PRESS RELEASE (5/22/2015)
Wednesday, May 27, a Loano, in the Marina of Loano, the conference will be held. “Let's work together to grow.” which saw the Municipality of Loano as the leader of the’Social Territorial Ambit 20 also composed of the Municipalities of Borghetto Santo Spirito, Balestrino, Boissano, Toirano and which was financed through theProvince of Savona by the Liguria Region, under the operational program ob. “Regional competitiveness and employment” ESF 2007 - 2013 axis III social inclusion, assigned the projecteuro 578.528,87.
At the conference, which is free and open to the public, the results generated by the activities carried out within the project will be presented.
“The project “Let's work together to grow.” - says the mayor Luigi Pignocca - arises from the experience of past collaborations that exist between the municipalities that are its partners and have long collaborated in the construction and implementation of projects and activities aimed at building pathways to employment for unemployed people whether they are young people, adults or people who belong to the disadvantaged categories.”
“The first substantial activity that has been done by the whole partnership, but especially by the social services of the municipalities involved," explains Councillor for Social Services Luca Lettieri - was to identify potential beneficiaries who were included in the orientation/selection process to identify those best suited to participate in the three 240-hour (100 theory and 140 internship) training courses: specific training for tourist reception and cultural heritage management, specific training for waste treatment, and specific training for Family Assistant.
At the end of the orientation interviews, the following were identified. 36 participants who at the end of each training activity were able to benefit from a work exsperience lasting between five months and one year. Throughout the entire course all trainees were followed individually through a skills assessment activity. To date, the last actions, which are work placements, are being activated and a new Cooperative in the field of multimedia communication and marketing, composed of some of the participants in the training course on tourist reception. This new structure is supported in the start-up by a number of professionals already working in the area who have decided to invest in new projects with the support of some of the students from the “let's work together to grow” project.
The conference will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with greetings from the authorities: the Mayor Luigi Pignocca, Councillor Luca Lettieri, representatives from the Province, the Region and the Loano Navy. The program will then include talks by. Valerio Balzini, Ligurian Third Sector Forum, which will explore the theme “Social cooperation of job placement” and of Carla Stradolini, Consultant of Confcooperative, who will explain the project's journey. It will be the social cooperatives that participated in the project that will tell about the results: Aldo Genesio For Arcadia Cooperative, Barbara Visentini For ISO Cooperative, Massimo Botta for the Stella Cooperative and Tiziana Rossetti For the CO.GE.S. Cooperative.
The last part of the conference will be devoted to business creation: Andrea Pruiti, an expert in Web Marketing will speak on the topic “From training to business creation and Simona Barbera, President of ReteLiguria will present the Start-up of cooperative in the field of multimedia communication and marketing.
The conference will be led and moderated by the Dr. Marta Gargiulo, Officer in charge of Personal Services Area of the City of Loano.
