Didacta Fair
About this good practice
The event is aimed at all levels of education and training: nursery, kindergarten, primary, junior, and senior secondary schools, ITS professional institutes, universities, scientific research institutes, and vocational training institutes, as well as businesses and professionals.
The format of Fiera Didacta includes an exhibition area involving the supply chain of companies working in the world of education and training and an activity dedicated to events: conferences and seminars ranging from the technological area to the scientific and humanities, to the learning space.
During the event, free seminars for guidance on business creation, professions and employment aimed at upper secondary school students will be presented, self-entrepreneurship, how to start your own business, forecast data on labour market trends and professional and training needs of businesses will also be discussed.
Fiera Didacta Italia is organized by Firenze Fiera; the Ministry of Education and Merit, Didacta International, the Region of Tuscany, The City of Florence, Unioncamere, the Florence Chamber of Commerce, the Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau, ITKAM (Italian Chamber of Commerce for Germany) compose the organizing committee; INDIRE is the scientific partner.
Resources needed
Public funding from the Tuscany Region: €48,678.00
Costs breakdown:
- Service for design, implementation, set-up, and related technical assistance: €39,000.00
- Service of supplying promotional material for information and publicity: €8,922.00
Evidence of success
2017:
• 150 exhibitors
• 4 pavilions
• 27K m2
• 9 international companies
• 153 events
• 233 H seminars
• 460 speakers
2018:
• 23K attendees
• 474 events
• 31K m²
• + than 200 exhibitors
• 130 journalists
2019:
• 25K attendees
• 16K hours of Training
• 762 events
• 160 journalists
• 200 exhibitors
• 31K m²
2020: Covid-19
2021: Online (no data available)
2022:
• 893 events
• 19K attendees
• 230 companies
2023:
• 1413 Events
• 28K attendees
• 33K m²
• 342 Exhibitors
• 8 pavilions
Potential for learning or transfer
It brings together teachers, instructors, entrepreneurs and trainers, policymakers and administrators, researchers, and journalists. This is why Fiera DIDACTA can be called the pinnacle of the educational sector.
The success of the fair is based on three pillar areas:
1. The fair exhibition
2. Lectures, workshops and seminars
3. The education policy forum
The DIDACTA fair is its showcase and meeting point for the comparison of experience, science, and policy.
The challenges possibly encountered could be exclusively related to the organizational aspect: It is necessary to bring together qualitatively high actors from the same sector but different from each other, such as education, labour, and policymakers, and to agree on the purpose of intent and the temporal period. Organizing such an event also requires a lot of effort from the logistical point of view regarding the space and activities to be organized since the number of guests/participants is very high.
Further information
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
TUSCANY REGION - Regional Government - Continuous Training and Professions Sector