Italy: Lombardy strikes deal with major universities to promote high training apprenticeship

Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy, signed, on October 18th, with the headmasters of the ten biggest universities in the region (Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano Bicocca, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Politecnico, Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione IULM, Università di Bergamo, Università di Brescia, Università di Pavia, Insubria, and Università Carlo Cattaneo LIUC) and with Italia Lavoro SPA, the technical agency answering to the Ministry of Labor which will help the Region and Universities carry the program through, an agreement aiming to develop apprenticeship in higher education.  Boosted by the Single Text on Apprenticeship adopted last July (see our dispatch No.  110494), this contract targets young people aged 18-2- who want to get a high-school or college degree, including PhDs and internships to access trades governed by the Holy Orders.  With a total budget of €3M for 2011-2013, Lombardy is giving colleges up to €16,000 per apprentice student, for planning, tutoring and sometimes adding classes for the implementation of the agreement – which should concern nearly 200 students.
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young people aged 18-2- who want to get a high-school or college degree, including PhDs and internships to access trades governed by the Holy Orders. With a total budget of €3M for 2011-2013, Lombardy is giving colleges up to €16,000 per apprentice student, for planning, tutoring and sometimes adding classes for the implementation of the agreement – which should concern nearly 200 students.

Instructions. Students aged 18-29 in their sophomore or junior year in one of the signing universities m

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