SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL INNOVATION TO HELP UNEMPLOYED YOUTH

1. SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL INNOVATION TO HELP UNEMPLOYED YOUTH The role of Regions, Member states and European Union Social innovation in Emilia-Romagna: The role of education and research to face youth unemployment Lorenza Badiello Brussels, 4th December 2012

2. Emilia Romagna and youth unemployment: • the challenges • Reducingunemployment (5,3%) youthunemploymentespecially (21,9%) • Breaking down of existingmodels under the strainsbeingimposed by the crisis • Capitalisingassets and experience/towardsspecialisation and complementarity/identifying new economicdevelomentniches • Goingbeyond the dichotomyemployed/unemployed • strenghteting a favourableenvironment • Bridgingeducation and the labour market • TacklingNEETs and emergingpoverty • Streghneningsolidarity, sustainability , social cohesionand participation and trust.

3. Social innovation : a path to face youth unemployment Social Innovation: towards a new socio-economic development of society based on human capital, collective knowledge, cooperation, solidarity and sustainability. Several examples of social innovations being successfully applied to understanding and creating social change (“another welfare”, social economy, education and research, integration of migrants, green economy and mobility and car sharing, smart city..) E-R Education and Research: a best practice of social innovation to support youth employment

4. Social innovation through Education and Research • The increasing need for a different type of skills, qualifications and capability set that innovation seems to require • Social Innovation through education and research is centered on new knowledge acquisition to add jobs and promote new solutions to tackle unemployment persistent problems within our society. • Social Innovation needs to become people centered. People hold the key role in the innovation process as the creators and carriers of knowledge

5. PIACENZA PARMA REGGIO EMILIA FERRARA MODENA BOLOGNA FORLI’ The High Technology Network MACHINE TOOLS AERONAUTICS AUTOMOTIVE AGROFOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS • LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES INTEGRETED SERVICES FOR ENTERPRISES AGROINDUSTRY ELECTRO MECHANICAL AGRICULTURAL MACHINERIES ECO-BUILDING WOOD MECHANICS AND MECHATRONICS BIOMECHANICS AGRICULTURAL MACHANICS PUMPS AND ENGINES • AUTOMATION, • AUOMOTIVE, ELECTRONICS, ENERGY BIOENGINEERING, HEALTHCARE and BIOMECHANICS • CERAMIC AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS • MACHINERY MANUFACTURING • AGRO-FOOD • PHOTOVOLTAICS • BUILDING AND COSTRUCTION MATERIAL • ENVIRONMENT AGRO-INDUSTRY

6. Regional policy developments • Smart, sustainable and inclusive Pact • December 2011 • Plan for the employment of young people,continuity of employment, support and • promotion of entrepreneurship • April 2012

7. Learning is growing Regional reform for education and research to enhance regional human capital. Investing in people to unlock potential, intelligence, creativity and talent.

8. Education and Vocational Training Three-year courses to qualifyRegional Law 5 / 2011

9. Polytechnic Network Higher Technical Institutes Post Qualification Technical Education and Training Post Qualification Education

10. REGIONAL NETWORK OFHIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTES

11. Higher education, research and international mobility Research grants for industrial and technology transfer Research grants for business start-up Research grants for organizational and managementinnovation Scholarship for PhD Higher education vouchers

12. Employment and skills Apprenticeship Training paths for transitions Internships and labour market integration paths Training for production and organizational innovation Training for safety Reconciliation of family and working life Services for employment

13. University Actions for the quality of labour and to support business innovation Labour market Services of employment Employment and skills Research Apprenticeship (PhD) Research grant Scholarship for PhD Training path for transitions Training for integration Higher education vouchers Higher education Apprenticeship HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY Training path for transitions Training for integration Professionalizing or for craft Apprenticheship POLYTECHNIC NETWORK HTET HTI HE Training path for transitions Training for integration Professional qualification Apprenticeship for qualification and school qualification Three-year courses to qualify EaVT Vocational Schools Higher Technical Institutes Secondary Schools

14. ER Education and Research Emilia-Romagna: resources EaVT: 55 millions national, regional and ESF resources Polytechnic network: 9 millions national and ESF resources Higher education and research: 8 millions FSE resources Employment and skills: 93 millions national, regional and ESF resources (of which 46 millions from Plan for young people) Actions to support rights of education and improvement of schools and vocational providers autonomies more than 12 millions Action for rights of university education 22 milions

15. Evidence of results: Education and Research as Infrastructure for development Higher education, research and international mobility Polytechnic network • 518,078 students in schools • of which 8,326 on EaVT in vocational schools • 3,964EaVT students in vocational training providers • 1,770students – Polytechnic network • 145,000university students • 414beneficiaries – Higher education and research • 55,569 people in training paths – Employment and Skills • 39,940schoolteachers • 5,500university teachers and researchers Employment and skills EaVT

16. Conclusions • Social and economic cohesion as the condition to build a responsible innovation and sustainable growth to respond to society needs • Regional tree of Education and research with strong roots in a fertile soil (rich in education tradition and work culture) • Integration between the different branches • Working together: complementarity with other trees (different regional policies) and integration in the regional « garden» (people, community, institutions, governance, values, symbols) • Dry branches can be cut: not the sprouts for education • A change of paradigm: towards the human age with « people at the core » of society?