ILA The Tuscany Experience

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ILA The Tuscany Experience

• Life Long Learning is fundamental to achieving
  the Lisbon objectives (2000).
• The rate of participation in Life Long Learning
  to be reached by 2010 is 12.5 of population
  25/64
• By 2005 the rate in Italy is 6.2 compared to
  10.8 in U.E.

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Supporting and developing LLL

• Supporting LifeLongLearning with a close
  connection with occupability was the general
  objective for Regione Toscana launching the ILA
  Program together with four tuscan provinces
  (Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Pistoia)
• The goal is the experimentation in different
  social and ecomical contexts
• The pilot project will develop guide-lines and
  best practices
• The project marks a multi-regional space (with
  Piemonte and Umbria) and is supported by the
  Italian Ministry of Welfare

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A short description

• The Project provides the distribution of 2800 ILA
  Cards to different target of population
• The total credit for every card is 2.500,00 ,
  to be used within two years in activities of
  vocational training (formal non-formal) and
  related activities
• The managing administration (Provincia) provides,
  through a specific agreement, to pay the sum to a
  bank which will issue the card
• The beneficiaries are assisted by a tutoring
  service in the employment centers of provinces
• The card is loaded every time with a sum of
  500,00

FURTHER INFORMATION...
Giving the Employment Centers as reference
permits to have a proximity net for beneficiaries
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ILA and Employment Centers

• Information and reception
• Every E.C. is the focus point for information and
  dissemination activities with information
  brochures and front office activities
• Counselling Vocational GuidanceThe activity is
  carried out, from the first contact to the end of
  use of the card, by E.C. through a help desk
  which job is
• Starting up Vocational guidance
• Verifying and guidance for every reload (the
  reload is issued after a short audit by the E.C.
  staff)
• Counselling for Job Market

The bank is the site of delivery of the card For
reload the beneficiaries dont need to go to
banks offices
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The experimentation

• The project covers the period 2006/2007 and was
  extended till to 2008 june
• The programmed cards are 2.800 (800 for each of
  the Provinces of Arezzo, Livorno, Pistoia and 400
  cards for Grosseto)
• The budget, on ESF funding, is of 2.000.000,00
  for each of the provinces of Arezzo, Livorno,
  Pistoia and of 1.000.000,00 for Grosseto
• The total budget is 7.000.000,00
• 50 of budget is funded by Regione Toscana

FURTHER INFORMATION...
The foreseen number of cards was of 800 for
Arezzo, Livorno and Pistoia, and 400 for Grosseto
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The Target

• A common target for every provincial
  experimentation (at least 10 of cards) were
  atypical workers
• Every Province has chosen a specific target as
• Arezzo Unoccupied women
• Grosseto Unoccupied from 18 to 35 years old
• Livorno Unoccupied from 18 to 35 years old,
  unoccupied women
• Pistoia immigrants, people having an High School
  diploma or who have graduated

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The numbers of experimentation
Situation at the date 31.12.2007
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SWOT Analysis -1

• Strenght
• personalisation
• incentive to personal growth
• specific target group
• controlled prices for vocational training
• handiness of use for both the trainee and V.T.
  agencies
• Weakness
• it requires high organisation staff
• it requires a permanent audit point to prevent
  frauds
• splitting specific in vocational training request
  and offer

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SWOT Analysis -2

• Opportunities
• no more supply driven market in vocational
  training
• cost-sharing in vocational training
• stake-holders contribution for non formal
  vocational training
• Threats
• low flexibility of vocational training system
• frauds risk
• possible misunderstanding

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A first impact analysis closed projects

• Data are related to the first 96 closed ILA Cards

FURTHER INFORMATION...
The programme of 24 months makes that most cards
are still operating A more important impact
evaluation will be possible into 2008 june
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Whats the outlook?

• Last update
• Further cards distributed in 2008
• New regional experimentation for transgender
• The program is extended to two more provinces
  (Pisa and Siena)
• And tomorrow
• Enlargement of ILA Card to the whole region
• Agreement with banks to enlarge the use of ILA
  card