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LinkedinPublication: 3 April 2017 Latest update: 27 November 2024
What is it?
The ITACA programmeprovides scholarships to fully or partially cover an academic stay abroad.
The stay is organised and provided by third parties. The coverage is paid by the INPS to the winner of the dedicated call for tenders.
Listen to the podcast ‘Scholarships an Opportunity for Young People’ on the ‘INPS on air’ channel of the Spreaker platform.
Who is it aimed at?
The study abroad programme is aimed at children and orphans:
- of those enrolled in the Unified Scheme of credit and social benefits (Credit Fund);
- of pensioners of the Civil Servants’ Pension Scheme.
How does it work?
The INPS offers students the opportunity to spend all or part of an academic year studying in a school in a foreign country.
The period spent at the foreign Institute is recognised according to the current provisions.
The places are assigned through the competition tender published in the Welfare, Assistance and Mutuality section.
The stay includes the costs of:
- housing with families, boarding schools or academic residences;
- any entry visas;
- travel and transfer from the airport of arrival to the place of destination, including airport taxes;
- board during the whole stay, including costs of the school canteen;
- local public transport;
- insurance cover.
The contribution to be paid by the user:
- varies according to the ISEE index;
- may not exceed the maximum amount stated in the call for tenders.
Claim
REQUIREMENTS
The requirements are as follows:
- enrolment in the second or third year of a secondary school;
- not to have fallen behind in your school career.
WHEN CAN I CLAIM?
Within the deadlines stipulated in the competition tender
HOW CAN I CLAIM?
Claims for the 2023-2024 academic year must be submitted by the person requesting the benefit, exclusively online to INPS, through the Welfare Benefits Portal.
To consult the claims from previous years you need to use the Portal of the Civil Servants’ Pension Scheme services (workers and pensioners).
In order to send the documents relating to the ITACA calls of previous years, it is necessary to use the service “Sending of Welfare documentation – ITACA calls, university colleges, Estate INPSieme Senior”.
The three services can be accessed from this page by clicking on “Use service”.
Before filling out and submitting the online claim, it is important to make sure that you have access credentials.
After the rankings of those admitted with reservation have been published, the claimant to the benefit must submit online on the INPS website, via the dedicated service, all the documentation required by the tender announcement.
Processing times of the measure
The deadline to define the measure was set at 30 days by the Regulation for the definition of the terms to conclude the administrative proceedings adopted by INPS pursuant to Article 2 of Law no. 241/1990.