‘Health and safety… together’ – the new national competition gets underway

The Ministry of Labour, together with the MIM, and in collaboration with INAIL, is launching the fourth edition of the national competition, aimed at pupils in upper secondary schools and vocational education and training (VET) programmes, entitled ‘Health and safety… together! Prevention and safety in the workplace are learnt at school’.

The initiative, which forms part of policies aimed at promoting a culture of prevention, aims to raise awareness amongst the younger generation of the importance of health and safety in the workplace, whilst harnessing creativity as a tool for education and active citizenship.

The competition invites classes to create a creative project, in any form, that highlights and promotes the importance of safety prevention: for example, entries may include short films, comics, visual or musical performances, podcasts, Reels and adverts, as well as proposals to modernise personal protective equipment or for awareness-raising initiatives. Entries must be original works and must be submitted no later than 31 March 2027, in accordance with the procedures set out in the competition notice available on the official website of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.

Compared with previous editions, the call for entries includes a section dedicated to the use of artificial intelligence. This is permitted, provided that the stage at which it was used (conceptual, production or post-production) is specified.

The three best projects will be awarded cash prizes to be used for the purchase of equipment to support the institute’s health and safety initiatives. Thanks to the new provisions of Decree-Law 159/2025 (containing ‘Urgent measures for the protection of health and safety in the workplace and in the field of civil protection’, converted, with amendments, by Act 198/2005), it has been possible to increase the available resources exponentially: the first-placed project will receive 30,000 euros, the second 20,000 and the third 10,000 euros. The Commission may also award a special mention to a maximum of two further projects.