1. PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF
FLORENCE
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
PROVINCIAL
ADMINISTRATION
OF FLORENCE
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2.  A Provincial administration is a local institution
provided for by the Constitution of the Italian
Republic.
 The provincial territory is divided into
Municipalities, which are the closest institution
to the citizen
 The Provincial administration has its own statute
and regulations and has the task of taking care
of the interests of the local community,
promoting and coordinating its development.

3. Functions and tasks of the
Provincial administration of
Florence
 Planning and coordination for the 44
Municipalities on its territory
 Reception and coordination of the proposals of
the Municipalities and cooperation with the
Regional administrations for the regional
planning in the sectors of economy,
environment and territory.
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4. Functions and tasks of the Provincial
administration of Florence
Regional
administration of
Tuscany
Provincial
administration of
Florence
Municipality
Municipality Municipality Municipality Municipality
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5. Functions and tasks of the
Provincial administration of
Florence
 management tasks concerning the inter-
municipal wide areas or the provincial territory.
They range from the sectors of environment-
territory and infrastructures to the sector of the
services to individuals and to the community
(safeguard and valorisation of cultural heritage,
tasks connected to upper secondary
education, vocational training,
employment services).
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6. Vocational training
Employment services
Vocational training and Employment
services cooperates in the singling out of
the targets for the planning of the training
and guidance activities on the basis of
regional guidelines.
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7. Type of financings of training
modules
 National Funds (Ministry of labour and social
policies)
• European Social Fund (ESF):
 The ESF financings are based on 5 priority areas
(Axes):
 Axis I – Adaptability
 Axis II – Active Labour
 Axis III – Social Integration
 Axis IV – Human resources
 Axis V – Transnationality and inter-regionality
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8. Addressees of the training
interventions of the Provincial
administration of Florence
• Young people precociously leaving school
(between 16 and 18 years old)
• Unemployed adults
• Employed adults
• Persons in social hardship situations
• People with disabilities
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9. Young people precociously leaving
school (between 16 and 18 years old)
Employed fund
Funds of the Ministry of labour - ESF Axis II
Type of trainings:
courses of 2,100 hours (articulated in classroom-
workshops-internship activities) with the purpose of
obtaining a professional qualification of EQF level 2. For the
year 2011-2012 the financing of € 2,835,000.00 was
disposed in order to train circa 600 young people for 13
different professions (cook, waiter, electrician, car
mechanic, coach-builder, beautician, hairstylist...)
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10. Unemployed adults
Employed fund:
ESF axis II – axis IV
Type of trainings:
• training courses with the purpose of obtaining professional
qualifications (articulated in classroom-workshops-internship
activities). EQF levels 2,3,4.
• training addressed to high school diploma holders, graduates or
people with a multi-year working experience in the sector; this
courses are carried out in cooperation with vocational agencies, high
schools and faculties of the university. EQF level 5 .
• specialisation and/or refresher courses for those who already have a
basic qualification or a particular school education in order to obtain a
specialization or refresh already acquired skills.
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11. Employed adults
Employed fund:
• ESF Axis I – Axis IV – Funds of the Ministry of labour
Type of training:
• specialisation and/or refresher courses for those who already have a
basic qualification or a particular school education in order to obtain a
specialization or refresh already acquired skills.
• thematic seminars, study circles and short training courses
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12. Social Hardship
Two types of intervention:
• Training for professionals
• Training for persons in situation of social
hardship
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13. Training for professionals
Employed fund:
 ESF Axis I, Axis II, Axis III, Axis IV
Type of training provided:
• refresher and/or qualification-specialization
courses
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14. Training for people in social
hardship conditions
Employed fund:
 ESF Axis II, Axis III, Axis IV
Type of training provided:
• Apprenticeship with short initial period of employment
training and guidance
• Short courses of linguistic and computer literacy
• Short courses inside prisons
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15. People with disabilities
Employed fund:
 ESF Axis II, Axis III, Axis IV
Type of training provided
• Qualification courses addressed to young people
within integrated three-years educational/training
paths (classroom, workshops, internship activities) –
Obtained qualifications: cook, waiter, storekeeper,
organic farming operator, food packaging operator...
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16. People with disabilities
• qualification courses (classroom, workshops and
internship activities) addressed to people with
specific disabilities (telephonist for visually
impaired)
• Apprenticeships at selected companies in
cooperation with the employment service of the
provincial district (Law 68/99) with a foregoing
short employment guidance and addressed to
young people coming from integrated
school/training paths (ca. 50% employed)
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17. People with disabilities
• Apprenticeships at selected companies in
cooperation with the employment service of the
provincial district (Law 68/99) with a foregoing
short employment guidance and addressed to
adults.
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