Aspi, in the field to train the skills of the mobility of the future

Overcoming the gender gap that historically characterizes the world of infrastructures, putting in place alliances with universities and research centers. To bring high school students and students closer to STEM paths, starting intensive university-level courses related to the sphere of engineering, technology, science and mathematics. The commitment of the Autostrade per l’Italia Group continues to strengthen the area of ​​new skills, in the name of increasingly solid synergies with the academy: a company-university alliance aimed at ensuring the knowledge necessary to face the great challenges of mobility sustainable. An action that aims to feed the involvement of female talents in a sector, that of civil engineering, which still today in Italy only 19% of women graduate. in the Group’s Diversity & Inclusion program: “Supporting skills as universal elements capable of guaranteeing equity and inclusion. The power of knowledge as a cornerstone of the integration and internal growth of all and for all ”says Gian Luca Orefice, Director of Human Capital Organization & HSE ASPI. An assumption that translates into a series of initiatives: with this in mind, for the second year ASPI confirms its adherence to the Girls @ Polimi program, which provides for the disbursement of 2 scholarships for three-year engineering and 3 scholarships for Afghan students also enrolled in STEM degree courses at POLIMI. There are several employer branding initiatives promoted by the Group, with over 500 students already intercepted in 2021 with the #Roadyourfuture program which will also continue in 2022 in several schools in the area. This year the Company will also dedicate orientation courses to high school students by joining the TECHCAMP @ POLIMI initiative in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano Foundation, limited number intensive courses dedicated to high school children (2-3-4 year ) to bring students closer to technology courses (STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) with university level standards. “It is a program – underlines Alessia Ruzzeddu Head of Welfare DE&I Management – to which we strongly wanted to join as sponsor, contributing with 15 scholarships made available to the market but also to the most deserving children of our employees, with renewed attention to our resources with family care initiatives as part of the broader corporate welfare program “. initiatives, Autostrade per l’Italia has recently seen a strong increase in female talents with STEM degrees: today in the company 35% of women graduates have skills in the technical-scientific area.