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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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 [...]

The study The Resilience of Bergamot Farmers in the Reggio Calabria Province of Southern Italy was carried out to evaluate the contribution of the reorganization of the Bergamot supply chain to the socio-economic resilience of the families involved in the production. This research is the result of a resilience assessment of bergamot farmers in Calabria [...]

ARCO’s experts in Monitoring and Evaluation will teach Monitoring and Evaluation in the three days training  at the University of Bethlehem. To deepen and learn all the secrets of monitoring and evaluation, the Palestinian Pubic Finance Institute, the University of Bethlehem and VIS – International Volunteering for Development promote a formation for employees of Palestinian […]

ARCO Researchers participated to "Impact Action" an in-depth workshop organized by the programme SENT Social Enterprise and Legacoopsociali. The aim of the workshop was to study the methodologies and tools useful for designing, planning and monitoring new projects starting by focusing on the social impact that one intends to generate. The workshops aimed at expanding [...]