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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The VINIL form, Valutazione INtegrata per l'Inclusione Lavorativa, has been developed by the Inclusive Development Unit to elaborate a specific profiles of persons with disabilities in order to foster and strengthen their inclusion on the job market. The form focuses on the assessment of the person's employability in different contexts and projects. It is a [...]

Regione Emilia Romagna recently published its “Guidelines for Gender Budgeting” to invite local municipalities to focus on a deeper analysis of their policies in terms of differentiated impact on women and men. These Guidelines have been inspired by the Well-Being BGbe approach and Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen’s Human Development Paradigm. The presented process for [...]