After a years-long standstill, public competition resumed massively in 2021, driven by the crucial turnover in the public administration and the need to manage the substantial resources that will reach Italy from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
Public competitions have remained stuck in the past: English Language skills testing is often treated as a mere formality and not a central part of the procedure.

Read here the Policy Brief n. 13/2022: L’inglese nei concorsi pubblici: anziché fare passi avanti, si fanno passi indietro, Giovanni Orsina