Labor: Ucid Giovani and Fondazione Augurusa received by Undersecretary Durigon.

January 27, 2023

A delegation from the Ucid Youth Movement (Christian Union of Business Executives) and the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation was received on Wednesday, January 25, at the Ministry of Labor in Rome by the Undersecretary for Labor and Social Policies, Claudio Durigon. In attendance were Benedetto Delle Site, national president of the Ucid Youth Movement, and Francesco Augurusa, vice president and president of the Antonio Emanuele Augurusa Foundation. The meeting, which was also attended by Valerio Martinelli, a researcher invited as an expert by Ucid, focused on the mismatch between labor supply and demand regarding the skills required by companies. According to the 2022 annual bulletin of the Excelsior Information System, produced by Unioncamere and Anpal, this mismatch affects 47% of sought-after profiles. Furthermore, the discussion addressed the issue of NEETs—young people aged 15 to 34 who are not in employment, education, or training—a phenomenon that, according to the most recent data, affects over 3 million people. …