The promotion of Rome’s Network of Work Orientation Centres has entered the operational phase. The reorganisation of the network has been studied to rationalise space and resources, making the services even more efficient and collaborating with all the various agencies that support employment.
As part of the redefinition of all COL offices, on September 29, the first Macro COL Office was inaugurated. The office, which is dedicated to Pier Paolo Pasolini, is located in Largo del Capelvenere, in Rome’s X Municipio. The Acilia office will provide services dedicated to enterprise orientation and funding identification for start-ups.
Besides creating Macro COLs, the reorganisation also entails the activation of COL Points in fifteen districts of Rome in order to organise initiatives (both physical and on-line) dedicated to labour and employment and reach all community members, providing a capillary access to services.
The final objective is to develop Polyfunctional Centres for Work Services (HUBs), shared spaces where Work Orientation Centres, employment centres, freelance work consultants, professional training centres, accreditation agencies, commerce chambers, social services and private services can collaborate. The HUBs will provide a space for “work socialisation” in which to increase employability, match labour demand and supply, and provide coworking spaces. They will be a unique structure concentrating competences and services that were previously fragmented.
Over the last two years, Rome’s COLs have represented a fundamental reference point for the fragile users (whose situation has been compounded by the pandemic) via the digitalisation of services and the diversification of services that have been further reinforced thanks to educational programme #DigitalRestart, conceived by Microsoft and implemented in collaboration with the Fondazione Mondo Digitale [see news: Together with the City of Rome].
