Training at home for 3,160 non-EU workers
Already 12 programmes for vocational and language courses in eight countries approved. Construction and shipbuilding in the lead. Inputs to be simplified
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There are already 3,160 non-EU workers involved in the vocational and civic-linguistic training programmes initiated in their countries of origin, who will be able to arrive in Italy with additional permits compared to the annual quotas provided for by the flows decrees, based on the new Article 23 of the Consolidated Act on Immigration, introduced by the Cutro Decree (Decree-Law 20/2023).
Construction and shipbuilding are among the most present sectors (see the infographic on the page), but there is no shortage of ICT, textiles and jewellery.
The first contingent of 1,160 workers will be trained under the 12 programmes already approved by the inter-ministerial commission coordinated by the Ministry of Labour, for eight countries (Tunisia, Albania, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Jordan, Philippines, Uganda).
Another group of 2,000 workers will also be trained in Tunisia on the basis of the agreement signed at the beginning of July by Ance (the national association of building constructors) and Elis (a non-profit training organisation), as part of the Mattei Plan. The programme (which will soon be submitted to the interministerial commission) is aimed at young people who already have a background in construction, is coordinated by the International Organisation for Migration, and enjoys EU funding (unlike the other 12 programmes, which are financed by the applicants). The courses will last three months.
By July the 40 Tunisian workers trained under one of the first projects approved by the interministerial commission, also presented by Ance, should start arriving in Italy. "The scope of the rules that allow qualified workers, or workers trained in their countries of origin, to arrive in Italy outside of the flow decrees should be further developed," says Ance director general Massimiliano Musmeci. "A simplified entry route should be envisaged,' he adds, 'since there are all the elements, from the names of the workers to the destination, to shorten the time as much as possible.
