by Patrizia Luongo, June 2011
“The relatively low proportion of immigrants on total population has at least two implication: on one side, it reduces criticism in the management and provision of social services, but, on the other, it also reduces the potentially important contribution that immigrants can give to the development of the region.
Moreover, during the last years, citizens from Apulia start again to migrate to the Centre-North of Italy, and this figure is still more worrying when one considers that, in most cases, emigrants are highly qualified young people, who do not find job opportunities in the region.“
A timeline of how the Region has tried to incentivate young people to stay and build in Puglia:
Project Bollenti Spiriti, 2005 – first series of initiatives that saw young people as a resource for regional growth
Project Tutti i giovani sono una risorsa, 2015-2020
Project Puglia ti vorrei, 2021-2025 – last year over 2000 young people were interviewed and asked to give their opinion on previous and future initiatives and projects launched by the Region. One meeting, for instance, was mainly focused on youth and entrepreneurship, while another one on Economy and Culture. However, only a limited number of people (invitation only) were able to attend.
sources:
https://www.sciencespo.fr/coesionet/sites/default/files/Case%20Study_Puglia.pdf
https://www.regione.puglia.it/web/politiche-giovanili