Training Enterprises and Work-Based Learning
ENGIM’s Training Enterprises are real businesses owned by ENGIM where students gain hands-on experience starting from their first year. While well-equipped laboratories provide practice opportunities, practical experience with real customers is essential. This combination of theoretical education and practical real work experience enhances employability and eases the transition from education to employment. ENGIM operates 14 training companies in Italy across five regions and one in Albania.
Professional development tutor
The Professional Development Tutor acts within training programmes involving work experience in external companies. This role is crucial for connecting students, companies, families, and training institutions, facilitating a smooth transition from training to employment. The Tutor serves as ENGIM’s local business liaison.
National Observatory “Youth and future”
The National Observatory “Youth and Future” surveys annually around 5,000 Italian students (14-18 years old) exploring young people’s expectations and how they relate to work and the weight assigned to it in their future prospects, the importance of training and professional fulfilment in their lives, and their core values.
The Observatory, now in its third edition, is proving to be an essential tool for listening to our young people, helping to recognise and value everyone on their growth path, as well as a means to support the development of policies and services focused on actively accompanying our young beneficiaries in the transition to their desired future.
The research findings highlight a clear message: constantly evolving contexts require reliable, ongoing guidance and systems capable of valuing both skills and the dreams of those transitioning to the adult world. Education and adults must once again take a central role in supporting young people throughout life, fostering relationships, collaboration, inclusion, and self-entrepreneurship to balance societal competition.
In April 2026 the results of the first two editions were presented at a dedicated event at the European Parliament in Brussels, a moment that led to a meaningful and fruitful debate among European stakeholders for effective policy development at national and international levels.