Ten ideas to return to Sardinia and never leave. These are those proposed by the Fernando Santi institute to help the island grow and fight against the phenomenon of depopulation which has had, among its consequences, also the "brain drain" abroad.

In the 64-page document, the intention is to create a network between young Sardinians living in other states and those residing in Sardinia. For this reason, a handbook of projects to be implemented is drawn up.

At the first point, the need to enrich the offer of university subject areas, above all with highly professional outlets. Then there are the calls to increase flights to and from the island, give work priorities to young Sardinians and involve them in workshops and internships in Italy and abroad both during their studies and in their first work experiences, and offer Tempting "Back" with the request to those who decide to return to create new development ideas.

"With this first tranche - underlines Pierpaolo Cicalò, president of the institute - we have gathered in Denmark, Sweden, Spain and England, through interaction with the Sardinian circles of those nations, a series of proposals and initiatives from qualified emigrants all abroad which will be the subject of discussion with cultural, political and economic experts, favoring the exchange and the realization of concrete projects».

«You leave, you run away, you run away, or more simply you look for more suitable places to realize your ambitions - adds the cultural manager of the project, Giuseppe Corongiu - to put your talent to good use, to make dreams come true. But it is no longer a question of the old emigration, that of the cardboard suitcase and the basic jobs from the labourer, to the pizza maker, to the worker. The new youth emigration, which moves from Sardinia, also constantly has this basic nucleus that is always the same, but is increasingly characterized by a qualified segment of intellectual strength that moves towards other shores, other contexts, other perspectives, with a more competitive".

«Nowadays - says Silvia Tolu, originally from Elmas and now living in Copenhagen - 7 years have passed, I have two children, I am an associate professor, I teach three courses, I am the supervisor of a postdoc and two PhD students and I direct the laboratory of neurorobotic technologies in the same university, which I created myself. If I could go back to Sardinia…».