mark my last contribution to the online magazine "Tonioloricerca - Common Good and third Veneto: Network map, entitled" A future of hope for young people? . The monthly "Tonioloricerca is an initiative editorial promoted by a group of people who identify with the Church's social doctrine, and intend to propose key areas for reflection on the cultural links between the common good and future of our region. For those who want to not only read my contribution, but also make use of all the contents of the initiative, simply connect to the site www.tonioloricerca.it . For the other, below the full text of my speech:
Hope: infinite present. This expression seems to refer to a hypothetical grammar lesson at school, but perhaps today, in the third millennium of technological and globalized world, turns out to be more truth in the photograph of the actual situation: the physical, economic , social.
Hope is in fact the bottom note of a widespread state of mind, which crosses the entire spectrum of contemporary society affected by the crisis. It should be borne in mind and remember that this term, risen to the forefront of daily newspapers, has etymologically a derivation from the greek Krisis: indicates the "high point", with particular reference to a disease. Well, the disease that hit the Western economy and so, given the increasingly close connection between economic and socio-political, the entire social structure as we know it, seems to have no end. The news reports are ruthlessly and relentlessly followed the announcement of positive data, a slight recovery, reversing course just mentioned, a negative indicators: GDP growth below expectations, the overexposure of countries are also close to the turmoil in Italy banking and speculative, and so on.
In this climate, the hope is traveling companion of despair: those who, approaching retirement, and then with a wealth of work experience behind him, suddenly found himself without work and out of the market because they are too old, who has economic control over the family estate and it shows unable to get to the end of the month, of those young navigating the turbulent waters of school knowing that the following perspective belong to a limited horizon and nebulous. That's right, hope is an endless (and depressing ...) present.
Just the youth is crossed by popular impatience that comes from this lack of opportunity. The press and media have brought us reports of violent clashes and protests against the reform of university and school in general: the Italian peninsula was literally across from the protest and occupations that have invested the most symbolic places of art and Italian culture. But Italy is not alone: \u200b\u200bepisodes of urban warfare and riots were reported, for instance, in England. In these actions there is indeed a clear message against the measures taken by governments concerning the right to education, but also (and especially) something else, not tied closely to the proposed legislation on the matter: it is impatience, disappointment and a tension that needs to find an outlet.
The OECD, or the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which brings together over thirty so-called developed countries, and serves as a place for discussion of the different political experiences, he photographed the condition in a study of the relationship between young people and work. Looking at our house, the employment of young people has fallen, not to say ruinous landslide in the years of crisis, the unemployment of young people has increased by eight percentage points, throwing Italy in sixth place in the special list of long- term. The finding is sometimes disturbing when you consider that this negative level of the increase comes not only those who are no longer occupied, but also by the increased number of those who abandoned the active search for employment.
Off to a good start? Jobs for Youth (the title of the report can be downloaded and wilting in the OECD website www.oecd.org) is not even outlines prospects for the immediate future: youth unemployment remains around 18% in 2011 while in 2012 should (and the conditional is a must) set a single percentage point, and then staring at 17%. The Secretary General of the Organization, the Mexican Angel Gurria said that "investing in youth is vital to avoid having a generation" marked "at risk of exclusion of long-term." Yet the overall impression is that among the many emergencies of this crisis, this particular emergency is not just in the most anxious concern of the political world. Someone has suggested in this sense a kind of cultural distortion, calling into question the magnifying glass used to look at the world of young people. We all remember the use of the term "big babies" made by a minister a few years ago, unhappy expression, which aroused much criticism and indignation, but that betrays a thought and a cultural vision. Young people are those who voluntarily recall the entry into the world of work, preferring the comforts and attentions of his home (and maternal ...); young people have little determination and desire to do, in short, if we add to this the fact who have not dependent children and can count on the family home for their livelihoods, the framework is easily done.
It actually casts the problem in the near future, do not capture the full drama of a generation that will come later in the workplace, will be forced to lower salaries and a rewarding career more stingy than in the past and will be essentially completely dissatisfied economically, psychologically and motivational. What our future competitiveness in the future?
The OECD report indicates possible way out, calling on governments to adopt as soon as specific measures to promote the involvement of young people in world of work are cited as a model in this regard countries such as Japan, Holland and Denmark.
The year was 2007 and the Danish model already struggling not just looking to identify highlights and shadows. In an interview on the subject of relations between the union and the national government, the subject of doctoral work conducted within the International school of advanced studies in industrial and labor relations at the Fondazione Marco Biagi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) the then sixty-Hans Jensen, chairman of the charismatic LO - Organisationen Lands, spoke to implement active policies for employment, continuing education or lifelong learning and "flexicurity" or of a fact of collaboration and cooperative industrial relations and assist with the employers, a strong mode of consultation taking precedence over legislation and an equally strong unionization of workers.
Think verbatim copy of this model is utopian and would ignore the peculiarities of a nation. Thinking, however, make some good points to restore dignity to the world of work in a positive review and current status of workers and create new ways of working relations, labor and employment, it would be desirable. Especially if you look today, the difficulties and tensions of our production system and employment.
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