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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A gender lens: gender mainstreaming and evaluation strategies for development projects
When developing an evaluation strategy for a project or programme, regardless of the sector of intervention and the specific topics addressed, it is essential to ensure that phenomena are read through an inclusive “lens”. Indeed, such an approach, which is also increasingly promoted by international development organisations (OECD DAC, 2019), makes it possible to distinguish […]