(Finance) – To bring students closer to the topics of sustainability environmental, diversity and inclusion, but above all to stimulate them to develop innovative thinking. The format “Generation Connected Action”, A 4-month project dedicated to the training and orientation of young people towards the world of work. Today, during the Celebration Daythe creative ideas of the students of the final challenge of the course were presented, with a focus on Mission 2 of the PNRR on the Green Revolution and Transition
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“GenerAzione Connected” is a path created in collaboration with the Consortium ELIS in continuity with the “The School I would like” and “GenerAzione Digitale” programs activated by the Acea Group with schools in past years. About 300 students from 10 technical-professional institutes and 5 high schools, from Lazio, Umbria, Campania and Tuscany, will be involved this year.
This year the concept of “square” was introduced, a virtual space where students could meet the companies of ACEA Group present on the territory for a continuous comparison, between young people from different cultural and social realities, which allowed at the same time to stimulate reflections on the theme of enhancing differences and inclusion.
The young students were accompanied and guided during the project by Sustainability Ambassador ACEA, or promoters of the culture of sustainability and the circular economy. The young people also met ACEA STEM women who talked about their professional and life path, as evidence of how important it is to overcome gender stereotypes when making choices with respect to training and professional paths.
There phase the final of “GenerAzione Connessa” provided an “immersive” online activity, during which 33 students, selected for motivation and skills, were able to work concretely on projects they proposed. The “Smart Under Water” projects, for the identification of microplastics present in water resources, and “Smart Lux”, an intelligent public lighting project based on sensors. Each team member will receive an Amazon voucher, accompanied by the Group’s latest Sustainability Report.
The “GenerAzione Connected” project represents an opportunity for ACEA to keep it active exchange virtuous between school And agency as part of an important path aimed at stimulating the interest and motivation of students who, by sharing ideas and knowledge, can become the engine of social, economic and environmental innovation and protagonists in the companies of the future.