This morning the first control room took place at Palazzo Chigi on the interventions in the PNRR with the Prime Minister Mario Draghi explained that «the respect of the commitments is crucial for the allocation of European funds. Each control room allows you to take stock of the implementation of individual investment projects and to identify the obstacles that may arise in order to be able to intervene immediately and respect the schedule of commitments “. Education is at the center of today’s appointment: «Today we begin this journey with education, training and research. Partly because the plan must shape the Italy of tomorrow of those who are young today. And partly because of the extraordinary Nobel Prize-winning event in Parisi that made us think about our potential ».
In this excellent, the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi highlighted that “the government has placed the school at the center of our country in transformation. Our path has two essential components, reforms and investments ». Investments will arrive: «We have two very clear areas regarding investments. One is the environments for the new teaching, much more participatory and laboratory, and the contents of the new teaching. For the former we have invested 13 billion and for the latter 5.4 billion ”. Therefore: «By November we are ready to tender for 5 billion, a fundamental point to support the restart of the country. This is 3 billion for kindergartens and preschools, 400 million for canteens, 300 for gyms, 800 for new schools and 500 for the restructuring of institutions ”. «We pay great attention to nursery schools and childhood schools – he added -, to allow effective gender equality in all sectors and services for early childhood are fundamental. We are more late in the day-care centers than in the kindergartens ». We need to restore dignity to teachers and curb dispersion: “We have an unacceptable school dropout, guidance cannot be reduced at the last moment after graduation”.
The Minister of University and Research, Maria Cristina Messa, illustrated the lines of intervention under the competence of her ministry: research projects are part of the most innovative areas of activity and adhering to the future challenges of the planet, such as, for example, risks environmental, energy scenarios of the future, artificial intelligence and neuroscience, biodiversity. As for the reforms in the targets by 2021, “they are all in the process of being approved”. Among these are that of doctorates, for a better involvement of companies and research centers, the introduction of qualifying degrees, which facilitate access to the exercise of professions, the revision of degree classes, active orientation in the transition university school. “There are 6 billion in funding, of which 5 must be announced by the end of this year – he announced -. They foresee about 60 projects that will pass this evaluation phase. “40% will be reserved for female researchers and the bodies that will participate in the training of the supply chains will have to demonstrate that they have a gender balance or an evaluation on gender equality within “. In the choice of research centers, Draghi underlined, “there will be impartiality and transparency”