Regeneration of urban spaces and buildings, a new European publication!
Cities play an essential role in the transition to the Circular Economy. Indeed, it is increasingly necessary to develop innovative policies for the reduction of energy consumption, emissions and waste and for their management. The Handbook on the Sustainable & Circular Re-Use of Spaces and Buildings, written by the members of the Partnership of the [...]
Spatial analysis, GIS and digital cartography: a training to integrate ARCO’s services
Spatial analysis have become increasingly important in development projects due to their ability to transform geographic data into visual representations. With Geo-spatial analysis we aim at defining a set of methodologies, tools and data through which it is possible to offer a cartographic representation of spatial phenomena, and to perform statistical analysis onto data having [...]
Urban resilience: the role of companies disclosures from SDG perspective
A resilient city is a sustainable network of physical systems and human communities that is built for strength and flexibility, rather than brittleness and fragility. The concept of urban resilience has recently begun to span from academic debates to other, more loosely connected, fields such as social and economic policies related to security, risk and [...]
Action-research to foster enabling ecosystem for social enterprises in Palestine
In Palestine, the unemployment rate of persons with disabilities has risen to 87%. The project “Let’s start up!” - funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and implemented by Educaid - aimed at fostering the creation of social enterprises to prmote the inclusion of women with disabilities and mothers of persons with disabilities in Palestine. The project [...]
Integrated Sustainable Development Index, a new index to monitor Sustainable Development Goals
To monitor the progress made in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Jeffrey Sachs and his colleagues at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) developed the SDG Index and Dashboard. Although this tool is useful for analysing progression over time and implementation of sustainable development goals in different countries, the index does [...]
The EHD methodology: evaluating human development
EHD methodology The EHD methodology goes beyond the traditional evaluations, which are focused on monodimensional outcomes. Based on the Capability Approach developed by Amartya Sen, EHD uses a tailored multidimensional set of indicators within a Sustainable Human Development paradigm. It also adopts a people-centred approach that allows to delivers evidence-based results in a short time [...]
Social impact reporting: a model for Third Sector organizations
The recent Third Sector Reform in Italy focuses more on accountability and transparency of Third Sector organizations and social businesses. However, due to their intrinsic diversity both locally and nationally, it is difficult to identify a univocal model capable of reporting the responsibilities and social impact of all Third Sector entities. The Social Economy Unit [...]