Agenda Sud 2025-2027: up to €150,000 for basic skills in the first cycle

Agenda Sud 2025-2027: basic skills in the first cycle

With notice ref. no. 53338 of 9 March 2026, implementing Ministerial Decree no. 175 of 9 September 2025, the Ministry is using the PN «Scuola e competenze» 2021-2027 (National Programme “School and Skills”) to fund pathways that strengthen basic skills and narrow learning gaps in schools in Southern Italy.

Who benefits

The first-cycle state schools (primary and lower secondary schools) identified by the decree in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily.

Amounts

Up to €150,000 per school for the 300 schools in annex 1, with proportional amounts for the other schools in annex 2. Projects are managed on a standard-cost basis: €70 per hour for the expert, €30 for the tutor and €5.10 per hour per participant for management, with optional canteen and additional staff member.

What can be funded

• 30- or 60-hour modules (100 for languages) in Italian as a first or second language;
• maths and science;
• English in primary school and a foreign language in lower secondary school.

Deadlines

• notice published on 9 March 2026; applications on SIF2127 closed on 10 April 2026;
• schools are advised to start at least 40% of activities by 31 December 2026;
• projects completed by 31 August 2027.

Documents

📄 Public notice ref. no. 53338 of 09/03/2026

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Source: Ministry of Education and Merit – public notice ref. no. 53338 of 9 March 2026, PN «Scuola e competenze» 2021-2027 (Ministerial Decree no. 175 of 9 September 2025).