“The ongoing digital and green transitions require us to constantly increase our investments in people and skills. This means strengthening our commitment and our investments in training systems that can provide workers with adequate skill levels in all sectors throughout their lives”. These were the words of Italy's Minister for Labour and Social Policies, Marina Calderone, as she addressed the afternoon Plenary Assembly Meeting of the ILO, the International Labour Organization, held at the UN headquarters in Geneva. “Upgrading our training systems", she added, "also means making them more inclusive, more user-friendly, more accessible and modular to ensure they meet everyone's needs. This is essential if we are to include everyone within a social and workforce context, starting with the most vulnerable groups for whom we must remove the obstacles and barriers that hinder their full participation in the labour market”.
Another section of the speech addressed the challenge posed by demographic change. “Which will have a growing impact on our societies, economies and welfare systems", Minister Calderone stressed. "An important role in facing these challenges is therefore assigned to the Global Coalition for Social Justice, promoted by the ILO Director General Gilbert Houngbo, which Italy continues to support”.
Minister Calderone also recalled the pillars of the G7 Labour Employment Working Group chaired by Italy: artificial intelligence, skills and active ageing.
