Paid internships with the “La Fatica” project: the initiative of the Municipality of Bari to support job reintegration

The Municipality of Bari, with the project “La Fatica”, aims to offer a concrete opportunity for reintegration into the workplace to women and men in economic difficulty. Over 400 applications were collected for the first training internships, an important signal of the need for initiatives of this type.

As part of the “La fasia” notice, theexperimental initiative promoted by the Municipality of Bari for the insertion or reinsertion into the workplace of women and men who have left the job market or have fewer opportunities of access, 406 applications for participation were received as of January 16th, compared to 67 companies available to activate training internships.

As is known, the measure in fact provides for the scarrying out paid extracurricular internships at companies in Bari and its metropolitan area for job orientation and training in the situation, in addition to the recognition of learning skills aimed at acquiring new skills and/or enabling qualifications and services aimed at facilitate the meeting between aspiring interns and companies interested in welcoming new staff for the transmission of skills and work processes.

Of the applications received, 280 were submitted by women and 126 by men: following the evaluation entrusted to the Porta Futuro Bari team, 277 applications submitted by women (68%) and 112 by men (28%) were admitted to the measure, while 17 applications were deemed unsuitable (4%). As for the educational qualifications of those admitted, 61% of women had a high school diploma, 21% a bachelor's degree and 18% a middle school diploma; among men, instead, 51% had a high school diploma, 38% a middle school diploma and 12% a bachelor's degree.

Of the 389 applications accepted in total, 95 are from people aged between 45 and 49, 92 from 50 to 54, 89 from 55 to 59, 47 from 40 to 44, 44 from 35 to 39 and 22 from people over 60.

Of the 67 companies that have joined the measure, 58% are limited liability companies, 22% are individual firms, 10% are third sector entities, 4% are social cooperatives, 3% are Snc and finally 1% SAS; 30 companies have 1 to 5 employees, 11 have 6 to 10, 8 have 11 to 15, 8 have zero employees, 5 have 16 to 20 employees and 5, finally, have 20 or more employees. Most of the companies (85%) have their registered office in Bari, while the remaining part is divided between Noicattaro (4%), Modugno (3%), Polignano (1%), Triggiano (1%) and Casamassima (1%).

5 16/20 employees.

"From the end of November to today, over 400 applications have been received in response to this notice that makes available three million euros of European resources for the activation of targeted paths for job placement, proving the usefulness of a measure designed to support women and men in economic difficulty who have left or never entered the job market. – comments the mayor Vito Leccese -. We are also satisfied with the response of the companies, which is evidence of a virtuous community in which everyone plays an important role in the complex scenario of the current world of work. We are aware that the formula of the training internship does not solve the hunger for work that is registered in our city, as in the whole country, but, despite not having direct competence in work, we have always felt the need to do our part. La Fatica represents a significant opportunity that I hope all the candidates for this measure can seize and exploit to the fullest. I would like that, through an initiative like this, the people involved feel the trust that the administration places in them and with the same conviction they put themselves on the line. I will be happy to wish "good work" to the first interns in the company, with the hope that this can be the first step in a new work challenge".

Please remember that the notice “The effort" women who are at least 35 years old and men who are at least 45 years old can participate, as long as they are residents of Bari, unemployed or out of work, and who have fulfilled their right-duty to education and training.

Il Municipality of Bari, across the job center Porta Futuro, provides reception services, orientation, active search for opportunities and matching aimed at activating internships.

Each trainee will be granted a monthly attendance allowance of 800 euros per month, for a maximum of 6 months, in exchange for a weekly commitment of 25 hours.

All companies with registered and/or operational headquarters in one of the Municipalities can present their availability to host “La fama” internships. of the metropolitan area of ​​Bari. For each internship activated, the host organization will be paid a reimbursement of expenses. supported up to a maximum of 300 euros.

Each trainee will also have the possibility of accessing a learning endowment to create targeted and personalized training experiences, consistent with the contents of the internship, with the aim of updating one's knowledgeand, skills and competences and/or obtain a qualifying title. Each learning endowment has a maximum amount of 1.000 euros, to be used in one or more training activities to be concluded within a maximum of 6 months from the end of the internship.

The person responsible for the measurement is Girolama Bonante, PoEQ Labour Policies and Urban Innovation of the Municipality of Bari.