Analisi territoriale per pianificare lo sviluppo umano sostenibile
L’analisi territoriale è uno strumento utile a una comprensione approfondita di un determinato territorio, che sia esso un quartiere, una città, un gruppo di città o una regione. Tale strumento può essere utilizzato dagli amministratori locali, dai decisori politici e dalle organizzazioni che mirano ad avere un impatto significativo sul territorio, selezionando priorità e strategie [...]
Community based Emancipatory Disability Research: methods & potentialities
Community-based Emancipatory Disability Research, CB-EDR, supports people with disabilities and disabled people’s organisations to produce new knowledge about their own lives and the different barriers that impede their full and effective participation in society. Thus, CB-EDR is both a tool to foster inclusive development and a tool to collect quantitative and qualitative data to identify [...]
SPES Sustainability Performances Evidences and Scenarios
How can productivity, equality, sustainability, and participation be reconciled in an integrated framework to help drive the transition towards sustainable human development in Europe? SPES-Sustainability Performances Evidences & Scenarios is a European project, financed under the Horizon 2030 Research and Innovation Programme, that aims at better understanding the interconnections between economic growth, human flourishing, and [...]
PATHS2INCLUDE developing inclusive labour markets for persons in vulnerable situations
Disentangling the dimensions of discrimination in the labour market to gain knowledge on developing inclusive labour markets for persons in vulnerable situations. PATHS2INCLUDE European Labour Market Under Pressure – New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations, is a European project, financed under the Horizon 2030 Research and Innovation Programme, that aims to [...]
SROI Analysis, measuring companies social performance
Measuring the SROI index, Social Return on Investment, allows companies and/or organizations to measure the impact of their investments or corporate welfare projects in terms of social performance. The concept of social impact has received increasing attention in recent years, especially from social enterprises and third sector organizations that wish to know, evaluate and communicate [...]
Intersectionality, GIS tools and social rights: a study on the gaps on European social citizenship
The growing awareness about the role of social rights as a founding component of European citizenship and cohesion led the European institutions to launch the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in 2017. In the EUROSHIP Working paper n°27 “Intersectionality and the assessment of gaps in social citizenship” by Mario Biggeri, ARCO’s Scientific Director, Federico [...]
SDG Localization in China’s provinces, a new study for the academic and policy debate
According to the global 2020 SDG Index, China ranks 48th out of 166 countries in terms of SDG performances, with a score of 73.9. At the national level, this suggests a capacity of balancing different aspects of development, exploiting their synergies and reducing the trade-offs. Yet, the strong heterogeneity in the level and type of […]
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 [...]