Sangiuliano: MiC workforce undersized, we will make hires

New hires are needed to fill heavy gaps in museum staffing levels. This was said by Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano in an interview with Sky Tg24 yesterday. “The staff of our museums,” the minister said, “is undersized compared to the organic plants. However, the situation is beginning to change: there was a competition of 1,052 and these people were almost all hired, another 500 staff were hired by taking them from the so-called employment lists, that is, employment centers, then recently administrative units were taken and more will be hired. I myself speculate that new competitions will be announced, and then there are the temporary hires that are being made for Pnrr.”

Sangiuliano added, “It will be my specific commitment to increase attendance by so much, especially by targeting young people. Our heritage needs to interact with the digital reality, any museum needs to offer digital services, and for this we need young staff who are familiar with new technologies. It is necessary to bring into museum services, without mortifying those who are already there and have so much experience, young people who have enthusiasm and love for culture. Also because our universities churn out important graduates in history and archaeology, that is, figures who have a higher quality of training than in other countries.”

But how much does the shortfall in ministry staffing currently amount to? The most recent estimate was made in October by the confederal trade unions (FP CGIL, CISL FP and UIL PA), according to which, out of a projected 18,854 non-managerial staff and 219 managerial staff, for a total of 19,073 workers (this is the total of the MiC’s staffing plan), the gaps amount to 8,321, including 34 among managers. A gap that represents about 44 percent of MiC’s workforce. Filling it is the first priority for the ministry.

Sangiuliano: MiC workforce undersized, we will make hires

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