Central level
The central government is responsible for:
- The provision of legal and policy framework for general training;
- Administration and guidelines in the field of vocational training;
- International and EU cooperation;
- Guidelines and coordination of the different data tools;
- The regulation of standards;
- Lifelong learning;
- The creation and funding of vocational training initiatives for Italian workers abroad;
- Vocational training of the military and State administration;
- Matters discussed with the State-Region Conference, including
- The definition of the objectives of the vocational training policy, in accordance with EU law, and
- The definition of criteria for assessing the quality and consistency of the system;
- The definition of multi-regional vocational training programmes of strategic relevance for the country's development, in cooperation with the Unified Conference.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Regional level
Regional authorities are responsible for:
- The planning process in vocational training;
- All administrative functions and duties except those which are reserved for the State;
- The harmonisation between the national and regional objectives (State-Region Conference);
- Trainers training;
- The creation, control, guidelines and funding of vocational training institutions, and
- Co-funding with the Provinces and the ESF of training courses organised by the public vocational training centres, the authorised private organisation and companies.
Local level
Provinces
Provincial authorities are responsible for:
- Co-funding with the Regions and the ESF of training courses organised by the public vocational training centres, the authorised private organisation and companies;
- Professional orientation, adult training, and scholastic integration of foreigners;
- Award of certifications;
- Information;
- Apprenticeship;
- Vocational training for unemployed, and
- Lifelong learning.
Municipalities
Municipal authorities are responsible for the administrative functions relating to professional orientation.
Sources
Decreto Legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112 "Conferimento di funzioni e compiti amministrativi dello Stato alle regioni ed agli enti locali, in attuazione del capo I della legge 15 marzo 1997, n. 59" (G.U. n. 92 del 21 aprile 1998 - Supplemento Ordinario n. 77 (Rettifica G.U. n. 116 del 21 maggio 1997) [Legislative Decree 112/1998].
Decreto legislativo 6 ottobre 1998, n. 379 “Intervento sostitutivo del Governo per la ripartizione di funzioni amministrative tra regioni ed enti locali in materia di mercato del lavoro, a norma dell'articolo 4, comma 5, della legge 15 marzo 1997, n. 59" (G.U. n. 257 del 3 novembre 1998) [Legislative Decree 379/1998].
Ministry of Labour and Social Policies
