summer of training and orientation for high school students – Emilia-Romagna Region

Learn 3D printing, study new eco-friendly materials, digitize old books or design video games. In Emilia Romagna For 365 male and female students L’summer it is an opportunity to learning with an eye towards the future.

There Region finance, with over 195 thousand euros of the European Social Fund Plus, 20 free summer camps of orientation to accompany high school students and students (3rd and 4th classes) in the choice of post-diploma training courses, especially university ones. In the last session of Junta has indeed arrived green light for projects that were presented through two separate warnings for the selection and financing of summer camps. Ecological transition and cultural industries are the two strands identified by the Region in line with the Pact for jobs and climatewhich has as its first strategic objective that of making Emilia-Romagna a region of knowledge and knowledge by investing in education, instruction, training, research and culture.

An investment in orientation services to give young people and their families the tools to choose your future with greater awareness And acquire new skillson topics of particular importance, current affairs and close to their interests.

The 14 summer camps dedicated to ecological transitionwhich have a financial budget of 128,871 euros and are aimed at 240 participants, serve to increase knowledge of training opportunities for the professions necessary to promote sustainable development and minimize the environmental impact of economic activities.

The 6 summer camps on cultural and creative industriesfinanced with 66,810 euros and aimed at 125 participants, instead offer training opportunities for professional paths that support the processes of valorising the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of our territory.

The places of the summer camps

Of the 20 summer camps, nine will be hosted in seven capital cities with university headquarters (Piacenza with two projects, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena with two projects, Bologna, Ferrara and Rimini) thanks to the local universities that offer degree courses strongly focused on the ecological and digital transition (University of Bologna, University of Ferrara, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, University of Parma, as well as the Polytechnic of Milan and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart on their respective sites in Piacenza). The universities will make classrooms and research laboratories available.

11 more fields they are, however, foreseen in the municipalities not home to universities, in the spaces made available by schools and other institutions. The planned locations are in Fidenza (PR), Guastalla (RE) with two projects, Finale Emilia (MO), Imola, San Giovanni in Persiceto and San Lazzaro (BO); Argenta, Cento and Comacchio (FE).

Summer camps may arrive up to 52 hours of total activity, to guarantee the best educational and experiential quality for participants. In addition to orientation activities, boys and girls will also be involved in training workshops, with the opportunity to participate in the development of innovative projects or products, such as advanced tools for analyzing environmental indicators, new eco-friendly materials, 3D printing, digitization of ancient books, new video games. They will also take part in guided tours in the places of excellence of technological innovation in Emilia-Romagna. Experts, entrepreneurs, university professors and startuppers will be among the speakers of the training activities.

The dates and methods of registration will be communicated in a dedicated section of the portal https://formazionelavoro.regione.emilia-romagna.it/ And https://scuola.regione.emilia-romagna.it/.