On the competition for 1,052 museum assistants still uncertainty more than a year after suspension

When will the competition for 1,052 access, reception and supervision (AFAV) workers that the Ministry of Cultural Heritage started in 2019 and was suspended due to Covid be “restarted”? Although the time is now fully ripe to unblock it, there are still no answers, and thousands of aspiring museum workers are still waiting to know what will happen.

The competition was also the subject of discussion last Thursday in the Senate: Senator Margherita Corrado of the Mixed Group asked Culture Minister Dario Franceschini if he is able to give a certain date for the written test to be held, if the oral test will be confirmed, or at least if the ministry has at least a plan, a precise and reasonable timetable. Franceschini, however, was unable to provide certain timelines: he merely said what we all already know, namely that the written was postponed due to the health emergency, and that the MiC, as early as 2020, had asked Formez to proceed with the restart of the competition procedure with the scheduling of the written test, including possibly making use of written tests in computer or digital mode, or video conferencing for the oral tests.

Franceschini let it be known that at the moment the ministry is “finalizing, with the competent Department of Civil Service, the modalities of conduct.” And it’s about time, too: the written tests were supposed to be held on April 24, 2020 (but the suspension dates back to March 19, 2020). More than a year later, candidates still have no dates, and since by now we should be perfectly capable of running a competition, even one with a large turnout (in a pandemic year, it cannot be said that there has been no time to organize), perhaps it is time to announce the dates for the next tests as soon as possible. Also because there are more and more museums in a distressed situation due to staff shortages: the most recent case being the museums in Abruzzo closed due to staffing gaps, among other reasons.

On the competition for 1,052 museum assistants still uncertainty more than a year after suspension

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