StartNet Camp Lecce - My future in Apulia

For two days students, entrepreneurs, teachers and experts, institutions and schools all came together in the Koreja Theatre in Lecce to discuss and work together on the professions and skills of the future in tourism, cultural heritage, artisan craftsmanship, fashion and design, the agrifood sector and the marine economy.

Some statistics on the participants: 150 students from secondary schools, technical and professional schools in Apulia, 24 entrepreneurs, 40 teachers, 20 Italian and international experts and many institutional representatives (MIUR – Italian Ministry of Education and Research, Regione Puglia, Confindustria, Confcommercio, Coldiretti, Federalberghieri, the Port System Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea and many others).

Keynote speeches, workshops, inspirational talks, business labs and round tables were mixed with moments of entertainment from youth orchestras and theatre groups. The innovative and participative format put forward the students as the protagonists of the event.

The event highlighted the wealth of skills and resources already present in the region and in youth, schools and entrepreneurship in all five sectors in Apulia.

The need to improve the dialogue between students and the public and private employment market became clear, for example through exchange programmes and educational initiatives in places of culture in the field of cultural heritage.

Numerous voices call for continuous development for young people and companies in the digital field, in marketing and communication, particularly in the agricultural sector and in the artisan, fashion and design sectors.

In the marine economy sector, entrepreneurs and pupils have proposed new ways of creating networks and encouraging entrepreneurial spirit among young people in Apulia.

An article on StartNet Camp 2018 in the online magazine Industrie Quattro Punto Zero (Italian language).

The following participated in the event:

Rosalba Bonanni, MIUR Directorate-general for Education and Evaluation of the National Education System

Sebastiano Leo, Councillor for Training and Employment - Employment Policies, Right to Study, School, University, Professional Training Regione Pulia

Ugo Patroni Griffi, President of the Adriatic Sea Port System Authority

Massimo Salomone, President of the Tourism Section of Confindustria Bari BAT

Martin Schmid, Project Manager Stiftung Mercator GmbH

Gianni Cantele, President of Coldiretti Lecce

Pierangelo Argentieri, Vice President Federalberghi Apulia

Silvia Mascalchi, Director of Education, Research and Development of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

Paolo Stufano, Head of Ashoka Apulia

Companies, institutions and experts:

ALFA/Aliseo Liguria (Regional Agency for Employment, Training and Accreditation) Francesco Isetta, Francesca Panu

ALTAIR srl ( Advanced Technology in Archaeology for Innovation and Research ), Adriana Sciacovelli

Apollonio Casa Vinicola (Wine House), Massimiliano Apollonio

Apulia Kundi, Daniela Chiapperini and Raffaele Settani

Aresi S.p.A. (BOSCH Group), Carmen Bove

Boboto srl Lecce, Iliana Morelli

BOSCH Bari, Francesco Grandolfo, Giancarlo Pirlo

CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change) OPA Division, Lecce, Paola Agostini

COLì Ceramiche Cutrofiano, Antonio Colì

DANESE Shipyards, Giuseppe Danese

FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano) Cerrate, Loretta Martella

UFFIZI Galleries, Barbara Vagelli

Impact Hub Bari, Giusy Ottonelli

JaItaly, Marina D'Ambrosio

Jonian Dolphin Conservation, Stefano Bellomo, Carmelo Fanizza

Matamè sas Lecce, Matthew Suppa

MUSA Museo Lecce, Grazia Maria Signore

Party Zoo Salento, Giampaolo Morelli

RSM Innovation Lab Lecce, Marck Crocicchio, Miriama D'Ettorre, Fernando Tadicini

SAI srl Lecce, Francesco De Vita

UPAL Cooperative Cisternino, Antonio Cardone

Students, teachers and head teachers from the following schools:

IISS Amerigo Vespucci, Gallipoli

IISS Artistico De Nittis Pascalis, Bari

IISS De Pace, Lecce

IISS Egidio Lanoce, Maglie

IISS Francesco Calasso, Lecce

IISS Galilei-Costa-Scarambone, Lecce

IISS Giannelli, Parabita (LE)

IISS Giulio Cesare, Bari

IISS Marco Polo, Bari

IISS Mauro Perrone, Castellaneta (TA)

IISS Presta-Columella, Lecce

IISS Rosa Luxemburg, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA)

IISS Sergio Cosmai, Trani

IISS Tommaso Fiore, Modugno (BA)

IISS Volta De Gemmis, Terlizzi

IPSEO Aldo Moro, Santa Cesarea Terme (LE)

IPSIA Luigi Santarella, Bari

IS Basile Caramia, Locorotondo

IT Nautico Carnaro, Brindisi

IT Nautico Euclide Caracciolo, Bari

IT Grazia Deledda, Lecce

IT Turismo Casarano (LE)

IT Economico De Viti De Marco, Triggiano (BA)

ITS Turismo Lecce

ITS Agroalimentare, Locorotondo

ITS Cuccovillo, Bari

Liceo classico e linguistico Capece, Maglie (LE)

Liceo artistico coreutico Ciardo Pellegrino, Lecce

Liceo Scientifico, Leonardo da Vinci, Bisceglie (BAT)

Liceo Don Tonino Bello, Copertino (LE)

Liceo Palmieri, Lecce

Liceo Pietro Siciliani, Lecce

Liceo Virgilio, Lecce