What will change for degrees and professions with the PNRR
The news contained in the Pnrr on the qualification to exercise the professions. Facts, comments and insights
The PNRR , the plan with which the Government will use the resources of the European Recovery Plan , provides a novelty of great interest for undergraduates.
Reform of qualifying degrees for professions
The reform of the qualifying degrees provides for "the simplification of the procedures for the qualification to exercise the professions – reads the text -, making the degree exam coincide with the state exam" in order to speed up access to the world of work by graduates. The reform takes up a bill approved on October 19 by the Conte government on the proposal of the then Minister of the University Gaetano Manfredi . The practical-evaluative internship for access to regulated professions should, therefore, be carried out within the degree courses, the final exam with the defense of the thesis would have value as a State examination for qualification to practice the profession.
Reform valid only for some
The novelty introduced by the PNRR does not apply to all university study paths but only to single-cycle master's degrees in Dentistry , Pharmacy , Veterinary Medicine , Psychology , which therefore should confer the qualification to practice the professions, respectively, of dentist , pharmacist, veterinarian and psychologist. Other degrees that should be included in this provision are those professionalizing for construction and the territory, agricultural, food and forestry techniques, industrial techniques, which would enable the exercise of the professions of graduate surveyor, graduate agrotechnician, graduate agricultural expert and industrial expert with a degree. The provision provides that, at the request of the councils of the professional orders or colleges, other degree courses may also be included among the qualifications that allow access to state exams.
Lawyers excluded from qualifying degrees
Immediately after the rumors about the simplifications for access to the professions, the distinctions arrived. The first to rush, of course, were the lawyers . "With regard to the press reports on the contents of the Recovery Plan, I specify that the hypothesis of degrees alone suitable for obtaining professional qualifications does not apply either to lawyers or to other professional categories such as accountants , engineers and notaries ". This was said by the Undersecretary of Justice Francesco Paolo Sisto (Forza Italia) who added: “These are, in fact, professional paths which, due to specificity, are excluded from such possible hypotheses”.
The delimitation of Sixtus
The delimitation pointed out by Sisto therefore brings the hands of the reform back to last October 27, the date of the presentation of the bill to the Chamber 2751 Conte / Manfredi "Provisions on qualifying university qualifications", a bill arrived not by chance a few months later that the emergency decree 34 had temporarily broken the embankment of the state exam for doctors to be employed on the Covid front, Il Sole 24 Ore recalls today.
The in-depth analysis of the Sole 24 Ore
To be exempted from the state test in this second round and on the basis of the project resumed in these days, would therefore be – writes Il Sole 24 Ore – "dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, psychologists, to which would be added surveyors (graduates), graduate agro-technicians, graduate agricultural experts and graduate industrial experts. For all, the degree, with some corrections in the study plans, would immediately become professionalizing. According to the respective orders, the bill asks to be active parties by issuing or requesting the necessary regulations, thus leaving us to think of a shared path already in the de iure condendo phase ".
The turmoil remains
Despite the reassurances of Undersecretary Sisto – underlines the economic daily – the reform of the entrance remains a priority and a priority also felt by the more "classic" orders that are once again pushing for a revision of the enrollment criteria. "A rethinking of access to the lawyer is in any case necessary – says the acting president of the National Bar Council, Maria Masi – and this could be the right time to restart the confrontation at the table of the Ministry of Justice and the Miur". According to Masi, «it is necessary to intervene on the university course, which is qualifying and professionalizing, furthermore enhancing the forensic schools even more. The state exam? Of course he has to stay, but with a different role from today ». What is the current role of the admission test – points out the Sun – can be seen from the number of candidates at the next session (only oral for pandemic, ed ): 26 thousand aspirants, that is to say more than 10% of the already vast forensic population.
In the PA, the hunt for the most qualified young people
The modernization and rejuvenation of the PA is one of the crucial points of the PNRR. The plan provides for three access channels to the PA dedicated to young people with high profiles , to specialists in individual sectors and to multidisciplinary experts called upon to support the administrations in the implementation of the Recovery Plan.
The PA reform is the mother of reforms
For Prime Minister Mario Draghi , as reported by Il Sole 24 ore, the reform of the PA is the "mother of reforms" because without a PA that works, all Recovery is destined to limp at least. The plan developed by the government, under the direction of the PA Minister Renato Brunetta, allocates 9.75 billion to investments and reforms of the PA. In the last ten years, the PA has seen no turnover, only 4.2% of public employees are under 30 . The PNRR would like to change the pace of the PA making it more attractive for the most qualified young people.
The three channels of access to the PA
The first of the three new entry channels is dedicated to young people who have PhDs, masters, international experiences in their curriculum , and who will be included in the PA with rapid courses and tailor-made training. A second channel concerns figures with specialist profiles for which agreements with universities and professional associations are envisaged. The third, and last, involves the hiring, on a fixed-term basis, of multidisciplinary experts to manage the resources of the Recovery. Career paths will be built up for these profiles in the coming months, also with the revision of the professional regulations envisaged with the renewal of contracts.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/che-cosa-cambiera-per-lauree-e-professioni-con-il-pnrr/ on Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:06:15 +0000.