Fernando Errico has called for better services, work and opportunities to stop young people leaving the inland areas of the Sannio. His message links the fight against depopulation to practical conditions for staying: adequate services, transport, health care, education, infrastructure and real employment opportunities.
The appeal was presented at the Summit of Inland Areas organized by the University of Sannio, placing universities alongside institutions and businesses in the discussion about the future of these territories.
What Errico proposed
According to the validated reporting, Errico identified essential services, efficient connections, work, training and cooperation between institutions, universities and enterprises as priorities.
The central point is combination rather than a single intervention: services alone are not enough without jobs, and job creation is difficult to sustain without transport, health care, education and infrastructure. Training and collaboration between public institutions, the university and firms are presented as the bridge between services and employment.
No operational timetable, result indicators or already allocated funds for Errico's proposals are given in the primary source. The proposals should therefore be read as priorities for action, not as funded measures with a fixed schedule.
The wider framework: Tammaro-Titerno
Errico's remarks fit into an existing regional and national framework for inland areas. The preliminary Tammaro-Titerno strategy concerns 30 municipalities in the province of Benevento, with Castel Pagano as lead municipality.
The strategy identifies territorial governance, digitalization, human capital, accessible mobility and the sustainable valorization of local resources as priorities. Regional resources of up to 14,343,557.07 euros are envisaged in the regional act acknowledging the preliminary strategy.
This is useful context for readers because it shows where broader public action is expected to operate: on local governance capacity, digital transition, skills and people, mobility, and sustainable local development. The regional page describes the Tammaro-Titerno strategy as preliminary, so implementation and achievement of its objectives remain to be verified.
Ten towns, one plan: “Nel Cuore del Sannio”
A second concrete reference is “Nel Cuore del Sannio,” a project involving ten municipalities: Pietrelcina, Pesco Sannita, San Marco dei Cavoti, Baselice, Molinara, Foiano di Val Fortore, Fragneto l’Abate, Campolattaro, Morcone and Sassinoro.
The project brings together educational services, shared housing, sustainable mobility, proximity welfare and support for youth entrepreneurship. Reported interventions include childhood services, a diffused student residence, a housing platform, organized distribution and car-sharing, car-pooling and social transport services.
For residents and younger families, these are the measures closest to daily life: places and services for children, more organized housing options, alternatives for getting around in low-density areas, and support for starting businesses locally. The sources describe strategies and planned projects, but do not yet document their actual effect on employment, resident numbers or youth migration.
What to watch next
Three questions remain open. First, how Errico's priorities will be translated into funded actions with responsibilities and dates. Second, how the Tammaro-Titerno preliminary strategy will move from planning to delivery across its 30 municipalities. Third, how “Nel Cuore del Sannio” will implement its education, housing, mobility and enterprise measures across its ten towns.
For now, the direction is clear: keep services close to people, improve connections, invest in training and create work where young people already live.
