The document provides information about the municipality of Sant'Angelo in Vado in Italy. It discusses the municipality's cultural and touristic events that promote local development and resources. It notes that Sant'Angelo in Vado was founded by Romans and archaeological excavations are conducted yearly. The document also provides demographic statistics about the population and businesses in the area. It highlights several cultural sites and festivals in the municipality and discusses local business sectors and innovative rural tourism projects. Finally, it briefly outlines the Italian school system and guidance services in the vocational education system.

1. Sant’angelo in Vado - Capital of Massa Trabaria
Project SEVEN
Consultant
Dr. Elmo De Angelis
Training 2000 –National VET organization
e-mail: training2000@training2000.it

2. Sant’Angelo in Vado
Capital of Massa Trabaria
The Municipality organize cultural and touristic
events for the development of the territory and
resources. Sant’Angelo in Vado has been
founded by the Romans (Antica Tifernum
Mataurense); in it’s centre every year
historical excavations are carried out with
various actors which have found the Roman
Domus with mosaics. Every year theatrical
events are organized also with the
participation of local schools.
Within the municipalities there are socio-
cultural associations which develop activities
for transfer of historical and cultural
knowledge to the public in general.

3. Location
Massa Trabaria
Alto e medio Metauro
Municipalities
Sant’Angelo in Vado
Borgo Pace
Lamoli
Mercatello sul Metauro

4. Sant’Angelo in Vado
Fact Sheet
Geography
Area 67,44 Kmq
Pesaro e
Province
Urbino (PU)
Inhabitant
s per 61,4
SqKm
Population (Census 2010) Population Trend
Population (n.) 4138
Families (n.) 1542
Average age
46,3
(years)
Immigration (%) 11,4

5. Sant’Angelo in Vado
Fact Sheet
Business community
Employment (2010) % of companies/sector
Other
Service companies
(%) Servizi
Financial Activities
Active people 53,2
Transport
Employment – work 68,3 Hotels and restaurants
force
Commerce
Unemployment 4,0
Construction
Arts and crafts
Agricolture and fishing
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

6. Values for tourism promotion
• Domus del Mito: The Domus of the Myth is one of the greatest
discoveries of the last fifty years for Central Italy and the Domus
is baptized as the Myth because most of the mosaics represent
classical mythological figures

7. • Chiesa di San Filippo - The church of San
Filippo, goes back to XV century, at the
beginning it was an oratory dedicated to
the Immaculate Conception
• Chiesa di Santa Caterina -date of 1402
or 1452. Consacrated to Santa Caterina
d'Alessandria

8. Festivals and events
• International Folk Dance Festival - Since 2009, every 1st of
May, an International Folk Dance Festival linked to the
traditional peasantry culture, is organized.. Since last 3 years!

9. • Mostra Nazionale del Tartufo - Sometimes it may
happen that a territory had unexpected treasures
and Sant’Angelo in Vado has at least two of
these. The first one is the delicious White Truffle,
the second one is the Domus del Mito . The
National Truffle Exhibition is organized in October
for the last 47 years!

10. • Museo I Vecchi Mestieri - The Museum "old crafts and arts" is
placed in the Mercuri Palace. It is a documented collection
about the old crafts of Sant'Angelo in Vado that today, because
of the social and economic changes , have almost
desappeared.
• Polo Museale di Santa Maria Extra Muros - The restauration of
the church Chiesa di S.Maria extra Muros gives to Sant'Angelo
in Vado the possibility to regain possession of an important part
of its cultural heritage and to redescover its own roots.
• La Cascata del Sasso - …..considered one of the 10 most
beautiful waterfalls of Italy and establishes a real suggestive
scenario

11. • From Woad – Isatis Tintoria( guado) to Blue Jeans – opening of
a new museum:

12. The business community - SMEs
• Business: plastic resistent pipes for water distribution: textile and
fashion, electronic component for alternative energy production
(solar and heolic generation)
• Truffle, cold cuts production, wine and oil production
• Textile and Fashion
• Graphic design and printing

13. Innovative business development
• Wine farm " La Montata" - “Sant’Angelo in Vado’s Vino Santo,
Noble Nectar of Ancient Origins”
See the smoking grape process typical of this place:
http://www.vinilamontata.it/blogcategory/le-antiche-origini.html
• Olive oil farming - a trend in offering week end experience in
farming, collection of olives, natural food and cooking, health –
spas, swimming pool. Each farm is certifying own produce ( oil
extra vergine). Promotion of Rural tourism. (e.g. Farm from
Cristiana Cavallini- architect)

14. The whole territory
the promotion of a territory!
• www.massatrabaria.it - rural tourism, stories and traditions, the
territory, the environment, the flora and fauna. The natural colours
(fibers). New born social cooperative ( il Cerchio) for the promotion
of tourism and local excursions.

15. Sant' Angelo in Vado – international
projects
GRUNDTVIG partnership: .
• ISTUS – istusproject.blogspot.com
• Dancing culture
• CRISTAL –
http://cristalgrundtvig.wordpress.com

16. Sant' Angelo in Vado-Training
domain at national level
• Italian language for immigrants
• Fashion designer
• ICT skills for community
development
• Historical tourist guide

17. EU projects related to SEVEN, promoted by
Training2000
• COMENIUS -Taccle 2:TACCLE 2 is addressed to teachers who are interested in
integrating ICT and e-learning in the classroom for specific subjects: primary
education, maths, science and technology, key competences, arts and culture and
humanities. The project will also create in-service training courses to acquire
competences and share experiences with peers.
• COMENIUS-Lablearning: The project aims to deliver concrete models of media
based didactics to prevent drop-out, early school leaving and poor learning results.
• GRUNDTVIG multilateral- Parents: The project aims to develop training material
for parents to increase awareness and knowledge of career advising for their
children
• COMENIUS - ReAct: The project will integrate the three key elements: autonomy,
creativity and collaboration in a methodology aimed at harnessing the potential of
new technologies, in order to carry out creative activities; facilitate collaboration in
collaborative projects, reducing geographical distances and promoting mutual
cultural understanding, and reflection and develop meta-cognitive skills and critical
thinking in students with low learning motivation.

18. The italian school system
The italian school system articulates in three cycles:
• Primary (or basic) cycle: 8 compulsory years of schooling
beginning at age 6.
• Secondary cycle: 5 years (the first and the second year are
compulsory). This cycle provides for four areas of specialization:
classical, scientific, technical and artistic studies
• High education ( University) / OR VET qualifications

19. Primary cycle
Two Sections
• The first is known as “scuola elementare” or primary school. It lasts for 5
years and begins at the age of 6.
• The second, “scuola media” or lower secondary school, is a three year
stint at the end of which students, assuming all goes well, receive a
“Diploma di Licenza di Scuola Media” and therefore the right to continue
their education.

20. Secondary cycle
• The students may choose from a range of High Schools,
known as "licei", with either classical, linguistic, artistic or
scientific specialisations, or move to study at an "istituto"
which prepares students for elementary school teaching as
well as technical, commercial and industrial careers.
• On completion of their chosen course students undertake a
State assessed exam which gives them a “diploma di
maturità” and hence the right to attend university.
• With the implementation of the new system the age of
compulsory education has shifted upward to 16 years. The
traditional “liceo” and “istituto” have been replaced by an
obligatory two-year period of general studies, followed by
three more years of optional specialised education. New
disciplines and a 34-hour week of classes are designed to
better prepare students for their future careers.

21. Guidance in VET system
• In order to translate priorities belonging to European
Resolutions into concrete actions, for lifelong learning , as far
as counceling is concerned , the member states established in
2007 a Euopean network for policies regarding permanent
guidance (European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network -
ELGPN)
• In Italy , the lack of a central organization which takes care of
the matter or however is responsible for the coordination, has
limited the efficiency and strength of guidance policies,
obstracting the development of a mature guidance system,
• Lately , the activity of guidance increased considerably
,increasing therefore the number and types of organizations
present on the different Italian regional territories.

22. • The organisations that look after guidance in Italy are mostly
Unemployment Centers (Provincial ) and job agency. These
centers offer many services regarding guidance, acceptance
and distribution of information on the working market,
counseling, the proposal of training and guidance, the
execution of other important activities concerning guidance,
such as guidance paths/laboratories for choosing, laboratories
for active job research , the balance of competences, followed
through to job insertion or re-insertion (such as tutoring,
periodical interview ex D.Lgs. n. 297/02, the activity of
integration for disable people or with social diasability),
company stages.
• There is a need for a detailed, structured and more efficient
service in a period of crises that imposes to strengthen the
valorisation policies of the human resources and to realize more
efficient active policies
• The IX Education ,Work, Innovation and Research Committee,
of the Regional Conference and Autonomous Provinces, has
recently started a path with the aim of identifying the
government priorities for guidance and the working trails for the
coming years.

23. THANK YOU
Elmo De Angelis
training2000@training2000.it