AMIF FAMI valutazione evaluation project progetti migranti migrazione migration migrants work inclusion lavoro inclusione
Wednesday February 15th, 2023 ARCO LAB

Evaluating projects tackling migration and sustainable human development

Understanding the link between migration and (human) development is fundamental to purse a more sustainable and inclusive future. Human mobility is at the same time part of the structural transformation process of human development and a factor that affects such process. In particular, migration potentially affects the well-being of the migrants and their families, communities [...]

SECA model modello compliance imprese conformità
Wednesday January 18th, 2023 ARCO LAB

The SECA model to measure the compliance of production processes in manufacturing SMEs

Firms play a leading role in the transition to sustainability since their organizational structure, management system, and innovation processes are all key drivers towards sustainability, inclusiveness, and productivity growth. The sectors characterized by a high presence of micro, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) don’t always have the appropriate tools and model to assess the application […]

PNRR NRRP piano nazionale ripresa e resilienza lavoro inclusione sociale work social inclusione mission 5 missione ricerca social inclusion
Tuesday November 22nd, 2022 ARCO LAB

Labour policies and social inclusion: a critical analysis of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan’s Mission 5

The extraordinary resources provided by the #NexGenerationEU programme, implemented in Italy through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), offer an opportunity to rethink policies for inclusion and cohesion. On the one hand, these resources allow to contrast social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular reference to levels of unemployment, poverty and material deprivation, […]

sahel covid 19 impatto sviluppo inclusivo locale economico development economic Mali Burkina Faso inclusion
Tuesday September 27th, 2022 ARCO LAB

Social inclusion and COVID-19 : the effects of the pandemic in the Sahelian regions of Mali and Burkina Faso

The COVID-19 pandemic has had and still has important consequences on political stability, economic growth and social cohesion worldwide and the Sahel region doesn’t make any exception. The Department of Economics and Management (DISEI) of the University of Florence involved ARCO’s Inclusive Development Unit in a in depth study that aims to provide a comprehensive […]

empowerment economico donne ricerca approfondimento centro italia violenza di genere
Monday June 6th, 2022 ARCO LAB

Promoting the economic empowerment of women, an in-depth study

The empowerment process enables women to deal with violence, in all its forms: physical, sexual, psychological, economic. The analysis of the case study provided by the project Do.N.N.E (Do Not Neglect Equality) – which intervenes in communities in Central Italy affected by the violent earthquakes of 2016 and 2018 and whose evaluation was carried out […]

european social rights indicator diritti sociali citizenship cittadinanza sociale ricerca research indicator indicatore
Wednesday May 11th, 2022 ARCO LAB

ESRI European Social Rights Indicator a composite indicator to monitor social rights across Europe

The European Social Rights Indictor, ESRI, has been developed by ARCO researchers in the framework of the the Horizon 2020 project EUROSHIP - Closing gaps in social citizenship.  The elaboration of the ESRI is part of a wider stream of work on social indicators based on the cooperation between TARKI Social Research Institute and the [...]

grano duro valutazione di impatto durum wheat food security sicurezza alimentare impact evaluation
Wednesday April 27th, 2022 ARCO LAB

Analysis of the impact of a multi-component project on food security and SDG-related outcomes

Improving the living conditions of smallholder farmers is key for the achievement of most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and specifically for the achievement of SDG1-No poverty and SDG2-Zero hunger. Although modernizing agriculture and promoting rural development is not a sufficient condition for eradicating poverty (SDG1) and achieving food security (SDG2), it is an important ‘‘policy [...]

coltiva la tua impresa sociale imprenditori sociali Pistoia accompagnamento lezioni
Thursday March 10th, 2022 ARCO LAB

Scopri il bando “Coltiva la tua impresa!” per imprenditori sociali a Pistoia

Il bando "Coltiva la tua impresa!" sostiene la nascita e la diffusione di imprese sociali a Pistoia e nella provincia di Pistoia attraverso un percorso di accompagnamento rivolto ad aspiranti imprenditori sociali o gruppi che intendono avviare o che stanno avviando un'attività di impresa sociale. I progetti presentati che risulteranno più meritevoli potranno accedere alla [...]