LUISS has partnered with the first Youth Festival, in Gaeta April 14-16, 2016: a three-day event for high school and university students with debates, orientation seminars, presentations of new career paths, and talks on Italian public school reforms. Participation in the festival is free of charge, and the city of Gaeta has offered special discounts on accomodations.
Students in their final three years of high school can also participate in a LUISS initiative for the School-Work Alternation Project sponsored by the Ministry of Education: a video competition on Roberto Costantini's latest novel La moglie perfetta.
Groups must have no more than five members and sign up for the competiton by sending a registration form including their names, school, class and teacher. The competition includes three phases:
- reading the book
- storytelling and video production training
- video shooting and editing
Videos may be shot with any type of camera and must be 1-2 minutes long. Submissions must be uploaded to Youtube and sent to the Youth Festival by March 20, 2016.