Employability assessment for persons with disabilities, ICF and Capability Approach
The challenge for employability assessment of persons with disabilities lies in implementing a genuinely person-centred approach that accounts not only for impairments, functional limitations, and environmental barriers but also for capacities, values, aspirations, and agency. The Inclusive Development Unit faced this challenge in developing and implementing VINIL (Valutazione Integrata per l’Inclusione Lavorativa), an ICF and […]
Localised Participatory Research Agenda for social enterprises: bridging the gap between SE ecosystems and academia
Social enterprises can play a relevant role in local and human development. However, in some countries public institutions and local stakeholders still have some difficulties in understanding the benefits of developing enabling ecosystems for social enterprises. Consequently, research and academic institutions in such countries are tasked with a significant role in the initial development of [...]
Scopri il bando “Coltiva la tua impresa!” per imprenditrici e imprenditori sociali del territorio pistoiese
Il bando "Coltiva la tua impresa!" sostiene la nascita e la diffusione di imprese sociali nel territorio pistoiese attraverso un percorso di accompagnamento rivolto ad aspiranti imprenditrici e imprenditori sociali o gruppi che intendono avviare o che stanno avviando un'attività di impresa sociale. Il percorso di accompagnamento è articolato in 10 incontri su 5 mesi [...]
SWINS Sustainable Well-being through Investment in Social Services
Produce a new comparative, gender sensitive and integrated framework for the measurement of the returns of investments in social services, this is the main objective of the project SWINS- Sustainable Well-being through Investment in Social Services. The overarching architecture of the project is aimed at producing new knowledge on how the returns of complementary different [...]
Promuovere i piani di welfare e altre misure di conciliazione vita-lavoro, un bando della Regione Toscana
Benché nell’ultimo decennio il divario di genere nel mondo del lavoro si sia ridotto in Toscana, persiste una disparità fortemente legata alle responsabilità di cura e grava prevalentemente sulla componente femminile. La Regione Toscana mette a disposizione dei datori di lavoro delle risorse per promuovere l’adozione di modalità di lavoro flessibili e piani di welfare [...]
Organisational consulting: promoting sustainability, inclusion, and well-being in impact organisations
Sustainability, inclusion, and well-being are increasingly essential in today's market, as organisations, companies and institutions need to focus on their internal and external dynamics and the impact they generate. Achieving business objectives no longer depends only on leveraging the best technical expertise but also on adopting the right combination of training and growth opportunities for [...]
Using Outcome Harvesting to evaluate socio-economic development and social innovation generated by Social Enterprises in complex areas
The Outcome Harvesting is an effective methodology to evaluate development projects that seek to cultivate and advance social enterprises within intricate and multifaceted contexts. Amidst the ever-evolving socio-economic, political, and cultural dynamics characterizing complex environments, traditional evaluation approaches often fall short in capturing the nuanced outcomes of such projects. In the paper titled “Using Outcome [...]
Benefits of a synergy between external and internal evaluation strategies
External evaluation of development projects and programmes is increasingly required in calls for proposals by public and private, Italian and European, funding bodies. An evaluation study prepared by an external organization provides a more objective view of the degree of achievement of planned objectives and results. However, benefits of external evaluation are maximised when NGOs [...]