Financing Of Vocational Training And Education In Italy

Recoge: 1.Basic information - 2.Initial vocational training (IVT) - 3.Continuing vocational training - 4.The future of funding for vocational education and training: trends and perspectives - 5.Annexes.

CEDEFOP pub. Annotated bibliography on vocational training and educational financing in Italy - includes text of legislation 845, Dec 21 1978.

A study examined vocational education and training in Italy. First, vocational education was placed within the context of Italy's political and administrative structures and economy. Italy's systems of general and vocational education were described, and the legislative aspects were examined. Special attention was paid to funding from various European Community sources. It was concluded that vocational education in Italy needs a more standard and structured framework; however, it was deemed likely that demand from individuals and enterprises would be a further factor in continued diversification through experiments that may offer many people their only opportunity to catch up on the basis knowledge needed to obtain a job or improve their prospects. Increasing demand from small firms, the possibility of training providing skills in a number of sectors, and the spread of new technology into nonindustrial sectors were seen as three of many factors that would stimulate changes in both content and delivery of vocational education. European integration was deemed the greatest stimulus for renewal of vocational education in Italy. (Contains 43 tables/figures. Appended are the following: a list of acronyms/abbreviations; names/addresses of 46 agencies, organizations, and training institutions; a 65-item bibliography; and glossary.) (MN)

This document on vocational training in Italy contains eight chapters. Chapter 1 describes the population of Italy. Chapter 2 describes the Italian economy through the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors. Chapter 3 describes education and vocational training in Italy, including regional agricultural and nonagricultural vocational training, vocational training in industry and commerce, apprenticeship, and training and work contracts. Vocational guidance and vocational training and the labor market are also described in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 describes continuing training. Chapter 5 describes the historical development of education and vocational training in Italy. Chapter 6 identifies the responsible authorities for vocational training. Chapter 7 identifies the sources of funding for vocational training. Trends in vocational training in Italy are discussed in Chapter 8. (CML)

This volume examines the multiple connections between education, broadly defined, and work, through an analysis of the literature on the transition from school to work, on vocational training and on the labour market. It shows that concepts such as skill, unemployment rates, young people and the transition from school to work are socially constructed and are thought about in ways which are nationally specific. This book is essential reading for students of European training systems and for those conducting comparative European research.