Schools and regions: Umbria’s challenge, Calabria’s MIRAI and municipal funding
**Umbria: startup ideas at school.** On November 10 the Region announced the return of “Generazione di Futuro”, its challenge with Sviluppumbria for third- and fourth-year classes at Umbria’s upper-secondary schools: each class may submit no more than two projects.[6]
The most promising ideas may gain access to training and mentoring; possible recognition under school-to-work and guidance pathways (PCTO) is an option described by the Region, not an outcome already secured.[6]
The announcement gives November 30, 2026 as the deadline for emailing the registration form to challenge.futuro@sviluppumbria.it and refers readers to Sviluppumbria’s challenge page.[6]
These are the instructions in the regional news announcement: we have not checked the linked form and rules or the acceptance of applications; schools should consult those documents before submitting.
**Calabria: MIRAI’s new 2026/2027 edition.** In its November 11 announcement, the Region presents an orientation programme for upper-secondary schools, particularly fourth- and fifth-year students moving towards university, higher technological institutes (ITS) or work.[7]
The Region reports an €800,000 allocation and expansion to 130 school sites: these are the announced dimensions of the new phase, not our verification of activities already completed.[7]
Connecting schools with businesses and supporting local employment are programme objectives, not demonstrated employment outcomes.[7]
The page consulted is a presentation: it provides neither an individual registration procedure nor an application deadline. We therefore do not describe it as an open call for students or families.[7]
**Municipalities: the national application window opens.** From noon on November 11 to noon on November 13, 2026, municipalities can apply for funding for formal and non-formal educational and recreational activities: the application window is confirmed by Italy’s Department for Family Policies.[1][3]
The November 11 service development is the opening of applications, not a call first announced today: ANCI Lombardia had already outlined it on November 6.[2]
**Who applies.** The official call allocates €4 million overall to municipal initiatives and accepts applications only from municipalities, not families, associations or supra-municipal bodies.[4]
Municipalities in the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano are excluded, as are beneficiaries of the August 6, 2025 call that had not completed and accounted for their funded activities when the new call was published.[4]
That second exclusion, which should be checked before submission, is absent from ANCI Lombardia’s summary of eligible applicants.[2][4]
**Sending first is not enough.** For each of the nineteen regions concerned, the first five valid applications can receive funding, at €42,105 per municipality within available resources.[4]
The order depends on the sequence in which messages are acquired by the department’s region-specific certified-email inbox, not the sending time recorded by the municipality.[4]
Form 1 must be returned as a PDF digitally signed by the legal representative or a delegate and sent from the individual municipality’s institutional PEC address to the correct regional inbox.[4]
Applications outside the window are not considered: sending early does not secure a place.[3]
**North and islands: examples under the same call.** The official table lists fvg.afn@pec.governo.it for municipalities in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and sicilia.afn@pec.governo.it for those in Sicily.[5]
These are regional destinations under the same national call, not two separate regional funding schemes.[4][5]
The department’s updated announcement publishes the list, while ANCI’s earlier summary still described it as forthcoming.[1][2]
Projects must cover at least two intervention areas under the call; schools and public or private organisations may collaborate without replacing the municipality as applicant.[4]
Before submission, check eligibility, form, signature, inbox and application window: we have not verified remaining places or approval of any individual application.
## Sources
[1] https://famiglia.governo.it/it/politiche-e-attivita/comunicazione/notizie/attivita-educative-e-ricreative-formali-e-non-formali-dei-comuni-pubblicazione-dell-elenco-degli-indirizzi-di-posta-elettronica-certificata-regionali — famiglia
[2] https://anci.lombardia.it/dettaglio-news/20261161120-attivit-educative-e-ricreative-online-lavviso-da-4-milioni-per-i-comuni-domande-11-13-novembre/anci.lombardia.it — anci
[3] https://famiglia.governo.it/it/politiche-e-attivita/finanziamenti-avvisi-e-bandi/avvisi-e-bandi/attivita-educative-e-ricreative-formali-e-non-formali-dei-comuni-nuovo-avviso-2026 — famiglia-avviso
[4] https://famiglia.governo.it/media/hhydhnoc/avviso-pubblico-finanziamento-attivit-formali-e-non-formali.pdf
[5] https://famiglia.governo.it/media/scqfpnkb/elenco_pec_regionali.pdf
[6] https://www.regione.umbria.it/notizie/-/asset_publisher/54m7RxsCDsHr/content/generazione-di-futuro-torna-la-challenge-per-le-scuole-umbre — Regione Umbria — Generazione di Futuro, 10 novembre 2026
[7] https://calabriaeuropa.regione.calabria.it/nuove-generazioni-progetto-mirai-2026-2027 — Calabria Europa — MIRAI 2026/2027, 11 novembre 2026