Trieste, May 2025
A few weeks have passed since my arrival at the Trieste headquarters of the Interregional Council of Mayors of Friuli Venezia Giulia – Carinthia, and I am still immersed in a phase of observation and discovery. I entered the Interreg project, but what I am experiencing goes far beyond a training experience: it is a journey of understanding, connection and personal transformation.
🌍 A traveler in search of new horizons
In recent years I have lived, studied and worked in several countries: from New Zealand to Australia, passing through Portugal, Lithuania (as a volunteer European Solidarity Corps) and Denmark.
I am a UX/UI web designer by profession, also with skills in communication and digital marketing. I have always tried to combine my technical skills with a passion for travel, multiculturalism and meeting people.
Having taken part in several European programs, such as Erasmus Plus, I am also starting to approach the world of writing European projects. The current experience with Interreg represents for me a precious opportunity to better understand how a European cross-border cooperation project is structured and developed.
✨ An experience that intertwines with my path
This project represents an important stage in my personal and professional path, offering me the opportunity to look at my territory with new eyes. Returning to Italy was not easy. But this experience is offering me a precious opportunity: to return with a new, more aware look and with a strong desire to contribute to my territory.
I feel that every day here, between desks, borders and new relationships, I am putting a little more piece in my mission: helping people to orient themselves in the world, overcome borders – geographical and mental – and find new opportunities for growth.
🏛️ The arrival at CISL and the Interreg project
With Interreg and CISL I am having the opportunity to approach a new dimension for me: cross-border cooperation. The project I am involved in focuses on the dynamics between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Austria, and was born with a very concrete objective: to support the mobility of cross-border workers.
What does this mean? We are working on the creation of a bilingual information platform (Italian/German), conceived as a real virtual infopoint. It will contain practical materials,
thematic sheets and infographics on various areas related to work mobility: legal, fiscal, social security, contractual aspects, and much more.
Together with colleagues and stakeholders of the project, we are building this tool from scratch, which will be accessible and easily consultable for workers, employers and interested citizens. One of the main tasks is the identification of eight key professional figures (including legal experts, labor consultants and specialists in international mobility), who will help us structure the contents.
💬 Observe, listen, learn
My role, at the moment, is that of an active observer. I participate in meetings, planning sessions and stakeholder consultations. I am learning how a trade union works in Italy, but also how to build a concrete and useful European project for the territory.
Thanks to my background in digital communication and design, I will also be able to contribute to the visual and technical part of the project: the creation of information content, the design of infographics and the structure of the platform.
– Enrico, IVY Project Partner at Interregional Trade Union Council Friuli-Venezia Giulia- Carinthia (IRTUC Friuli Venezia Giulia- Carinthia), for the Interreg project WORK- FAIR, under the programme Interreg Italy-Austria.
