Young people's transitions between education and the labour market: the Italian case

In a globalised society knowledge has become the most important commodity of exchange. Indeed, along with technological growth, the valorisation of information has marked every sector. Policy makers recognise the value of this collective good, acknowledging that the quality of a nation's human resources is at least as important for national growth as the quantitative level of income it produces. Training has become a crucial element for the acquisition of the skills necessary for autonomous and positive insertion into everyday working life. Training constitutes a relevant factor of social identity, membership and progression but it is also a necessary condition for avoiding marginalisation and subsequent under-employment in an ever more competitive international labour market.