Il sistema dei Fondi Paritetici Interprofessionali e le prospettive di sviluppo: il caso del finanziamento della formazione per gli apprendisti

According to Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), in the next decade some 80 million job opportunities will be available as a result of replacement (retirement or a change of position) and 7 million new job openings will be created ex novo. Yet these opportunities will be useless without envisaging initiatives in terms of skills developing and updating for youth and workers. Young people – who are usually excluded from the labour market – are the main target of labour market reforms. Their future is frequently discussed, as is the way apprenticeships – intended as the development of basic skills – can be the best tool to enter the labour market. Lifelong education in times of crisis and with high rates of unemployment, can be the lever for meeting occupational and educational needs. To this end, funds such as Fondi Paritetici Professionali take on an important role to help demand and supply meet, particularly if one considers that they are joint bodies operating at territorial, sectoral and company level.