Language Rights and Labour: at Palazzo Caetani, institutions, schools, universities and the third sector come together to discuss the value of the Italian language as a tool for inclusion
The 2nd Roadshow took place on May 26th, in the context of Palazzo Caetani in Cisterna di Latina. «Language, Rights and Work: Building Inclusion», Promoted within the project PRILS Lazio 6 – Regional Plan for Civic-linguistic Training in Lazio, coordinated by the Lazio Region.
The event, moderated by Romina Papetti, Project Manager of PRILS Lazio 6 and expert in integration policies, represented an important moment of exchange between institutions, local authorities, schools, universities, the third sector and operators of reception. At the heart of the debate was the value of the Italian language as a key to access to rights, employment and active participation in the life of the community.
Among the interventions, particularly significant was that of Luca Masi, Secretary General of ANCI Lazio, which highlighted the path taken by the Cisterna area as an example of integration built through continuous policies and services close to the people.
Masi recalled the work carried out by ANCI Lazio in support of local authorities, through mediation, accompaniment and socio-occupational inclusion tools, also recalling the growing value of digital skills, increasingly necessary for access to services and employment opportunities. This is also the case with the a window for socio-occupational inclusion activated at ANCI Lazio, conceived as a concrete point of reference for those who support integration processes in the territory.
The day was enlivened by numerous contributions. They offered their greetings and their reflections. Valentino Mantini, Mayor of Cisterna di Latina, and Stefania Krilic, Councillor for Welfare and Social Policies of the Municipality of Cisterna di Latina.
The Lazio Region intervened Ornella Guglielmino, Director of the Regional Directorate for Social Inclusion, while the world of research and training was represented by Francesca Angelini, professor at Sapienza University of Rome, by Viviana Bombonati, Headteacher of the CPIA of Latina, and by Lapo Vannini, lecturer of Italian L2 at MaTeMù – CIES.
The work has made clear that language and civic education represent a fundamental lever for promoting the autonomy of people, combating conditions of vulnerability and exploitation, and building paths to conscious citizenship.
I work-lab The workshops dedicated to the «invisible obstacles» to learning and the relationship between language, work, and rights have returned experiences, critical perspectives, and shared proposals. This exchange of views confirmed the need to strengthen linguistic and cultural mediation and to consolidate integrated territorial networks capable of generating real opportunities for inclusion.
A path that continues, putting people, rights and the value of participation at its centre.
