On 2 February 2016 he will enter law no. 221 of 28 December 2015 is in force “Environmental provisions to promote green economy measures and to contain the excessive use of natural resources.” published in the Official Gazette n.13 of 18-1-2016.
This law in article 5 paragraph 6 establishes the School Mobility Manager, a figure who
has the task of organizing and coordinating the home-school-home travel of school staff and students; maintain connections with municipal structures and transport companies; coordinate with other schools in the same municipality; verify solutions, with the support of companies that manage local transport services, by road and rail, for the improvement of services and their integration; guarantee intermodality and interchange; promote the use of bicycles and electric or low environmental impact vehicle rental services; report any problems related to the transport of disabled people to the regional school office
- Who should fill the role of School Mobility Manager? Does it have to be a teacher? It would seem so given that:
the institution in all institutes school of every order and degree, within of they autonomy administrative and organisational, of the figure of the mobility manager scholastic, chosen on the basis voluntary and without reduction of load educational, consistent with the plan of the offer training, with the school system and taking into account the existing teaching organisation.
With all the workload that teachers have nowadays, I doubt that there is anyone who takes on the tasks and role of School Mobility Manager and if there was anyone, I doubt that they will be able to be a good teacher and a good Mo.Ma. given the additional workload. Anyone who knows school environments knows how busy teachers are nowadays.
- What and what skills has the volunteer developed to cover such a role? delicate?
- How can you establish such a figure important and to say that specific guidelines will be created within sixty days of the entry into force of this law?! It would no longer be Is it logical to have the guidelines first and then the law in order to give school leaders the time and means to organize themselves? But no, we prefer a "sede vacant" for at least sixty days in which it is not clear who will be the candidate. the Camerlengo who will have to act as the School Mobility Manager.
- The School Mobility Manager can be an outsider? Maybe a professional with proven educational and professional experience? It's not clear! But paragraph 6 ends like this:
The implementation of this paragraph must not result in new or greater burdens on public finances
So even if it were possible to use an external consultant, this would be it means that there will be a free collaboration?
- Paragraph 1 of article 5 provides for a joint venture between several companies. municipalities in order to reach 100,000 inhabitants and contribute to the use of the mobility funds. sustainablemade available by the ministry?
It would be nice to have answers and clarifications to these questions. In Italy we already have the DECREE of 27 March 1998 of the Ministry of the Environment "Sustainable mobility in urban areas" (GU no. 179 of 3-8-1998), attached, which establishes the figure of the Mobility Manager as never before; worked directly on this decree by eliminating the word employees from article 3 paragraph 1 and replacing it with occupants (for example or a synonym indicating the people who are permanently present in that building)? The '98 decree also had considerable financial coverage (article 6) it was enough to reactivate it.
From 1998 to today the figure of the Mobility Manager in Italy has been a legend, with the law that will enter in force next February, limiting in many respects, all we can do is continue to keep this legend alive in people's memories.