Lifelong learning for the Italian Public Administration: the MarchE-Learning Project

Abstract : This paper describes a local experience for the development of a framework program to set up a Continuous Learning System for Public Administration employees of Marche Region, in Central Italy. Such program belongs to a greater national program, aimed at modernizing the Italian Public Administration by means of the application of ICTs. This program is also part of Italian participation in the European Union's Lisbon Strategy, aimed at turning Europe into one of the most competitive knowledge-based societies in the world. The activity aims at setting up a network of reference PA workers in underprivileged areas of the Marche Region, and training them to detect needs that will be satisfied through a network infrastructure to carry out e-learning activities.