NEW SKILLS FUND 2025
Il New Skills Fund it is a call for tenders aimed at accompanying the processes of digital and ecological transition of employers, as well as to promote new employment, through the recognition of a contribution on part of the hourly cost of workers involved in training courses.
Funds employee training on organizational, process and product innovation.
The training plan must include at least one of the following areas:
- Technological and digital systems
- Introduction and development of artificial intelligence
- Sustainability and environmental impact
- Circular economy
- Ecological transition
- Energy efficiency
- Corporate welfare and organizational well-being
Private employers, including publicly held companies as per Legislative Decree no. 175 of 2026, who have signed collective agreements to reschedule working hours aimed at training courses to increase workers' skills, may access the scheme.
It is mandatory to join an Interprofessional Fund and to entrust the training to an institution accredited by the Region, such as Piazza Copernico.
Piazza Copernico supports companies in the design of the Training Plan and in the administrative process of obtaining the incentive measure, supporting them in the following activities:
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Analysis and feasibility of the plan;
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Planning and presentation of the plan
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Delivery
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Monitoring and management
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Reporting
THE CATALOG
Individual wellbeing, Resilience, Stress management, Self-care.
Duration: 13 hours
- Stress Triggers and How to Effectively Act on What We Control
- How to take better care of yourself and why doing so is so important
- Nutrition, body and mind: an inseparable trio
- Cortisol, stress and nutrition, how to fight stress at the table
- The relationship between posture, stress and emotional state and anti-stress breathing techniques
- Office Workout: Practical Exercises
- Mindfulness as a tool to feel good and find your balance
- Mindfulness exercises and techniques in managing stress and anxiety
- The 7 rules for managing stress
- Work-related stress
- Public speaking – how to overcome anxiety with technique
ADA.24.03.10 (ex ) – Analysis of employee needs in terms of corporate welfare
ADA.24.03.11 (ex ) – Design and implementation of corporate welfare programs
(consult the Atlas of Work)
DE&I
Duration: 8 hours
- Worklife balance
- Empathy
- Anger Management
- Proactivity
- Antifragility
- Recognize, manage and prevent harassment in the workplace
- Effective and inclusive communication
- CORPORATE COMMUNICATION AND EVENT ORGANIZATION
- The 4 rules of problem solving
- The power of gentle leadership
- Leadership
ADA.24.03.04 (ex ADA.25.234.768)- Management of staff professional development policies
(consult the Atlas of Work)
Individual and relational well-being. The power of motivation.
Duration: 11 hours
- The Basics of Motivation: How to Train It and Keep It Consistent Over Time
- Goal setting and goal achievement strategies
- How motivation works according to neuro-linguistic programming (
- NLP Tools and Techniques to Boost Motivation
- Dopamine and the reward system: their role in sustaining motivation
- People Management and Motivation: How to Motivate Those Around Us
- What is Hypnosis and How to Use It to Increase Motivation
- Hypnotic Induction and Visualization Techniques for Motivational Enhancement
- Communication strategies - How to give value to your work
- The value of debriefing: learning from experiences
- Time management
- The creative mind
- Active listening and emotional intelligence
- Business writing
- The art of negotiation
ADA.24.03.10 (ex ) – Analysis of employee needs in terms of corporate welfare
ADA.24.03.11 (ex ) – Design and implementation of corporate welfare programs
(consult the Atlas of Work)
Digital wellbeing.
Duration: 12
- Digital detox
- Behavioral & Social Engineering
- Technostress, zoom fatigue and digital burnout
- Dysfunctional digital sexuality
ADA.24.03.10 (ex ) – Analysis of employee needs in terms of corporate welfare
ADA.24.03.11 (ex ) – Design and implementation of corporate welfare programs
(consult the Atlas of Work)
Gender equality
Duration: 2 hours
- Building working relationships based on respect
- Zero Tolerance: Recognizing, Managing and Preventing Harassment in the Workplace
- Prevention policies within the company
- Communication on harassment
- Management training on gender inclusion
ADA.24.03.04 (ex ADA.25.234.768)- Management of staff professional development policies
(consult the Atlas of Work)
Information and data literacy.
Duration: 10 hours
- BASIC DIGITAL SKILLS – Data, information and electronic documents
- INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL SKILLS – Data, information and computer documents
- ADVANCED DIGITAL SKILLS – Data, information and electronic documents
AADA.QE.01.01- Research and management of information, data and digital content
(see theAtlas of work)
Sharing and collaborating through digital technologies.
Duration: 14 hours and 30 minutes
- Microsoft 365 - SharePoint
- Microsoft 365 - OneDrive
- Microsoft 365 - Teams Basic
- Microsoft 365 - Teams Advanced
- Digital meetings. How to organize them like a professional
ADA.QE.01.03 – Digital Content Creation
(see theAtlas of work)
Integrate and rework digital content in the cloud with Google Workspace.
Duration: 13 hours and 30 minutes
- Introduction to Google Workspace
- Google Sheets
- Google Slides
- Google Docs
ADA.QE.01.03 – Digital content creation
(see theAtlas of work)
Digital Security and Risk Management
Duration: 22 hours and 30 minutes
- Cyber Security: How to Protect Your Devices
- Protecting personal data and privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity and AI
- Cyber Risk Mitigation, A Legal Analysis
- Cyber Risk Mitigation, A Technical Analysis
- Cyber risk mitigation: how to protect yourself and organize corporate data security
- Microsoft 365 – IT Security
- Risk management principles
ADA.QE.01.04 – Digital Security
(see theAtlas of work)
AI 360 The basics of Artificial Intelligence.
Duration: 1 now and 30 minutes
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Fundamentals of Machine Learning and Deeplearning
- Using AI in Business (Application Cases)
- How to use AI in your business to increase your productivity
- Data Governance: How to Acquire and Manage Data in Your Company
- Future of Artificial Intelligence and Ethics of AI
Advanced data analysis techniques with Excel.
Duration: 5 hours
- The graphs
- Pivot Tables
- Introduction to probability
- The normal distribution
- Contingency tables
- Conditional operations
Business Intelligence with Power BI.
Duration: 10 hours
- Introduction to BI with Power BI
- The Power Query Editor
- Relationships (model view)
- The views (Visual)
- DAX (Data Analysis Expressions)
- Power BI Service
- Final Exercise: Analysis of Homicides in the US
Machine Learning: From Fundamentals to Advanced Techniques.
Duration: 20 hours
- Introduction to Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Fundamentals
- Machine Learning: Models and Algorithms
- Machine Learning: Advanced Techniques
Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Duration: 22 hours
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- Deep Learning and Artificial Neural Networks
- Natural Language Processing
- Computer Vision
Introduction to Data Science.
Duration: 21 hours
- Descriptive Statistics for Data Scientists
- Inferential Statistics for Data Scientists
- Programming in Python
- Main Python libraries for statistics (pandas, numpy, matplotlib, etc)
Digital communication.
Duration: 17 hours and 30 minutes
- Marketing and comunication
- From Traditional Marketing to Digital Marketing
- Marketing Tactics for Acting in the Digital Economy
- Marketing Approaches to Customer Engagement
- Customer Engagement in the Age of Digital Marketing
- Telemarketing and teleselling – instructions for use
- Viral – effective and shareable posts
- Manage digital identity
- smart working
AADA.24.04.12 (formerly ADA.25.225.730) – Strategic planning of the corporate communication/promotion
(see theAtlas of work)
Digital Transformation.
Duration: 13 hours and 30 minutes
- Digital Innovation: The Most Widespread Technological Tools
- Emerging Technologies for Digital Transformation
- Introduction to cloud computing
- Services and distribution
- BlockChain: An Innovative and Revolutionary Technology
- IoT, 5G and its applications
- IT architectures
- Industry 4.0: digital transformation
ADA.14.01.03 (ex ) – Innovation in ICT
(see theAtlas of work)
Digital integration of business processes: BASIC operational tools.
Duration: 27 hours
- Microsoft 365 - Powerpoint
- Microsoft 365 - Word
- Microsoft 365 - Excel Basic
- Microsoft 365 - Access Basic
- Microsoft 365 - Outlook
ADA.QE.01.03 – Digital content creation
(see theAtlas of work)
Digital integration of business processes: ADVANCED operational tools.
Duration: 20 hours and 30 minutes
- Microsoft 365-Excel Intermediate
- Microsoft 365 - Excel Advanced
- Microsoft 365 - Access Advanced
- Microsoft 365 - Copilot
AFROM.QE.01.03 – Digital content creation
(see theAtlas of work)
LLM for Business Productivity: How to Leverage Language Models to Optimize Processes.
Duration: 4 hours
- Introduction to Language Models and Deep Learning
- LLM History and Evolution
- Basic Operation of LLMs
- Benefits of LLMs for Business Productivity
- Limitations of LLMs
- Top LLMs Available
- Introduction to Prompt Engineering
- Security and Sensitive Data in LLMs
- Use of LLMs in Different Departments
- Creating Custom LLMs (Custom GPT)
- Optimizing the Use of LLMs for Productivity
Data Analysis Fundamentals with Excel.
Duration: 5 hours
- Introduction to Statistics
- Introduction to Excel
- References and elementary mathematical operations
- The variables
- Dates
- Strings as formula output
- Position indices
- Dispersion indices
Data Visualization Fundamentals.
Duration: 10 hours
- Data Visualization with Tableau
- Neuroscience of Visualization
- Not Just Graphs: Data Visualization Design
- Not just graphics: Storytelling
- Ethics and Cognitive Biases in Data Visualization
Big Data Analysis.
Duration: 20 hours
- Introduction to BIG Data
- SQL for data analysis
- NoSQL for data analysis
Sustainability and Financial Innovation: ESG, Regulations and Economic Strategies.
Duration: 20 hours
- Savings and sustainability at the service of the real economy: PIR, alternative and responsible investments
- Sustainability and ESG criteria
- Sustainability: from the latest regulatory provisions to the integration of ESG drivers in the adequacy assessment
- 2023 regulatory news on ESG
- Regulatory news regarding ESG factors. Pre-contractual and periodic information for financial products
- Regulatory news regarding ESG factors. PAIs, the main negative impacts on sustainability factors
- Sustainable Finance and EU Regulation 2088
- Climate risks and EIOPA guidelines: strategy for insurance
SUSTAINABILITY – HOW BUSINESSES CAN THRIVE INTO THE FUTURE.
Duration: 4 hours
- Define sustainability and understand its core principles
- Identify the main environmental, social and economic impacts of human activities
- Analyze solutions to promote sustainability
THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSES.
Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Understanding the economic benefits of sustainability for SMEs
- Identify sustainability improvement opportunities for your business
- Develop an action plan for the economic sustainability of your company
INDUSTRY 5.0 THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
Duration: 3 hours
- Define the sustainability of products and services and understand its importance
- Identify the main environmental impacts of products and services
- Analyze how Industry 5.0 technologies can be used to reduce the environmental impact of products and services
Financial Consulting and Sustainability: Tools, Transparency and ESG Innovation.
Duration: 14 hours
- Insurance-financial consultancy products and new ESG tools
- Insurance and financial consulting: using goal-based investing to overcome sustainability challenges
- Investment choices between variables, trends, directions and sustainability
- The assessment of insurance needs and the regulation of insurance and financial distribution also in the ESG field
ESG SUSTAINABILITY REPORT – THE KEY TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Defining Sustainability and ESG Sustainability Reporting
- Understanding the principles of ESG sustainability reporting
- Identify the most common ESG sustainability indicators
- Apply ESG sustainability reporting techniques
- Recognizing the role of stakeholders in ESG sustainability reporting
- Analyzing the impacts of ESG sustainability
- Reflecting on the future prospects of ESG sustainability
INDUSTRY 5.0 HOW TO APPLY ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD.
Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Understanding the principles of Industry 5.0
- Identifying Industry 5.0 enabling technologies
- Analyze the applications of Industry 5.0 enabling technologies in the corporate environment
- Acquire a sustainability-oriented mindset
INDUSTRY 5.0 THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
Duration: 1 now and 30 minutes
- Materials
- Energy
- Water and effluents
- Biodiversity
- emissions
- Waste 2020