From Ortigia, Confindustria's plan to enhance human capital

Confindustria launches a plan with 11.2 objectives to enhance human capital. The starting point is a number that underlines the risks of denatality, recalling an Istat projection: in 2050 children will only be 11.2 per cent of the Italian population.

The industrialists' document arrives from Ortigia, in Syracuse, where Confindustria organised its first Education & Open Innovation Forum. 'A country with fewer young people risks losing the ability to innovate, to generate value and a future. We must act with vision and responsibility, building - is the appeal of the industrialists - a new alliance between institutions, businesses and the education system'.

The document is wide-ranging, with three guidelines: regenerating internal human capital, because 'Italy risks losing over 5 million students by 2050'; attracting those who want to train and work in our country, because 'by 2028 Italy will need 640,000 skilled immigrant workers'; retaining or bringing back those who can contribute to the innovation of the Italian system, because 'in the last ten years over 337,000 young Italians, of whom 120,000 graduates, have left the country'.

We must 'act today', highlights Confindustria vice-president Lucia Aleotti, who, with data from the industrialists' study centre, highlights the risks: in 2028 there will be 'a truly dramatic shortage of workers, 1.3 million workers'; and there is alarm over the gap between training and the needs of companies: '70% of companies looking for new workers cannot find them'. The document, comments Marco Gay, president of Zest and of the Turin industrialists, 'not only concretely outlines the line but also indicates actions to be taken forward, together'. The president of Sole 24 Ore, Maria Carmela Colaiacovo, also emphasises the role of financial education 'because it helps to create a conscious society and allows the social lift'. Aurelio Regina, president of Fondimpresa and Confindustria's delegate for energy, emphasises the importance of 'quality training plans'.

Il forum di Ortigia è anche l’occasione per la firma, tra la ministra del Lavoro, Marina Calderone, ed il presidente di Confindustria, Emanuele Orsini, di un protocollo di intesa per potenziare la piattaforma per il lavoro Siisl e favorire l’inclusione sociale: E’ «un protocollo - ha detto Orsini - che ci avvicina sempre di più alle politiche attive del lavoro, che è quello che serve a questo Paese»: dobbiamo «dare una grande speranza ai giovani». Parte «una collaborazione importantissima», ha aggiunto Calderone, sottolineando l’importanza «di fare rete per implementare la piattaforma Siisl» che può «arricchirsi delle competenze e delle conoscenze del sistema confindustriale come dei bisogni e delle aspettative del mondo del lavoro». «Noi ci crediamo molto e siamo in prima linea», ha evidenziato Riccardo Di Stefano, che come delegato di Confindustria all’Education e all’Open Innovation ha promosso il forum di Ortigia.