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Workshop n. 6

THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN ITALY:  DIVERSITY AS A MATTER OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

DIVERSITY AS A MATTER OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

The law 381 of 1991, formalised the concept of social economy in Italy. Before this law a number of co-operatives and associations worked in the social field without having any formal recognition from public authorities. The concept of social co-operative, as a consequence, has been introduced together with the social nature of the general purposes of this kind of enterprise.

For the first time the human being acquired a value and with it the complexity of the context in which people live. Since that period it has been possible to start to talk about local community, an environment rich of resources, problems and potentials to be exploited by using the mean of co-operation, the social co-operation.

This workshop will explore the different aspects of social economy, the widest concept of local community co-operation, as well as some relevant experiences in matter of local community development in difficult contexts, where diversity has represented the engine of a new model of economic development and social cohesion.

Speakers/facilitators:          

 Franca  Iannaccio social co-operator since 1989, within a social co-operative, Futura, which provides services to disadvantaged people: disabled, youngsters, convicted and ex-convicted people. . From 1989 to 1991 home social assistant of disabled people. Training session in London c/o the London Borough of Waltham Forest College, on Mentoring scheme action addressed to young people. From 1991 to 2000, president of Social Co-operative Futura. Since 1993, project and planning activity in matter of social exclusion, on behalf of different non profit organisations like Consorzio Sol.co Roma

Since 1998 is vice president of Consorzio Sol.co Roma which represent 82 social co-operatives aiming to provide services to local communities, mainly disadvantaged ones, by using local potential at human and social level and through the insertion of disadvantaged people in the labour market. Since 1995 is president of the Consorzio Città Solidale, working on a Recite II programme of ERDF - Le Chéile project - aiming to fight social exclusion through enterprise creation, settlement of 5 local development agencies in the 5 towns involved (Rome, Dublin, London, Madrid and Vila Nova de Gaia) and creation of new model on matter of enterprise skills development. She is also engaged in the planning and management activities related to the development of social economy in the city of Rome and many more projects.

Alessandro Radicchi,  University Degree in Mathematics (branch of Astronomical Computer Science). Member of the Social Co-operative “Europe Consulting” in the role of President and  Developing Sector Manager. Collaboration with the “Sol.Co. Roma” Consortium  in the  co-ordination of the social tourism area and projects about childhood.

Since 1999 production Assistant in the “Civil Service Project ” for passengers and pilgrims Welcome at the Termini Station of Rome. Planning and Developing of the Internet site http://cammina.solcoroma.net  to follow via Internet  the phases of the expedition of a mental disable on the Himalayan Mountains. Management Co-ordination of three family house for orphans children and mother-son family group. Consultant in the “Sol.Co.  Roma” consortium for the management of the European Community project “Azione Comune” for the Italian Centre for Refugees . Consultant in the SARITEL Join Stock Company in the role of  First level Customer Care support on problems around Internet and Web Hosting. Co-ordinator for the “Sol.Co. Roma”  consortium of the “Cammina, Cammina” project for the realisation of  tourist guides for people with physical or mental disabilities. In 1998 planning and Developing of the Internet site http://bosnia.tsx.org  for the “Ivan Pavao II” family house for war orphans children in the Herceg-Bosna. Just to mention some of the projects conducted.