ConTeStoweb.it participates in the Network4people contest organized by Reale Foundation.
ConTeSto is the new digitalnetwork dedicated to rare and complex diseases and disabilities, which match patients, no profit organizations and services in Piedmont (Italy) to make the treatment system more functional, focused on the needs of people. We all are or know someone who experiences this situation, people who live with rare diseases, disabilities, pathologies that make everyday life tiring and difficult.
Let’s support them, let’s vote this project together!
An increasing number of professional firms are gearing up for B Corp certification. Fiscalgest was the first to become a Benefit Society in Piedmont and the third in Italy.
By becoming a B Corp, Fiscalgest integrates into its bylaws purposes of common benefit, in line with current times. Director Riccardo Petrignani tells us about it.
On November 5, 2021, from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm, at Open Incet, piazza Teresa Noce 17 in Turin, will be held, Imp’ACT – From dreamers to changemakers, the final event of the Strategic Partnership Erasmus+ SSEDs (Strategies for youth SSE Entrepreneurship Development and Social impact).
The Social and Solidarity Economy project has actively involved 7 organizations from 4 different countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, and France); Confcooperative Piemonte Nord is a project partner together with Citizens in Action, Nexses, Unis-Cité, Stranaidea Impresa Sociale ONLUS, CooperaSec, Kaléidoscope.
The project lasted 2 years and the final event Imp’ACT – From dreamers to changemakers will be an opportunity to work in groups and collect valuable feedback from participants familiar with social impact assessment. So as to experiment with the tools made by the partners (Toolbox on values, sustainability, and social impact of the ESS and a Training Module for approaching young people to the ESS). The Toolbox can be used by everyone.
Access to the room will be limited. Therefore, registration will be closed once the maximum number allowed is reached.
The event will be held in English, without translation. According to the current regulations for the realization of events in presence, it will be required for attendees to wear a mask.
The seeds Project
The project aimed to support the development of the agri-food and tourist accommodation sectors, with particular attention to their commercial management and marketing strategies, useful for the promotion and growth of these sectors. Moreover, the project has tried to create new political strategies and new management standards for the economic sectors involved, in order to create a well-organized supply chain, enriched by the presence of young entrepreneurship, open to innovation.
The commitment of the project partners allowed the creation of a “toolbox” composed of an online toolbox on values, sustainability, and impact of Social and Solidarity Economy and a training module for young people on social impact assessment.
Thanks to the tools systematized during the project, developed in two years, it was possible to enhance the ideas of young people, stimulating the acquisition of knowledge about social impact assessment.
The 2030 Social Impact Prize is the award that aims to enhance entrepreneurial ideas to address the problems of inequality across Europe and, in particular, solutions that address some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: #1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16.
For the second year in a row, Torino Social Impact has been involved as an ecosystem in the selection committee of the finalist startups, which will be analyzed by a pool of partners representing the different public, private, financial, technological and specialized components. This year, the partners involved are 2i3t, I3P, LITA.co Italy, Mamazen, PerMicro, Reseau Entreprendre e SocialFare.
In the next months the finalists will be chosen. Updates will follow.
What if the narration of the space of care was itself part of the care? It will be discussed on October 26th starting from the experiences promoted by the Fondazione per l’architettura / Torino, during the meeting at Circolo del Design, in the frame of Torino Design of the City.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 5:00-7:00 p.m. Circolo del Design Via San Francesco da Paola 17, Turin
An appointment to talk about “Humanization of care places: narration and relationships in the project”. At the center of the discussion, the crucial role of relationships – and in particular of the strategic dimension of a shared narration integrated into the design of the space – able to strengthen the specific identity of care places and the sense of belonging in the different users.
In order to understand if and how narrative in the architecture for places of care can be a decisive element for the humanization of these places, during the meeting we will analyze the issue through the multidisciplinary gaze of designers, health professionals, philosophers and storytellers.
Each of them will be asked to propose a definition of narrative according to their respective disciplinary field, to highlight the communicative potential contained in architecture and to identify how this type of narrative can shape the sense of belonging and the identity of a place.
Fab SMS – Fondo Assistenza e Benessere Società di Mutuo Soccorso presents the “Charity Fab” competition, which offers 15,000 euros as a prize and is dedicated to supporting Volunteer Organizations in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Turin and Vercelli.
The Società di Mutuo Soccorso is launching this initiative with a view to constantly promoting the culture of wellbeing and mutualistic values and closeness to the community such as inclusion, proximity and territoriality, as emerged from its recent Social Report. The project, created in collaboration with Associazione Volontariato Torino – Vol.To, Associazione Centro Servizi Volontariato Asti-Alessandria – CSVAA, Centro Territoriale per il Volontariato Biella- Vercelli – CTV, aims to improve the health, well-being and promote a healthy lifestyle of children and teenagers with disabilities. In particular, the proposals submitted must be aimed at achieving one or more of the following Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.
Volunteer Organizations, registered in the Regional Register and having their registered office in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Turin, and Vercelli. For the support of the selected project proposals, Fab SMS provides 15,000 euros.
Social Impact Agenda for Italy has defined 10 recommendations useful to government, institutions, companies, financial funds, but also to universities, third sector actors and local communities, on how to exploit the opportunity offered by RRP and how to extend in Italy the potential of social entrepreneurship and impact finance to build a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
On Tuesday, October 19 at 6 pm, the recommendations will be presented at a web event organized in collaboration with Vita.
Speakers will include:
Giovanna Melandri, President of Social Impact Agenda for Italy
Filippo Montesi, Secretary General of Social Impact Agenda for Italy
Mario Calderini, spokesperson of Torin Social Impact
Sergio Gatti, Director General of Federcasse
Stefano Granata, President of Confcooperative Federsolidarietà
Irene Tinagli, Member of the European Parliament and President ECON
What does communication have to do with the impact economy?
The desire to create a dialogue and the possibility of conveying complex messages in a credible, convincing, and authoritative way is a path that the Torino Social Impact ecosystem is also undertaking with partners who fit into this specific mission.
Ex Idea is a Benefit Corporation which intent is to take care of the definition, exposure, and transmission of ideas and valuable content, through the design and management of events and web communication services.
We talked about this with Federica Donati, CEO of Ex Idea, was interviewed by Francesco Antonioli.
Saturday, October 23rd, from 10 am to 4 pm, at TAG Agnelli in Turin will be held the third edition of the Computational Law+ Festival, a free event organized by Legal Hackers Torino.
This year’s focus will be on social impact, an increasingly important issue in the field of sustainability, which will be discussed in four round tables and a keynote speech with experts in the field.
Patronage: Torino Social Impact
Sponsors: Talent Garden Fondazione Agnelli, Futura Law Firm starl SB
Media Partner: 4cLegal
Media Coverage: Giovanni Caponetto
Partner: AGICONSUL – Association of jurists and legal and tax consultants and PCM
The winners of theImpact Narrative Awards, the first ever awards dedicated to outstanding communication that captures the imagination and puts impact investing centre stage, have been announced.
The awards were launched earlier this year by The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG), Torino Social Impact and Social Impact Agendaper l’Italia, the Italian National Advisory Board, which promotes the development of impact finance in Italy. They aim to identify and honour best-in-class storytelling and communication used to persuade financial institutions and governments to put their full weight behind impact investing.
The winners in the category “best impact narrative aimed at the financial sector” were social impact and justice journalist, Meg Massey, and director of communications at Village Capital, Ben Wrobel, for their article “A Story About Power” based on their book Letting Go which highlights the “top-heavy” and “insular” nature of global foundations and impact investment funds and tells the story of those that have “chosen to cede decision-making power to people with lived experience of the problem at hand.”
The winner in the category “best impact narrative aimed at government” was GSG’s National Advisory Board (NAB) in Chile, which was represented by María de los Ángeles Ferrer. The Chile NAB produced a compelling two-minute video that explained how impact investing could help solve some of the globe’s most pressing problems.
The winners were announced to over 1,000 impact professionals during the GSG Global Impact Summit and win communications support from PR firm, Thinkshift, who will develop a communications strategy centred on the award-winning content.
By honouring narrative excellence, the Awards highlight the importance of communications that promote impact investing and the transition to economies that work for all people and the planet. The Awards also provide a platform to strengthen the narratives used to promote impact investing and help the movement to speak with one voice.
Cliff Prior, Chief Executive of the GSG, said:
“We need compelling new ways of communicating with people outside of the impact investing field to truly become mainstream. These winning submissions go a long way to encouraging financial institutions and governments to put their weight behind impact investing. We congratulate the winners and hope that the Awards shine a light on the importance of powerful storytelling in our movement.”
Mario Calderini, Spokesperson for Torino Social Impact, said:
“A compelling narrative is a key tool to foster stakeholder engagement among finance and government sectors in order to expand impact investing. This is why Torino Social Impact actively collaborated and supported the creation of the Awards, which have raised awareness about the importance of communication and to deliver effective examples. We therefore congratulate the winners and thank them for their important contribution for the achievement of the impact movement goals.”
We would like to congratulate all the organisations shortlisted for the Awards. The finalists included: Chi Impact Capital; Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg; UniCredit Social Impact Banking; Bravo Charlie; Neev Fund; Open Value Foundation; and FAIR.
We would also like to thank the Awards selection committee for undertaking the challenge of evaluating the excellent submissions received for consideration:
Dolika Banda, financial expert, GSG Ambassador, member of the CDC Board
Elena Casolari, CEO of Opes Italia Sicaf Euveca, a pioneer in the impact investing space
Tim West, communication expert, founder editor and CEO of Pioneers Post
Sandra Stewart, communication expert, founder of Thinkshift Communications, which is offering probono consultancy to the winners
Matias Kelly, former Secretary of State for Social Economy in the Argentinian Government and founder of Sumatoria, an Impact Finance firm
From October 6 to 8, 2021, the most important social impact investment event of the year, the GSG Global Impact Summit, of which Torino Social Impact is an official partner, will be held online.
At the event, which will be attended by a large delegation of the Torino Social Impact ecosystem, will also participate our spokesman Mario Calderini, who will moderate a panel entitled Sustainable bonds: impact at scale or room for improvement?
Using bonds to finance social and environmental challenges is becoming increasingly popular. Sustainability bonds have the potential to leverage huge sums of financing to address many of our most pressing challenges. Therefore, the session will give a close look at the potential benefits and pitfalls of sustainable bonds and how good impact management can drive transparency, accountability, and performance.
Speakers will be Maria Laura Tinelli (Acrux Partners Argentina NAB), Gavin Power (PIMCO), Veronica Raffo (World Bank) and Anne van Riel (BNP Paribas).
The session will take place on October 8 starting at 2:15 pm (BTS time): register here!
