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Interviewee: Giacomo Carta (Youth National Coordinator of ACLI and Delegate of the National Youth Council).
List of questions for the Interview:
What can it give to those who approach the world of work or want to become entrepreneurs? What is your personal experience (from youth in action projects to becoming an entrepreneur).
For several years I have participated in various international mobility projects, developing a real passion, feeling more and more the need to provide my contribution and express my active citizenship. After these experiences of growth, having carried out the National Civil Service, I took the path of the volunteer, feeling more and more part of a European growth system, until I reached more and more positions within the association “Acli” at first regional, then national level. Undoubtedly my socio-professional profile has been positively influenced by my participation and involvement in volunteering and mobility activities, through which I was able to develop and perfect the notorious soft skills that we hear so much about. Therefore, I think it is preferable and optimal to follow a path of growth in which formal, non-formal and informal education intertwine.
Do you think that young people recognize the value of non-formal education?
Not fully. The message and the goal are often misunderstood and belittled. These opportunities are not always recognized and appreciated for their real value and usefulness, which is why obtaining and self-recognizing transversal competences is not immediate. On the other hand, those who understand and make use of the real potential offered by international mobility, in most cases, achieve exceptional personal results.
Do you think that government and institutions should be more concerned with the validation and recognition of competences learned through non-formal education?
Yes, I do. On the national level we are working on this. More awareness raising to get recognition and validation of non-formal education, soft skills and the Youth Worker figure. In the last months we are preparing a legislative proposal to fill this legislative gap. The signs are positive, the interest from the institutions is alive. If they are recognized, it will surely be easier and possible to get much higher numbers and results.
Are you working on promoting non-formal education?
Since I started my volunteer career I have always tried to promote learning through non-formal education, having understood its importance almost immediately. Now, with the association “Acli” we actively promote at regional, national and international level non-formal education, international mobility and the value of being active European citizens.