1. Education System Tirrenia-Pisa – May 12, 2011 www.regione.toscana.it

2. Constitutional Law 18 October 2001, No 3 "Amendments to Title V of Part II of the Constitution "

3. Art. 117 Legislative powers shall be vested in the State and the Regions in compliance with the Constitution and with the constraints deriving from EU legislation and international obligations.

4. The State has exclusive legislative powers in 17 matters, as: foreign policy and international relations of the State; right of asylum and legal status of non- EU citizens; immigration; relations between the Republic and religious denominations; defence and armed forces; State security; currency; health and general provisions on education;

5. The State and the Regions have concurring legislative powers in several matters, as: international and EU relations of the Regions; foreign trade; job protection and safety; and among them education, according to the autonomy of educational institutions and with the exception of vocational education and training.

6. The Regions have legislative powers in all subject matters that are not expressly covered by State legislation.

8. Regional Law of 26 July 2002, No 32 L egislation of the Tuscany Region in the field of education, guidance, vocational training and labour. The Education System in Tuscany

9. Local Governance System Coordination process of territorial entities (institutional and non- public and private) and related initiatives with the aim of: Promote capacity building in the area; Provide a strong participation of the territory and society in the building of policy choices for regional development

10. Local Governance System Regional Administration 10 provinces 1 district (Empolese Valdelsa) 287 municipalities (35 Conference of Mayors) + schools, training agencies, companies, associations, unions, etc…

11. Governance Planning The Province, in connection with the regional planning, adopt a plan formed by multi-annual programs on the basis of the integrated process of consultation which took place at provincial level, with the participation of representatives of the Conference of Mayors.

12. Items of the governance planning in educational system educational services for early childhood; non-formal education activities for young; adult education activities; integrated projects for the qualitative development of education system regarding: development of the education system with the promotion and support of networking of schools, of educational research, testing and teacher training; the promotion and implementation of specific projects that experiment and contained methods of integration of the educational offer plans (POF).

13. % of foreign students in Tuscany versus Italian % Data from the school year 2008/09 School levelTuscanyItalydifference Kindergarten12%7%5% Primary School12,3%8,3%4,0% Secondary School12,5%8,0%4,5% Upper secondary school7,8%4,8%3,0%

14. Students delay – Data from the Province of Prato school year 2010/11

15. Thanks for your attention! Stefania Cecchi Administrative Officer Education Branch stefania.cecchi@regione.toscana.it