Complexity course design

The “Science of Complex Systems” represents, for the Europeanvocational training systems, an innovative approach because it shallintroduce within educational studies a concrete multi-disciplinaryapproach.The project CETRA, as underlined by the “European Foundationfor the Improvement of Living and working conditions”, hasidentified, among the guiding principles, the emphasis on anintegrated view of issues across systems. The 21st century isbeginning with changes, for enterprises, employees and the society asa whole, the extent of which is difficult to assess at present.Furthermore, EU reports31 have outlined the global dimension and thecontinuous trends of changes within the relationship betweeneconomy, know-how and technology.The traditional approach to disciplinary knowledge, which stillinfluences education and training systems, is no more fitting the needsof the new organisation of culture, science and training32. The lifelonglearning approach, requires integration among the different educationand training opportunities.General aim of the course on Complex systems is the transmissionof the contents, of the approach and over all of the new visions thisrecent field of science is able to offer.