RM) ITIS "G. Natta" - Bergamo IPAA "G. dell'Amore" - Vertemate con Minoprio (CO)

THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION. e.coppola@unina.it enrica.rapolla@unina.it