PALERMO (ITALPRESS) – For the first time in Sicily a network of listening machines entirely dedicated to young people. An initiative promoted by the Committee Youth Policies of Anci Sicilia which aims to overturn the traditional relationship between institutions and new generations: in fact, the municipal councillors and councillors of the municipalities participating in the project will establish at least one fixed day a month to meet the boys who will make their request.

The initiative, officially launched on the occasion of the second Regional Conference on Youth Policies in Caltanissetta, was presented this morning at the headquarters of the association of Municipalities, in Palermo, in the presence of the Secretary General of Anci Sicilia, Mario Emanuele Alvano; by Simone Digrandi, Councillor for Youth Policies of the Municipality of Ragusa and coordinator of the commission; and of the Secretary Giuseppe Gallo. Also present are the councillors of the Youth Policies of various administrations: Roberta Iacono (Santa Croce Camerina), Pietro Crimi (Salemi), Carmela Daidone (Erice), Mariagrazia Pulvirenti, (Priolo Gargallo), Alessandro Galbo (Montemaggiore Belsito) and Francesca Leone (Ciminna).

This is how it will work: from next Thursday, 15 October, each municipality that has joined the project will guarantee a fixed monthly appointment, also available on reservation, in which the local administrator with delegation to the Youth Policies, together with any advisors involved and representatives of the youth consults, will confront vis-à-vis with the boys who will make it request, with the aim to collect proposals, needs or criticalities, but also, if directly feasible, to design. In the coming weeks you can find on the website of Anci Sicilia (www.anci.sicilia.it) the complete list of participating municipalities, next to the day of the month and the reception time of municipal referents.

The initiative provides for a first experimental phase, which will last six months and will take advantage of an important monitoring tool: each municipal representative in fact will load within a single regional database the requests received. A photograph that will allow the commission of Anci Sicilia to have a map of the needs of young people, in order to better guide the decisions of the individual municipalities and to define the future strategies of the policies to be subjected to the higher levels of government, starting from the Sicilian Region.

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“Together with the council members of these first municipalities we wanted to make a clear choice: to make available to the children to listen to ideas, needs and projects – said Simone Digrandi -. The enthusiastic response of this first tranche of Municipalities shows that there is a strong desire to network and direct public policies, starting from the real priorities of the new generations.”.

Anci Sicilia finally remembers that the initiative will remain open and that any other Municipality of the island can decide to join the network at any time, contacting the association directly.

“The network of listeners is one of the most significant experiments of direct relationship between local public administration and young people. It will be an opportunity to understand their needs on a local and regional basis, in order to have concrete elements that can guide policies. Let’s go beyond the traditional structure of the news news counters thanks to our committee on youth policies, the only example in Italy that has aroused much interest”, concluded the secretary Mario Emanuele Alvano

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ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Sensitizing young people and reducing the dramatic budget of accidents on the roads of the territory. This is the objective at the center of the press conference to present the new regional campaign dedicated to road safety, to which today, at the Cultural Hub Moby Dick in Garbatella, the president of the Lazio Region Francesco Rocca; the president of DiSCo Lazio, Simone Foglio; Enza Tripaldi for the Association Families degli Angeli onlus and Sergio Toscano for the Italian family association and victims of the road. The initiative aims to promote the culture of responsible driving, focusing on the direct involvement of new generations. A youth representation took part in the event. Young people are the main recipients of the prevention message. The official statistics of the main health and research organizations confirm that road accidents represent the first absolute cause of death for the youth group, both globally and in Italy. Kids today live immersed in a continuous flow of content, images, messages and stimuli. Every day they choose what to watch, what to listen and remember. With a simple gesture they can “skippa” everything that does not interest them.

But there are things you can’t skip. Road safety is one of these. It is born from here “In the street, skippa the rest”, a campaign that chooses to speak to young people with their language, entering their cultural codes without judging them and without giving lessons. The hashtag #InStradaSkippaIlResto deliberately recalls the world of streaming and digital platforms. “Skipping” means passing over, quickly jumping content to get to what really matters. It is a daily gesture for the new generations, accustomed to constantly choosing what to look, listen or follow. The campaign borrows this language and turns it into a security message: in the street you can skippa everything that distracts, but not the rules that protect life. The invitation is simple: when you are on the street, everything else can wait. Notifications, rush, superficiality, distractions and risky behavior can be skipped. Security is not. The campaign uses music, one of the most transversal and engaging passions for young people, to transform a message of prevention into something familiar, immediate and memorable. The goal is not to scare, but to raise awareness. Do not leverage the fear of consequences, but the awareness of their choices.

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ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Digital also leaves its footprint. Behind every online search, AI question, video watched stream or file uploaded to the cloud hides an environmental impact that is often unfamiliar. According to the data of the last Observatory Youth & Sustainability promoted by Angelini Industries in collaboration with Quorum/YouTrend and CSA Research, in Italy almost one under 30 out of two (46%), considers the environmental impacts of technology as serious as those associated with fossil fuels or deforestation; a share that drops to 41% in the rest of the population. For young people, the first action is to reduce the energy consumption of new devices (45%). To do so, 64% of the young respondents use their devices efficiently, while the propensity to sustainable and circular solutions such as the purchase of smartphones and computers used or regenerated (22%).

Taking a closer look at the relationship of young people with sustainability, 57% of Under 30 consider it primarily linked to the reduction of the environmental impact of human activities (an increase of 6 percentage points compared to 2025) and over a young out of three (34%) believes that it means acting to jointly promote environmental protection and social well-being. This last share recorded an increase of 8 percentage points compared to the previous edition of the Observatory, when it stood at 26%. An approach, that of young people to sustainability, which is also reflected in the purchasing choices: the percentage of young people willing to pay a little more, at the same quality, for a truly sustainable product stands at 60%, compared with 42% of the rest of the population. Even with respect to the boycott of socially iniquious brands, there is a significant generational gap: 47% of the Under 30 declares to have done so, compared to 35% of the Over 30. However, there is also a skeptical component with a 56% of respondents convinced that sustainability objectives are intended not to be achieved. 42% of the under 30 is convinced that it is for the new generations to give the greater impetus to sustainability, while, compared to last year’s survey, it passes from 37% to 34% the share of those who entrust this responsibility to politics and the great global powers.

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GENOVA (ITALPRESS) – Investing on young people to build the Genoa of tomorrow. The City Council, on a proposal from the mayor Silvia Salis, approved the deliberation that gives the green light to the presentation of the Universal Civil Service Programme “Genoa 2050: Future in Commune”, candidate under the National Public Notice 2026.

The initiative, coordinated by the Municipality as a leader, is divided into two specific projects: “Activity and connections” and “Spaces and territories”. The objective is twofold: on the one hand, to offer the new generations a concrete opportunity of civic, professional and human growth, on the other, to strengthen the services of proximity, culture, social inclusion and urban sustainability, networking key places of the city and reality of the Third Sector. The program aims to make the young active protagonists of the city fabric, improving access to opportunities and enhancing the material and intangible heritage of Genoa, in line with the objectives of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

“To choose to dedicate a part of your time to the community is an experience that can help a girl or a boy discover their skills, understand which way to undertake and know more closely the needs of people – says the mayor of Genoa, Silvia Salis – is one of the most valuable aspects of civil service: you learn by doing something useful for others and build a different relationship with the city. With the program “Genoa 2050” we want to offer young people this possibility, involving them in the life of the neighborhoods, services and in the valorization of our cultural heritage. As an administration we have the responsibility to give space to their ideas and accompany them on a path in which they can grow and contribute. We want to listen to them and put them in the condition of being able to affect, already today, the future of Genoa”.

The program, the result of a work of cross-projection between the different sectors of the administration and the partners of the territory, does not entail extraordinary charges for the municipal budget and now awaits the definitive free way and the consequent financing by the Department for Youth Policies and the Universal Civil Service.

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ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Born in the era of computers and the Internet, digital natives belong to a generation deeply marked by technology. Yet, just for them a new possibility opens: rediscovering what is often closer and, precisely for this reason, is likely to remain invisible.
Is it possible to be born in Milan or Rome, Venice or Palermo, Florence or Naples and have never seen the most symbolic place of the culture of your city? Yes, you can.
From an idea by Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, who coined the term “Artistics” with the support of Enel and the scientific collaboration of the Augusto Rancilio Foundation, for the first time, therefore, in six Italian cities Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Naples and Palermo, young people between 18 and 25 years, up to one hundred per stage, will be protagonists of a journey to the discovery of art, its own city and its secrets.
For the first time, a project dedicated to the new generations wants to accompany girls and boys to discover an iconic founding work of the city in which they live, crossed every day without really knowing the representative beauty.
To participate, young people must declare that they have never visited the cultural good of the city in which they were born. It will then be “first time” that will give life to the artistic natives.
On the Roman Forums the Noble Chemist College Pharmaceutical, the Leonardo da Vinci Cenacle Vinciano, the Badia Fiorentina where Boccaccio began the first public readings of the “Divina Commedia”, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice with its treasures from the Code of Homer’s Iliad at the will of Marco Polo, the theatres: San Carlo di Napoli 290 years after its foundation and Massimo di Palermo 130 years after its inauguration.
Their first time becomes a museum to be discovered, a theater to be inhabited, a story to meet. Through art, culture and knowledge of the heritage of their city, young people will be able to look with new eyes what surrounds them.
The goal is not to counter technology and culture, but to create a relationship between the two. For a generation accustomed to having the world at your fingertips, the project offers a different experience: discovering the value of beauty, the memory of places and the cultural heritage that belongs to all.
They are young people in the territory who still ignore his treasures. With this project they can open up to a new awareness: knowing their artistic identity also means knowing better themselves, their future and our Italy.
“Because art is not just something to see. It is something that can offer a rebirth. If the contemporary era gave birth to the digital natives, the time has come to bring birth also the artistic natives: young people able to inhabit the present without
forget the culture, to use technology without sacrificing beauty, to look at its territory no longer as a background, but as a living part of its identity.
Because only the cultural imagination continues to generate life and hope. Beauty is a friend of the gift,” said the director and actor Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, creator of “Artistics”.
To participate in the first stop sign up by www.nativiartistici.com – or send an email to info@nativiartistici.com

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ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The geography of the desires of mobility of Italian adolescents is experiencing a profound change. As a backdrop to this new scenario, the progressive openness to non-traditional international markets and an increasingly widespread global educational offer: if the United States absorbs a lower interest rate than the past (from 72% compared to 84% earlier), China’s attractiveness as a destination for a period of study among young people, whose interest has increased from 29% in 2017 to 45% in 2026. This is what emerges from the second edition of the research that Fondazione Intercultura ets has entrusted to Ipsos-Doxa to understand the perception and attraction of the Asian country by comparing a representative sample of 500 Italian students (14-19 years) with 114 former participants in the annual mobility programs in China with Intercultura. The aim of the study is to understand the perceived Asian country, assess its attraction and measure the long-term impact of a life and study experience in this country at adolescent age, from a school, work and personal point of view. The research was presented in Rome, during the event “Moving Minds: Italian adolescents, China and intercultural mobility. The perceptions of young people through the encounter and intercultural mobility in China” organized by Fondazione Intercultura ets, in partnership with Intesa Sanpaolo and Università degli Studi Roma Tre.Mattia Baiutti, Secretary General of Fondazione Intercultura, underlines: “The survey confirms the value of international student mobility at adolescent age in the development of cross- and non-cognitive skills fundamental to work and, more so, for active citizenship. This applies not only to the nearest and traditional destinations, but also to culturally farther contexts, such as the Far East and China in particular. And it is significant that they are the same teens to recognize in China a destination of particular interest in a study and growth experience.” Elisa Z scope Marsala, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs of Intesa Sanpaolo, points out that “preparing young people to the challenges of an increasingly global world means offering them concrete opportunities for growth, comparison and openness to international cultures and markets. The results of this research confirm the value of student mobility experiences in the development of linguistic, intercultural and relational skills increasingly required in study and work paths. To Intesa Sanpaolo support programmes such as those of Fondazione Intercultura means investing in the human capital of the country, promoting educational opportunities capable of expanding the horizons of children, strengthening their autonomy and accompanying them in the construction of a more open, conscious and global citizenship.” Andrea Alemanno, Head of Public Affairs & Corporate Reputation of Ipsos stresses that “China is one of the great powers of our time, among young Italians emerges an increasingly less stereotypical knowledge of the country. In addition to the recognition of its economic, technological and political role, attention is growing towards its cultural, human and relational dimensions. This shows curiosity about this reality and the will to understand it better. The research emphasizes inequivocally the value of direct experience, especially the one that goes beyond the holiday. When a country is lived it does not only change the way to look at it: it also changes those who live it. Former exchange participants tell us to have more relational skills, autonomy and adaptability today. So international mobility goes far beyond the discovery of a strategic reality like China: it represents a formative experience that contributes to building more aware young people, open to the world and prepared to face the challengesof an increasingly global and complex society.” The interest in China is driven by a strong dualism between the future and tradition. Italian students are attracted mainly by technological innovation (45%) and lifestyle (41%), recognizing the country the exclusive advantage of offering access to emerging markets and technologies (44%). At the same time, the desire to learn Chinese grows, which is attested as the second most desired non-Western language (37%) after Japanese. Among the nucleus of young people “very interested” to China (28% of the total, consisting mainly of girls 14-15 years of high school), the interest in learning the language sketches even to 63%. Overall, the general sentiment towards the country has improved sharply, with the positive opinion of students from 54% of 2017 to 88% today. From 2003 to today, there are almost 1,200 Italian students and students who have chosen China for a school year or for a study stay of 4 weeks. The growth of departures has been constant over time, reaching the share of 100 students in the 2019-20 school year. In 25 years of strategic partnership, some 830 students from secondary schools of the second degree – from both Italy and abroad – took part in international school programs thanks to the contribution of Intesa Sanpaolo and the Intercultura Foundation. For nearly 60 countries around the world, these young people have lived up to a whole year of school abroad, acting as ambassadors of a new global mentality. Their path does not end with the term of the scholarship, but continues with the active construction of careers in international contexts: a pact of trust between institutions and young people in support of the human capital of the country. Of these 830 boys, 40 chose precisely China as a destination of their study stay. -photo press office Intesa Sanpaolo-(ITALPRESS).

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NAPOLI (ITALPRESS) – A day of culture and sport for 40 children and girls of the Light Point of Save the Children of Naples Chiaiano (managed with Democratic Parents of Naples), organized by Save the Children and Kinder Joy of moving together with Rita Grande. In the morning the visit to Città della Scienza, between interactive museum of the human body and Planetarium.

In the afternoon, at the Napoli Tennis Center, the Kinder Joy of moving Tennis Experience with Rita Grande, Italian tennis champion and sports commentator, and the technicians of the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation: an approach based on the game, as in the Tennis Trophy and Racchette projects in class. Children of the Light Point of Naples Chiaiano already participate in the Joy of moving project, active in 6 other spaces of the Organization active throughout Italy.

The method, scientifically validated, was developed with the University of Rome “Foro Italico”, the CONI and the MIM of Piedmont after a three-year research on over a thousand children of the primary school: it promotes motor, cognitive, emotional and relational development. The events outside the Light Points are organized by Ferrero and Save The Children to further promote inclusion through sport, sailing, cycling and tennis.

Kinder Joy of moving is the international project of Social Responsibility of the Ferrero Group. “Experiences like the one that the boys and girls of the light point of Naples Chiaiano have just lived, demonstrate how much sport and culture can be powerful tools to expand their horizons, feed their curiosity and strengthen their self-confidence – said Giusy Ghisu, Coordinator of the project for Save the Children -. Through activities ranging from the discovery of science to the approach to tennis and racchetta sports, they had the opportunity to learn, experiment and share new experiences with their peers. Thanks to the collaboration with Ferrero and the Kinder Joy of Moving project, we continue to create concrete opportunities for growth, helping to counter educational poverty and to guarantee each child and child the opportunity to develop talents, aspirations and fundamental skills for their future”.

“It was a very special day, because we had the opportunity to let the boys and girls discover Chiaiano’s Save the Children Light Point a new activity, bringing them closer to rackets in a simple and fun way. Seeing them take confidence with the racket, try, play together and have fun was beautiful. This is precisely the spirit of the Joy of Moving method: through movement and play, children can discover new skills, gain self-confidence and live a positive experience together with others. I hope that this day has left them the curiosity to continue to experience sports and discover new possibilities,” commented Rita Grande Ambassador and coordinator with the FITP of the event.

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MILAN (ITALPRESS) – The Lombardy Region Junta, on a proposal from the Councillor for the Family, Social Solidarity, Disability and Equal Opportunities, Elena Lucchini, approved the resolution that strengthens ‘#UP – Paths to grow great.’ The measure is aimed at preadolescents, teenagers and young people in condition of discomfort and their families, with a further integration of 2 million euros.

The program, launched in 2022 and refinanced in 2025, provides customised routes through the provision of vouchers. The new resources, in accordance with the FSE+ 2021-2027 Regional Programme, amount to 2 million euros and will strengthen the interventions throughout the regional territory.

“With this additional €2 million the total intervention will be 13 million. These resources represent an investment aimed at strengthening the response of the Lombardy Region to youthful discomfort, putting the boys and their families in the centre – said the Councillor Lucchini -. Adolescence is a delicate phase, in which fragility can emerge which, if intercepted promptly, can be faced with appropriate tools. #UP allows us to build custom paths, flexible and close to the needs of each guy.”.

Through vouchers, young people can access psycho-socioeducative interventions, including interviews, counselling, contrasting activities to school dispersion and accompaniment to social inclusion activities.

The goal is to offer flexible and integrated responses and foster inclusion processes. Direct recipients are pre-adolescents, teenagers and young people aged between 11 and 25 years in uncomfortable conditions and their families. “With #UP – Lucchini explained – we don’t only intervene on the boys, but we also support the parents. A situation of fragility often involves the whole family and requires listening, accompaniment and ability to read needs early. This is why we want to strengthen the integration between social and social services and their ability to take into account the situations of difficulty in time.”.

The contribution, at a loss, is paid by Regione Lombardia alle Ats, which subsequently provide the vouchers to the recipients. The supplementary resources will be allocated to the Ats taking into account the value of the vouchers booked on 15 October 2026 and the allocations already made.

“We want to give continuity to a concrete tool that allows to accompany children in times of greater difficulty and to support their families – concluded the Councillor Lucchini -. Investing on prevention and ability to early intercept fragility means strengthening social inclusion opportunities and accompanying young people on their path of growth.”.

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METZ (FRANCIA) (ITALPRESS) – “Schuman reminds us that we must always demonstrate realism and courage: “Europe – he said – will not be done in a single blow, nor in a total construction: it will be done through concrete achievements that create first of all a factual solidarity”. We must never lose confidence in our ability to progress, even if the steps taken are sometimes small and almost imperceptible. The modern claim of “having everything immediately” does not correspond to European history and culture which, on the contrary, teach the value of time and patience. It is with small steps that one can give life to this concrete solidarity, which implies that no one feels abandoned or forgotten.” Pope Leo XIV said this in his speech at the Robert Schuman Centre in Metz, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron.

“By sharing these reflections, I think first of all to young people, called to build Europe today and tomorrow. As Schuman observed: “That this idea of a reconciled, united and strong Europe becomes from now on the motto for young generations, eager to serve a humanity finally liberated from hatred and fear, which reimposes, after too much time of divisions, the Christian brotherhood” – the Pontiff emphasized. To the young people I say: have the courage to live in a responsible way the mission of building peace, in your heart, in your relations, in your family, in schools and universities, in the life of your cities, your countries and all of Europe”.

“Do not submit to the logic of violence and oppression. Love life at all times and do not be afraid of the future! Do not be afraid to form a family, to generate children, to defend the dignity of each person, from the first moment in the breast of the mother to the last breath. Do not be afraid to work tirelessly at the service of the good of your communities, even through political commitment – Pope Leo XIV concluded. Be community builders. And with you, Europe, firmly rooted, will continue to flourish and inspire the whole world. May God sustain you in these decisions and bless and protect all Europe.”.

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ROMA (ITALPRESS) – On the site of the Department for Youth Policies and the Universal Civil Service a new call for a total of 3.767 places was published. In particular, it is 1.163 positions for the “Agricultural Civil Service”, 1,596 positions for that “Ambiental”, 1,000 positions of voluntary operator in the “Digital” Civil Service and 8 self-financed positions.

For the Minister of Sport and Youth, with delegation to the SCU, Andrea Abodi, “we continue to offer our young people further opportunities for commitment to community service and with three specific focus developed with the ministries of reference dedicated to the protection of our environmental heritage, the development of digital skills and the promotion of the agricultural sector, thanks also to the valuable collaboration of the bodies that configure the projects and manage the relative implementation. It consolidates the commitment of this government, which in these 4 years has further developed the system of civil service, not only with more funding, which has led to more than 268,000 positions for young people between 18 and 28 years, but also qualifying it more with the recognition of a reserve of 15% of places in public competitions for the benefit of the volunteers who conclude it and a certification of the acquired skills, increasingly oriented to valorise the experience also in the perspective of employability.

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