IT
Improve the quality of vocational education and training systems and measures to facilitate work transitions and strengthen the matching of skills with the needs of production systems.
Areas of focus
1. Skills development in technical-professional training. The activity is intended to inform VET and IFTS training (under the competence of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies), which make up an important part of the so-called long chain of technical-vocational training (VET, IFTS and ITS). This information framework is indispensable in a national panorama that lacks a dedicated information system for vocational training. It is a wealth of knowledge built up over the years by Inapp – through constant monitoring of existing and evolving training landscape – which is necessary to improve the quality of the overall system and to support institutional actors responsible for it (Ministries, Regions, VET providers, amongst others).
2. Key competences for employability. This activity aims to analyse and contribute to the development, at system and training practice level, of transversal competencies (soft skills). These are unanimously recognised as the most discriminating element with respect to the selection of new resources by employers, within the long chain of technical-professional training. The activity aims to foster the employability of individuals in a context characterised by technical and technological progress.
3. The quality of training and the accreditation system of VET providers. This activity aims to contribute to improving the quality of the training services provided by cultivating an approach to evaluation and self-assessment in vocational education and training, while orienting cultural growth training policies towards “quality assurance” at system level. Research will therefore be conducted to map, analyse and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of national and international methodologies and tools for the quality of training, in light of the most recent European guidelines.
4. Policies, methodologies and measures to support transitions to work. This activity is intended to build a solid information base on young people’s transitions between school, training and work, using a survey with a representative sample of the population aged 18-34. In particular, the activity will analyse education and training pathways, the factors influencing specific choices, the relationship with work, paths to entering the labour market, the tools that support this transition and the characteristics of those who are in a NEET condition. The main focus is on training activities that young people undertake before, during and after their first work experience considered important for an easier transition into the labour market.
5. Continued Training and Adult Learning. The activity intends to analyse life learning pathways, also in connection with the changes brought by the digital and ecological transitions and in relation to the outcomes of the European Year of Skills. In the context of continued training, this is both looked at for employees of private and public entities. Looking at the dynamics of intergenerational learning, age management and active ageing, also promoted within corporate welfare policies, fall within this research field. Finally, the activity aims to analyse and promote the development of self-employment, managerial training provision and corporate social responsibility practices.