Italy

V.A.R.C.O. stands for “Valorizzazione, Adeguamento e Riconoscimento Competenze degli Occupati”, which means “Valorisation, Adaptation and Acknowledgment of Employees’ Skills”. The core of the project is the marginalisation caused by the “change” factor - and the inability to cope with change – for workers employed in the companies of local public services in Latium (Lazio, the regional administrative area that includes Rome).

The project territorial basin of reference is the Municipality and the District of Rome (“Comune di Roma” and “Provincia di Roma”), with particular reference to the firms associated to Confservizi Lazio (regional association of enterprises, organisations and authorities for public services), operating in local public services in the following fields: transport, industry, trade, services for people, services for enterprises.

The aim of the project is reducing discrimination in access to learning opportunities for employed workers at risk of marginalisation in local services of general interest. The critical issues to be addressed in order to determine the future strength of the companies of local public services are reclassifying organisational structures; building new organisational skill levels; and finding new working modalities.