Give job opportunities to youth, make professional training better, give hope to new generations. The theme is very important, according to the speakers who have participated in yesterday\u2019s conference \u201cYouth and Employment: What\u2019s their Future?\u201d at the Meeting.
\nA deep analysis of the topic was illustrated, with the help of many slides, by Alessandro Rosina, Professor of Demography at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and curator of “Rapporto giovani” (Report on Youth) at Toniolo Institute \u201cIn Italy people usually speak a lot about youth,\u201d said Rosina, \u201cbut without really knowing them. The \u201cRapporto giovani\u201d wants to fill this gap with the biggest Italian survey giving youth the opportunity to speak and looking at the problems from their perspective. The report presents a lot of data overturning many commonplaces. Youth are not passive but resourceful, they want to have more economic autonomy as opposed to their family, they know how to adapt to work, which is very different from their study itinerary, and they are not scared about manual jobs. What they fear the most is precariousness, exploitation and underpayment.\u201d
\nPeople talk about NEET [Not (Engaged) in Education, Employment or Training], that is, when youth neither work nor study. Giorgio Vittadini, President of the Foundation for Subsidiarity, said that \u201cin our country this figure reached 2 million and 200 thousand people and you can\u2019t think that the situation can get better without any intervention.\u201d Also at the conference was Daniele Nembrini, President of the Ikaros Foundation, who insisted on the necessity of investing in professional training, a result of his personal and business experience. \u201cCompanies need people who add value,\u201d said Nembrini. If it is true that the challenge is one of education, we must reawake people. A cognitive approach is needed. We learn by doing.\u201d
\nPierino Persico, President of Persico Spa, is very direct. \u201cNowadays youth don\u2019t have the work ethic, they need to discover the beauty of doing, the beauty of work.\u201d To solve the situation \u201cbefore blaming the government, we must look at our responsibilities towards youth.\u201d It is necessary to combine \u201cthe right to study with the right to work,\u201d said Valentina Aprea, Education, Training and Job Assessor of Lombardy Region. Not by chance, thanks to the \u201cstudy in the company, find work at school,\u201d campaign of Lombardy Region, \u201cjust in July, 9827 youth, aged from 15 to 29 years, have been admitted in the labour market.\u201d
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Give job opportunities to youth, make professional training better, give hope to new generations. The theme is very important, according to the speakers who have participated in yesterday\u2019s conference \u201cYouth … <\/p>\n