Forum to focus on company-school coop

(ANSA) - Florence, December 1 -Florence is set to host the third edition of the Italo-German Economic Forum on December 3, which will focus this year on cooperation between schools and companies to prepare young people to be more competitive in the workplace.
    Organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany and Florence's Chamber of Commerce, the event will be attended by Education Minister Stefania Giannini and Germany's Ambassador to Italy Susanne M. Wasum-Rainer.
    While systems of in-company training have been well-established in German schools for the past half-century, the idea is relatively new in Italy. Premier Matteo Renzi's recently approved "Good School" reform aims to change this and connect schools more with working environments. In the school year 2015/2016, more than 100 students from 13 schools in Florence will take part in company training programmes as part of a project in the Florentine area.