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Province of Ancona (Italy)
According to the Law 267/2000 “Rules concerning the organization of the local public administrations”, the Provinces were attributed the following functions:
- Administrative functions in the fields identified by the law in force;
- Coordination of activities in collaboration with the Town Councils included in the territory of the Province, as to the plans proposed by the province itself, promotion and realisation of public works on the territory of the province for the benefit of the population, in the economic, commercial and tourist fields as well as in the social, cultural and sport contexts;
- Territorial planning through the collection and coordination of the proposals made by the Town Councils in view of the economic, territorial and environmental needs and planning of the Region;
- Issuing and adoption of the Territorial Coordination Plan which determines the general planning of the territory.
According to the Art. n. 5 of the Provincial Statute in force, the Province of Ancona has the following objectives:
- Guarantee of the right to study and to work as well as the right to professional training, social assistance and safety.
- Safeguarding and fostering of history and culture.
- Recovering of the local heritage and tradition.
- Fostering of the economic resources and the professional skills and abilities available in the traditional sectors as well as in the modern and advanced fields.
- Promotion of the development of cooperation.
- Creating positive conditions for the social and professional inclusion as well as the mobility of the disadvantaged categories.
- Promoting initiatives and projects concerning international cooperation.
According to the law 469/97 “Transference to the Regions and the Local Public Administrations of functions concerning the politics for labour” and the Regional Law 38/98 the Province of Ancona was attributed further functions concerning the management of job agencies and the constitution of bodies for the government of the local job policies. Furthermore, the Italian Provinces, through the Professional Training Centres called Ce.lo.fo. – Centro Locale per la Formazione, have the following functions: realization and management of courses for the professional training of workers financed by the European Social Fund; management of IFTS courses, apprenticeship and Training Courses; monitoring of the training needs and at distance training concerning several economic fields.
The Province of Ancona is responsible for the realization and co-ordination of the Work Package n. 4 whose aim is to contribute to the creation of a deeper and wider interest towards the theme of accessibility, by acting on the cultural sphere of the public and private operators working in the field of tourism and leisure time.
This action is implemented through the following means: training, the creation of a methodological guide for accessible tourism, the promotion of the concept of accessibility on the territory (operators, public institutions, experts, etc.). Through the promotion of a formative/informative campaign for the operators on this field it is possible to contribute to change the culture and the attitude towards those citizens having special needs, thus contributing to create a stronger co-operation and solidarity. The Vocational training organized in the context of the WP4, structured as at distance general and specific training modules, will take into consideration the different levels of consciousness as concerns accessibility and will be suitable for a wide and general public.
Hence, the modules planned will be in part general, as already stated, and specific for a more conscious and trained audience belonging to specific professional categories.
The training experience will represent a valid tool to create a methodological guide which will be distributed to the operators in the field of tourism.
The final objective of the WP4 is the promotion of the concept of accessibility at every level of analysis, so that any initiative promoted will imply a positive change in many fields of intervention.
