Riding the wave of positive energy from the Changemaker Days (and in anticipation of Changemaker Days 2024), Ashoka Italy invites you to continue fully embracing being part of the Italian change-makers and welcomes you to the new series of events, ‘Il Café della Community‘.

We belong to the same Community because we share values, goals, activities, and common interests.

An hour and a little more dedicated to the Ashoka Community and a privileged space to meet, share, get to know each other, and exchange experiences, discussing the daily themes and challenges that characterize the paths of changemakers; drawing inspiration from the stories of the speakers.

The first meeting is on Wednesday, December 6th, from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, and we will discuss new leadership models. Our guest will be Stella Saladino, a thought designer and author of the essay ‘Think Like a Plant.’ Stella will share her research that extracts cognitive models and systems from the plant world into creative, artistic, organizational, or decision-making processes.

Her innovative perspective invites a mental shift, a change of paradigm, focusing on non-human life to develop interdependent and unconventional approaches to problem-solving.

The Cafés of the Community are valuable networking and discussion opportunities among participants on key topics for change.

To register, fill out the form.

And for the second meeting, what will we talk about? You can decide by proposing a theme that is particularly close to your heart.

We remind you that to ensure the workshop format and authentic exchange characteristic of the event, the capacity is limited, and each meeting will be followed by a report on the topic.

We hope to meet you soon at the Café della Community!

For any information, please write to ecadone@ashoka.org.”

Families, listen, listen! You are all invited to join us for a special day dedicated to fun, creativity and sustainability!

What to expect?

Reuse Game: Your children will have the incredible opportunity to participate in the Reuse Game, an engaging and educational experience that will lead them to discover the principles of the circular economy in a practical and fun way. From cardboard scraps to incredible creations: you’ll see how to turn creativity into reality!

Duration: About 1 hour | Age: From 6 years old

“FATTO IN CASA LAB” laboratory: While the little ones have fun with the Reuse Game, the adults will be able to discover the fantastic world of the “FATTO IN CASA LAB”. Here we will explore homemade food recipes and natural home cleaning methods using easy-to-find, eco-friendly products.

We will learn together how to prepare self-produced food, guaranteeing freshness and quality. Plus, we’ll show you sustainable ways to clean your home, using products made from easily available ingredients.

When: 2 December 2023
Where: In the center – Via delle Orfane 11, Turin

We look forward to welcoming many of you for this day of fun, learning and sharing!

We are waiting for you!

info@reland.one – 3459792783

Over 1,000 impact players gathered at OGR Turin and Cottino Social Impact Campus from November 22 to 24

The European impact investing community gathered during the Impact Week in Turin from November 22 to 24 with the aim of identifying concrete proposals to promote a sustainable and resilient future for our economies and societies.

EVPA, the European network for impact investing, with Fondazione CRT and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo as anchor partners, Cottino Social Impact Campus and Fondazione Time2 as content partners, and Torino Social Impact as the glue of the rich and varied impact network of a city that has earned the title of the capital of social economy in recent years, brought together over 1,000 leaders and professionals across the spectrum of impact finance to mobilize capital for transformative change.

Impact Week is EVPA‘s annual flagship event, providing an opportunity for a global community of changemakers to encounter cutting-edge ideas, discover new trends, and engage with partners to maximize their impact on people and the planet.

After visits to Cascina Fossata, Open Incet, Via Baltea – Laboratori di Barriera, and Toolbox Coworking, organized by the City of Turin, our territory took center stage at the opening event with Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, Michela Favaro, Deputy Mayor of Turin, Alberto Francesco Anfossi, Secretary of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, and Andrea Varese, Secretary of the CRT Foundation.

Special thanks go to all our partners who contributed to showcasing the TSI ecosystem: Elena Ferrero from Atelier Riforma, Emanuela Barbano from Biova Project, Monica Pillitu from Piazza dei Mestieri, Elena La Rovere from Patchanka, Sara Fortunati from Circolo del Design.

The main conversations featured young protagonists of the Impact Generation Challenge with Sara Minucci, Michele Osella from Compagnia di San Paolo, and Matteo Pessione from OGR in the impact cities panel, Giulia Mezzalama in the session dedicated to Take Care, LINKS on impacts, and Metaverso.

The Impact Deal project was presented by Ciro Cattuto, Christian Racca, Stefania Coni, experts from TOP-IX, and companies involved in the project.

The Social Impact Stock Exchange was presented in a significant discussion with Davide Dal Maso, Jeremy Nicholls, Brigitte Fellahi-BROGNAUX, and Bruno Robino.

A new European network of impact cities was designed in a workshop with Raffaella Scalisi from TSI, Coos Santing Santing from ImpactCity The Hague, and Jonas Nipkow from Social Economy Berlin. Thanks to Mariken Gaanderse for the idea and to Oscar Ugarte from Seed Capital Bizkaia for his interest.

The vision of Torino Social Impact was highlighted thanks to Mario Calderini, who participated in the sessions “Accelerating towards the SDGs finish line” and “Beyond Compliance Reporting,” with Marella Caramazza, Karen E. Wilson, and Karim Harji.

Consult the complete program and speakers’ lineup.

The European Impact Investment Market

The European impact investment market is growing, according to EVPA’s latest study, estimating the European market for direct impact investments, i.e., investments by companies addressing social and environmental challenges, at €80 billion. Social impact investments have grown by a substantial 26% from 2020 to 2021.

However, despite this encouraging growth, impact investments still represent only 0.5% of the European traditional investment market. It is crucial to accelerate the trend to address today’s pressing social and environmental needs. With the approaching deadline of 2030 for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, we need more impact investments that take risks for innovative solutions to complex social and environmental challenges, from the climate crisis to sustainable food systems.

In this context, the impact community gathered in Turin provided concrete recommendations on how impact finance actors can better mobilize resources and promote collective impact action to scale the lasting change the world urgently needs.

With “Impact Together” as the main theme, Impact Week is also a space to connect work across sectors, connect, and collaborate to navigate through the world’s crises. The conversations and sessions provided practical insights and examples of innovative discoveries in impact finance to replicate what works and collectively achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Who is EVPA

EVPA, now called Impact Europe, is the European network for impact investing, a unique network at the intersection of business and purpose, driven by knowledge and focused on impact. EVPA brings together over 300 members, a diverse group of capital providers (impact funds, companies, foundations, private equity, banks, public funders) and social innovators. Since its creation in 2004, EVPA has built a unique data hub for impact practices, trained over 1,000 impact champions, produced guidelines for defining standards and increasing impact investments, as well as for measuring and managing them. It also represents a strategic presence in the EU political sphere and plays a crucial role in global collaborations on its themes.

Watch the Impact Week’s video

On Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Rinascimenti Sociali, located at Via Maria Vittoria 38 in Turin, the presentation of “Seniores Online,” the platform for those over 65, will take place. A project by Torino Valley in collaboration with the Regional Coordination of Third Age Universities in Piedmont.

Seniores Online aims to be a social platform both in the real and virtual realms to meet the need for connection, knowledge, and information, promoting active aging in Piedmont. The project is funded through the funds allocated by the Piedmont Region for the implementation of interventions and initiatives related to the active aging plan.

The project arises from the belief that the Over 65 generation has been considered “lost” to digital for too long, while now it plays a central role in the contemporary “Silver Economy.” In Piedmont alone, there is a growing synergy among local entities that, by “working together,” strengthen their presence, proposals, and their ability to be a real and potentially virtual community.

Furthermore, the pandemic and its dramatic consequences on the elderly have demonstrated the indispensability of creating a virtual community, an online social network to connect those over 65, providing them with information and support even at a distance and in moments when traditional channels are not effective.

The goal of Seniores Online is to create a social platform both in the real and virtual realms to meet the needs for connection, knowledge, information, culture, and activities of those over 65 residing in a particular area. The Seniores Online community aims to become a factor in social innovation and a local actor, evolving into a knowledge community, an active community for change, and the construction of a uniquely rich social environment.

The morning’s program includes the presentation of the Seniores Online platform and its initiatives, as well as two debates on topics related to active aging and real and digital communities.

Program:

• 10:00 AM – Registration and welcome
• 10:15 AM – Introduction and presentation of Seniores Online (with Vittorio Pasteris and Gianfranco Billotti)
• 11:00 AM – Debate: “Aging well, aging in the future” (with Massimo Aimone, Serena Bavo, Enrica Favaro, Mauro Maurino. Moderated by Vittorio Pasteris)
• 11:45 AM – Debate: “Needs of real and digital communities” (Monica Cerutti, Roberto Dadda, Ennio Martignago, Pietro Terna. Moderated by Gianluca Ferrise)
• Greetings

For more information, please visit the Seniores Online website.

How can a playful approach substantially contribute to the positive transformation of our social and economic reality?In the latest episode of

Benchmark, we explore an innovative and interesting perspective with Escape4Change, a project born in 2018 with the ambition of turning play into a powerful tool for awareness and change.

In this interview by Francesco Antonioli with Davide Rizzi, founder of Escape4Change, we explore how their approach, grounded in the concept of edutainment, translates into concrete actions influencing our surrounding world.

Watch previous episodes here.

“The Benefit Society Model for Generating Social Impact” is the title of the event conceived by Torino Social Impact in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, Cottino Social Impact Campus, and in partnership with API Torino and Industrial Union Turin.

The meeting took place on the afternoon of Monday, November 27, hosted at the Cottino Social Impact Campus, creating a moment for reflection and discussion on the benefit model. The event marks the conclusion of the networking and training journey of the Community of Practice of benefit societies within Torino Social Impact, initiated at the request of participating Benefit Societies in the ecosystem and made possible with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

Fifty participants, including Benefit Societies from the region and companies interested in embarking on this path, drew inspiration from the experiences already underway.

The event began with greetings from Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin. This was followed by the panel “Territorial Experiences in Comparison“, moderated by Grace De Girolamo, Communication Manager at Torino Social Impact. The panel featured Micol Burighel from Amapola, Emanuela De Sabato, a member of Futura Law Firm, Federica Fugiglando from FL20 Studio, and Andrea Toso from Synesthesia. On this occasion, the four organizations shared their journey of sharing and dialogue initiated in 2023 with the mission to exchange experiences and skills, uniting forces to multiply impacts on the territory.

Subsequently, Pierangelo Decisi, Coordinator of the benefit-ESG group at API Torino, and Marco Piccolo, Vice President of Small Industry at the Industrial Union of Turin with a focus on Sustainability, shared their experiences and knowledge in the world of Benefit Societies.

The panel “Being Benefit Societies Today: Scenarios, Profiles, and Competences” featured Nicoletta Alessi, Co-founder of Goodpoint SB and a member of the board of Assobenefit, and Caterina Soldi, Development & Program Manager at the Cottino Social Impact Campus.

Closing the event was the keynote speech by Mario Calderini, Spokesperson for Torino Social Impact and Professor at the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano.

Experts discussed the strengths and challenges of the Benefit Society model, emphasizing the importance, from a forward-looking perspective, of bringing value to the territory, not only economically but also generatively impactful.

Download the slides

On Friday, November 24, 2023, the event “Circular Economy: the City at Stake” took place, organized by the City of Turin in collaboration with Turin Social Impact, the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, and Circular Market.

On this occasion, the citizens were introduced to two European projects, RESPONDET and SME4GREEN, aimed at developing two local action plans contributing to achieving the city’s climate neutrality goal by 2030. Over the past months, organizations from the Community of Practice on Circular Economy of Turin Social Impact have been involved through consultation meetings to identify the needs and challenges of the territory and contribute to the drafting of the two documents.

The event was part of the XV European Week for Waste Reduction and coincided with the Circular Days Festival by Green Pea, which, from November 24 to 26, offered workshops, experiences, and labs to promote circularity.

During the meeting, facilitated by Mercato Circolare, the over 40 participants engaged in a team-based game to explore key terms related to the presented project documents: circular economy, renewable energy communities, food, and packaging.

The evening also provided an opportunity to showcase businesses and organizations from the Torino Social Impact Community of Practice. These entities, serving as ambassadors for one of the “R”s of the circular economy, included: Liberitutti Cooperative with the “Ci2 – Circular Foods” project at Cascina Falchera; Triciclo Cooperative with the bike workshop and reuse center on Via Arbe; the startup Around, offering a vacuum packaging return service; Off Grid Italia with the ReuseGame project; Panacea Social Farm, a social bakery experimenting with new flours and ingredients for baking using food waste; the benefit corporation Mindful Morsel, studying how to enhance and transform excess fruits and vegetables into nutritious snacks; and finally, SIAVS Atelier Riforma, optimizing the selection of end-of-life clothing with the Re4Circular technology, directing them toward the most optimal circular strategy, including reuse, upcycling, and recycling.

The presentation of the two projects, SME4GREEN and RESPONDET, marks the beginning of a dialogue with the community on the issues addressed during the evening..

Is there a formula to generate ‘value’ in the short and long term? How do you design and implement an HR strategy that attracts the best resources and retains them, considering the changing context and significant stress experienced in a startup?

In the company of some innovative young companies that have already addressed these issues, the meeting will offer an in-depth exploration of the challenges and opportunities in the field of human resources in a startup and will try to answer questions such as: what does it mean to be a functioning team? What role should a founder play? Are there assessments capable of predicting the functioning and success of a team?

The event is organized by I3P, the Incubator of the Polytechnic University of Turin, in collaboration with W Executive, a headhunting company specializing in Executive Search. The company includes two other brands: W Advisory, dedicated to consulting and organizational development, and WeHunt, dedicated to the search and selection of middle-senior management profiles.

Conducting the meeting will be Laura Cavallaro, Partner at W Advisory, and Simone Suppo, Senior Manager at WeHunt and founder of the Turin office, with the intervention of Andrea Ferrero, Founder and CEO of Young Platform, a startup born in I3P and specialized in the Crypto Fintech world.

How to participate

The appointment is for Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 4:00 PM, in person at the Agorà Room of the I3P incubator, accessible both from the main gate of Corso Castelfidardo 30/A and from the pedestrian entrance of via Pier Carlo Boggio 59, Turin.

At the end of the event, there will be a networking aperitif during which attendees can exchange experiences, questions, and useful advice on the topics discussed.

Participation in the meeting is free, upon registration on Eventbrite.

Program

4:00 PM | Welcome of participants

4:10 PM | Introductory greetings

4:15 PM | Meeting objectives

• Simone Suppo, Senior Manager at WeHunt

4:20 PM | The challenges of startups today: what skills to create a good team

• Laura Cavallaro, Partner at W Advisory

4:40 PM | Case study: a successful founder tells their experience

• Andrea Ferrero, Co-Founder & CEO of Young Platform

5:00 PM | Roundtable and Q&A session on the theme of talent and startups

5:30 PM | Conclusions

5:40 PM | Networking aperitif

Binding regulations, soft law, and new metrics for sustainability

December 5, 2023
9:00 – 17:30

Aula Magna, Campus L. Einaudi
University of Turin
Lungo Dora Siena 100

Following the UN’s codification of the SDGs and thanks to the strong push from European directives, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has increasingly focused on new internal and external stakeholders. This conference aims to discuss the theme in light of innovative experiences within companies and more recent developments by scholars and actors from the Piedmont region. These shed light on a variety of social responsibilities and engagement actions undertaken by very diverse companies in terms of production sectors, size, and mission.

The conference is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, within the framework of Turin Social Impact, the A. Gramsci Piedmont Institute Foundation, the Department of Law of the University of Turin, ForJus – Third Mission of the Department of Law.

Among the many distinguished speakers, Hon. Brando Benifei, Member of the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, will be speaking.

Program and Information
Reservations available here.

The second round of applications for the Third Edition of ‘Get it! – Value Path‘ is now open. The program, promoted by the Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore, Cariplo Factory, and Fondazione Cariplo, has been supporting entrepreneurial initiatives with high social, environmental, or cultural impact since 2018, providing capacity building tools and capital.

To date, Get it! has become a consolidated and inclusive intervention model supporting the Italian ecosystem of social innovation and impact investing. Throughout the first two editions and the ongoing third edition, it has deployed 4.5 million euros, conducted 16 ‘Call for Impact,’ received 1,356 applications, funded 108 empowerment initiatives nationwide, and invested over 1 million euros in 20 impact startups.

The first round of the Third Edition (2023/2024) concluded at the end of June with 90 applications. Get it! is now opening the second round, which will remain open until March 31, 2024.

Highlights of the Call For Impact for the Third Edition:

• The best 6 ideas or startups applying to the program will have access to a tailor-made incubation/acceleration and mentorship program lasting 3+3 months nationwide.
• They will benefit from a flat-rate reimbursement of 3,500 euros for participation expenses incurred by startups, aiming to facilitate access to incubation/acceleration and mentorship programs for all deserving initiatives facing economic difficulties.
• Participation in an annual Investor Day allowing the 2 best startups selected by Get it! to receive investments of 80,000 and 50,000 euros respectively from FSVGDA. Part of the investment may be converted into an Impact Grant, transforming a portion into a non-refundable grant upon achieving pre-agreed social impact goals. Additional bonuses from FSVGDA and Third-Party Partners (e.g., seed investment, co-investments) will also be awarded.
• Networking with investors, business angels, and professionals within the ecosystem of program-promoting partners, along with high visibility on communication channels of the Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore and Cariplo Factory.

“Get it! continues to be a flagship program and a fundamental piece in the integrated approach to social innovation promoted by the Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore, in collaboration with Cariplo Factory and Fondazione Cariplo. It fully aligns with our foundation’s commitment to providing a wide range of tools and services to support innovative social entrepreneurship, balancing the offer of skills and capital in the market and intervening at all stages of the business life cycle. Specifically, the traditional call for impact allows us to accompany startups on a growth path within the ecosystem of incubators, accelerators, mentors, investors, companies, and institutions“, says Marco Gerevini, Board Member of the Fondazione Social Venture Giordano Dell’Amore.

The deadline for applications for the Get it! Call is March 31, 2024.

Digital Ethics Forum 2023

Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 2:30 PM – 6 PM

Turin, CSI Next – Corso Unione Sovietica 216

The event on digital ethics returns to Turin for an inclusive, secure, and sustainable innovation. CSI Next will host the first day of the Digital Ethics Forum (DEF) 2023, organized by Sloweb, pioneers in digital ethics, in collaboration with the Senior CSI association.

There will be educational and informative sessions aimed at an audience of teachers, students, professionals, workers, and digital citizen consumers. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 22, from 2:30 PM to 6 PM, at Corso Unione Sovietica 216. It will be an opportunity to explore and discuss the ethical challenges in the digital world and the response of civil society.

Program:

• 14.30. Welcome greetings
• 15.00. First session: Perspectives and changes needed

Moderator: Francesco Antonioli and Paolo Foietta

Speakers: Pier Giorgio Chiara, Guido Scorza, Norberto Patrignani, Marco Ciurcina, Pietro Jarre, Massimo Durante

• 17.00. Second session: From Prometheus to Pandora? Technologies, models of society and appropriate controls

Moderator: Gianni Garbarini and Franco Marra

Participants: Cosimo Accoto, Paolo Gerbaudo, Francesco Varanini, Michela Meo, Dunia Astrologo

To participate in attendance, it is necessary to fill out the following form. The event will be held both in-person and via streaming, and for more information you can see the full program.

At the beginning of November, the startup member of Turin Social Impact Atelier Riforma was the protagonist of two important speeches in the field of the Italian textile sector.

The first took place on 2 November, the day on which Rén collective organization – which since 2018 has been spreading good responsible fashion practices through research, dissemination, support for companies and dialogue with institutions – was summoned to the Chamber of Deputies to participate in a public hearing on the Made in Italy DDL, to express their comments regarding article 8 on textile raw materials.

By virtue of Atelier Riforma’s great research and innovation work in the field of circular fashion, Rén Collective involved the startup’s CEO, Elena Ferrero, to contribute to the work and to present it during the hearing.
The document that has been proposed is the result not only of everyone’s experience, but also of the dialogue that has taken place in recent years with the professionals and companies in the sector associated with Rén Collective. The actions proposed for the new DDL are aimed in particular at enhancing Italian circular skills, linked to textile reuse, repair, upcycling and recycling… i.e. all those practices that aim at a zero-waste fashion industry, which exploits neither the environment nor people.

“I have always liked to get active and do everything I can to contribute to improving the sector in which I work, but I have never had a similar opportunity to present my ideas and those of many other professionals so directly to the institutions. And for this I thank Rén Collective so much.” – Elena Ferrero, CEO of Atelier Riforma

The other important event for the startup took place on 8 November, on the occasion of Ecomondo, an international event for technologies, services and industrial solutions in the green and circular economy sectors.

During the event the startup spoke in two panels, both focused on the transition of the textile industry towards greater sustainability.

The CEO of the startup, Elena Ferrero – also on behalf of the Movimento Moda Responsible of which Atelier Riforma is part – was invited to moderate the panel organized by AEA Sustainable Textile, the Business Unit of Ancitel Energy and Environment focused on the Sustainable and Circular Textile sector , entitled “The Textile Revolution: Introduction to the Change and Instructions for Use”. The panel dealt with a hot topic: continuously evolving EU regulations, with initiatives such as ecodesign and extended producer responsibility, are driving the Italian textile industry towards greater sustainability, but will require a considerable commitment to modify and adapt the companies to the necessary change. What are the strategies of industrial districts and the proactive actions adopted by companies to face these challenges? The speakers of the panel moderated by Ferrero were: Filippo Bernocchi, President of Ancitel EA – AEA Sustainable Textile, Francesco Marini, Managing Director of Confindustria Toscana Nord, Nicola Ciolini, President of ALIA SERVICES AMBIENTALI SpA, and Andrea Betti, Sales Manager for the BEREDO® project by Beste.

The other panel in which the startup participated was organized by EconomiaCircolare.com and was entitled “Ecodesign, EPR, recycling, roadmap for a circular textile”. Together with Ferrero, there very important speakers such as: Francesca Romana Rinaldi (Director of Monitor for Circular Fashion), Roberta De Carolis (Researcher in ENEA), Luca Campadello (Strategic development & innovation manager Erion), Michele Zilla (General Director of Cobat Tessile Consortium), Mauro Chezzi (Deputy Director of Sistema Moda Italia and Retex.Green consortium), Erika Francescon (Co-founder of SustainME and Ecoesedra Sustainable Design partner). As discussed and as also reported in a recent article by EconomiaCircolare.com

the fashion sector “already produces up to 100 billion clothes a year. (…) The British Fashion Council calculates that with the clothing, shoes and accessories at our disposal [to date] we could dress the next 6 generations. ( …) Some countries have already been active for some time, showing for example that an extended producer responsibility policy can increase collection and recycling rates. Obviously, however, the action must be ‘system-wide’ and the regulation must be supported by increasingly effective traceability and environmental performance measurement systems”.

These speeches are the reconfirmation of the very important role of this Turin startup in sustainable innovation in the textile-fashion industry.

Torino Social Impact member Atelier Riforma has just started parthership with the sustainability retail park Green Pea, with a large innovation project on circular fashion.

Green Pea is located in Turin and is a unique place in Italy: it is a shopping center – with 5 floors and 15,000 m2 – dedicated to 360° sustainability, in particular in the sectors of mobility, energy, furniture, beauty, leisure and clothing.

The Green Pea building is built in a circular perspective, recovering wood from the forests destroyed by the 2018 Vaia storm and is painted with Airlite, the paint that eliminates pollutants. It is powered by renewable energy (photovoltaic panels, mini wind turbines and even piezoelectric floors that produce energy thanks to people walking) and includes more than 2000 plants inside and on the terraces.

Thanks to Atelier Riforma’s great experience and research on circular fashion, the startup was involved in an ambitious project: to create in Green Pea the first large physical hub in Italy dedicated to circular fashion: from second-hand and vintage, to creative upcycling, to the use of deadstock fabrics, to products obtained from textile recycling, etc. The startup’s involvement came through Green Pea’s new CEO, Marco Piarulli, who believed in this collaboration from the beginning.

“Circularity in fashion is made up of many aspects: from the production, putting used colthes back into circulation, using recycled and deadstock textiles, upcycling discarded garments through tailoring; but it also involves educating consumers to take care of their garments and extend their life (repair, “homemade” upcycling); and goes as far as the responsible management of clothing at the end of their lifespan, directing them towards circular processes and “closing the loop” and avoiding waste. Our innovation project in Green Pea will concern all these aspects!” – Elena Ferrero, CEO of Atelier Riforma

The startup also aims to make Green Pea’s fashion department an aggregator of virtuous practices and a physical showcase for all those brands that believe in responsible and circular fashion and do not exploit natural resources, but know – with competence and creativity – how to valorize “waste” as a resource.

We will start to see the fruits of this partnership in the next few days. For November 24-25-26, in fact, Green Pea has organized the “Circular Days“, a three-day festival dedicated to the circular economy, as an alternative to the classic compulsive buying of Black Friday. Atelier Riforma – together with the many other entities that collaborate with Green Pea – also organized many activities for this event, from a swap party, to talks, to upcycling workshops, to a practical display of how Re4Circular works, to a ” circular market” with second-hand and upcycling brands.

“We have lots of ideas in store for this project and we will reveal them in the coming months! We are truly honored by this opportunity, which will allow us to put to good use all the skills we have gained over the years in the field of circularity applied to the fashion sector.” – Elena Ferrero, CEO of Atelier Riforma

Guber Banca has acquired a minority stake in the social innovation startup B Corp benefit company ‘Homes4All.’

The Brescia-based bank, a rapidly growing challenger bank and leader in NPE (Non-Performing Exposures) and SME services, has announced a collaboration of significant social value, aligning with its values and ESG projects. The Board of Directors has given the green light for the acquisition of a minority stake in ‘Homes4All Srl innovative startup B Corp benefit society’ (‘H4A’).

Certified as a B Corp, H4A is a Benefit Company founded in 2019 in Turin with a mission to create new affordable and quality housing models, promoting sustainable balance between free access to a fundamental asset like a home and the profit of private investors. H4A aims to become a reference point in national social housing, an area where initiatives are currently fragmented, and to have a significant impact on the country socially, economically, and environmentally.

Following Guber’s efforts in support of the ‘Fondo Salva Casa,’ a project designed to provide an alternative financial plan for those at risk of losing their homes due to economic difficulties, the partnership with H4A signifies a further commitment to the issue of the housing emergency.

In this context, Homes4All represents true innovation, having developed a model capable of evaluating and measuring the results of its operations to provide investors with ethical and profitable opportunities.

Francesca Bazoli, President of Guber Banca, stated: ‘The acquisition of a minority stake in Homes4All is an integral part of a broader project aimed at combining business success with initiatives that have a social impact on the territory. The housing emergency has always been a very sensitive issue at Guber, as evidenced by our proactive work on the ‘Fondo Salva Casa,’ a measure designed to assist small property owners in difficulty. We are very pleased to be part of Homes4All, which we believe is capable of generating an even more significant social impact on individuals, communities, and the environment‘.

Mario Montalcini, CEO of Homes4All, said: ‘We are proud that Guber Banca, the national expert in credit management, central to the operations of Homes4All, and recognized in the industry for its commitment to developing initiatives that promote crucial issues such as environmental sustainability, social inclusion, financial education, and community support, has decided to join our company. We welcome their choice with enthusiasm, which will certainly contribute to accelerating our national growth path by combining the right technical expertise on the issue of the housing emergency‘.

Guber Banca

Guber, founded in 1991 by Francesco Guarneri and Gianluigi Bertini as a specialized credit management operator, was the first Italian bank to receive new authorization from the European Central Bank in 2018. Five years after its founding, it ranks among the leading operators in the sector with over 11 billion euros of credits under management. The innovative market approach and the Bank’s ability to adapt to the most diverse situations over time have allowed the development of multiple services to support SMEs in their growth processes. NPL (Non-Performing Loan) and UTP (Unlikely to Pay) management has been complemented by new businesses such as financial operations in special situations, purchase of tax credits, evolved factoring, advisory, due diligence, and real estate consulting, among others. Today, Guber Banca is an innovative, dynamic, and rapidly growing challenger bank where digital merges with the human factor in a virtuous intertwining: ‘Guber Banca – digital, but human first.’

Marco Bugliani
Communication Manager
Guber Banca
marco.bugliani@guber.it

Angelo D’Angelo
Community Press Office
+3498433878

Homes4All

Homes4All is an innovative startup, a B Corp benefit society with high social impact that reduces the housing emergency by promoting urban regeneration through its network of private investors sensitive to sustainability. Its activity involves the acquisition, renovation, and management of properties for social purposes from the non-performing properties within the City of Turin and nationally. This creates an ecosystem where needy families find dignified and accessible homes, and investors make ethical and profitable investments. Homes4All intervenes directly in the territory, focusing on specific areas of the city with high potential for redevelopment, thereby activating processes of urban regeneration and social innovation

Mario Montalcini
CEO
m.montalcini@homes4all.it
+39 347 4971188

Giorgia Di Cintio
Communication Manager
g.dicintio@homes4all.it
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On November 7th, the presentation event of the research conducted by the MIRA Observatory took place, focusing on the socio-economic impact generated by the winning initiatives of the ‘Wonder’ grant

The event ‘The Design of Social Innovation: The Wonder Case,’ held on November 7th at the Circolo del Design, was a unique opportunity to relive the entire journey outlined by the ‘WONDER. Experiments in design for social innovation‘ grant. This initiative, promoted in 2020 by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, aimed to develop design projects capable of generating innovative solutions in response to the social needs of the territory, with a green perspective.

Throughout the morning, which saw the participation of representatives from all the entities involved in the initiative, the research ‘WONDER: Experiments in design for social innovation’ was presented, useful for defining the long-term socio-economic impact generated by each project.

The research, promoted by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and conducted by the MIRA Observatory of the Circolo del Design, was also aimed at identifying the policy implications of the experimentation for the Turin philanthropic foundation, as well as the impacts that the journey had on the participating organizations and the involved designers. If you wish to download the complete research, visit this link.

Born within the framework of the ‘Create Attractiveness Mission‘ of the ‘Cultural Objective‘ and developed in collaboration with the Circolo del Design and Torino Social Impact, the Wonder Grant was addressed to designers and third sector entities to create projects useful for generating innovative solutions and services, with a high social impact, capable of responding to the challenges posed by the green transition.

The main objective was to bring together the world of the third sector with that of design, pursuing the dual purpose of empowering third-sector entities and opening up a new market for designers, on one hand, and generating a positive impact on territories and reference communities, on the other.

‘Cortili in Azione – La bellezza come bene comune‘ (Courtyards in Action – Beauty as a Common Good), ‘FFP – Frassati FoodPrint,’ ‘GYGA – Green Young Gaming Ambassadors,’ ‘Limes – Da margine a cerniera‘ (Limes – From Margin to Hinge), and ‘ICONICA‘ are the names of the 5 winning projects, whose impact was analyzed in the research developed by MIRA. If you wish to consult all the research produced by the MIRA Observatory, visit this link.

The social economy portal is a unique website that provides social economy entities with information on EU funding, training opportunities, events, country-specific information, and where to find additional resources as a tool for capacity development.

The idea of creating a website to gather relevant information for the social economy stemmed from consultations with various stakeholders during the development of the action plan for the social economy. The European Commission embraced this idea and integrated the social economy portal as one of the ten key actions of the plan.

The best practice of the Social Impact Exchange is now featured on the portal: a significant recognition of the value and originality of the experimentation developed within the strategic plan of Torino Social Impact.

Friday, November 24, 2023, from 18:30 to 20:30
“Circular Economy: The City at Play”
Green Pea, Via Ermanno Fenoglietti, 20, Turin

The City of Turin, together with Turin Social Impact, the Turin Chamber of Commerce, and Circular Market, has organized the event titled “Circular Economy: The City at Play.” This event is part of the activities carried out by the European projects RESPONDET and SME4GREEN, involving organizations from the Community of Practice on the circular economy.

Held during the European Week for Waste Reduction 2023, the event will focus on finding innovative solutions that can redefine our way of thinking, producing, and consuming. It will include a group gaming session to explore the circular economy and the future of the city, experiencing the challenges of green Turin today and tomorrow.

The event is part of Green Pea’s Circular Days: a weekend to delve into the world of circularity through products, workshops, experiences, and labs.

The participating organizations from the Community of Practice on the circular economy, which contributed to the drafting of the Local Green Deal and the Local Action Plan, will also be involved. Together with other projects and tools, these efforts will be part of the Climate City Contract, the document guiding Turin towards climate neutrality by 2030.

Join us to be part of the change towards a more sustainable future!

Participation in the event is free and can be booked at this link.

The measure “Energy Contribution to Third Sector Registered Organizations” started on November 8, 2023, recognizing a non-repayable contribution of up to 30,000 euros for the increase in electricity and natural gas costs incurred in the first three quarters of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021.

The financial allocation is 98.5 million euros. The platform for submitting applications is managed by Invitalia.

The benefits are intended for organizations registered in the National Register of the Third Sector.

In more detail, the following can benefit from the contribution:

• Organizations registered in the National Register of the Third Sector under Article 45 of Legislative Decree No. 117/2017.
• Volunteer organizations (ODV) still involved in the transmigration process under Article 54 of Legislative Decree No. 117/2017.
• Social promotion associations (APS) still involved in the transmigration process under Article 54 of Legislative Decree No. 117/2017.
• Non-profit organizations of social utility (ONLUS) under Legislative Decree No. 460 of December 4, 1997, registered in the relevant registry.
• Civilly recognized religious entities under Article 4, paragraph 3 of Legislative Decree No. 117/2017.

Applications can be submitted online until 12:00 on December 12, 2023.

For more information

The annual convention of the Business Mentors of the MicroLab Association took place on October 20th and 21st in Turin, at Serming. The meeting, always a moment of encounter and exchange of best practices among the voluntary mentors of the association, addressed the theme of inclusive growth, thanks also to exceptional guests.

“In this setting of the Arsenal of Peace, we want to recall with pleasure the contribution made to society in these twenty years of activity of the MicroLab Association,” declares Andrea Garello Cantoni, President of the MicroLab Association. “By offering services to the most vulnerable groups to help them enter the world of work and self-employment, through guidance, training, and mentoring. Over these years, more than 500 voluntary business mentors have taken turns, we have trained over 8,000 people on starting a business and financial education, supported 2,000 with one-to-one mentoring paths to start their own business, and helped in the delicate phase of job orientation for 1,000 young people looking for their first job.”

Daniele Frigeri, President of CeSpi, the Center for International Political Studies, was present at the convention. He has conducted analyses and research on the financial inclusion of foreign citizens for the past 10 years. He stated, “Financial inclusion, through all types of financial instruments available (credit, savings, investments, insurance, and the payment system), is an enabling factor for an individual to develop their projects over time, and thus becomes a fundamental piece of the socio-economic inclusion process in a society. In Italy, over 5 million citizens who were born abroad and have now chosen Italy live. Their condition as ‘immigrants’ puts them in a condition of multiple vulnerability; financial inclusion, understood not only as access but also as the effective use of financial instruments, can make a difference. Monitoring the financial inclusion process becomes fundamental to understanding needs and how they change over time, also following changes in external conditions (such as the pandemic or the crisis related to inflation), and accompanying this journey towards a mature financial profile.”

Remotely connected, Lucia Bucciarelli Ducci, Country Manager CEB, Development Bank of the Council of Europe, the oldest multilateral financial institution after the World Bank, with the peculiarity of having social purposes, said, “Europe has faced and is facing a series of discouraging challenges: from COVID-19 to the ongoing climate emergency, to the Russian aggression in Ukraine, not to mention the impact of these crises on our economies. In this context, vulnerable people are the most affected, and the poor investments in social sectors further worsen the situation.

In 2022, the CEB member states approved the new Strategic Plan 2023-2027, which defines a series of ambitious objectives, also in response to these challenges, on three lines of action: Investing in people and enhancing human capital, Promoting inclusive and resilient living environments, and Supporting employment and economic and financial inclusion. Microfinance and support for the most vulnerable are at the center of these objectives, and the long-standing cooperation with MicroLab confirms this.”

Also present was Juri Di Molfetta, President of the A Pieno Titolo Association Onlus, which since 2012 has been accompanying third-country citizens in the process of recognizing qualifications obtained abroad: “Foreigners residing in Italy are often pushed to take on much humbler job positions than they could aspire to, giving rise to a model of subaltern integration, in which the foreign citizen renounces in most cases to follow a path in line with their studies and their professional profile acquired abroad. The A Pieno Titolo ONLUS association therefore aims with its projects and orientation services in the territory to favor the integration of the foreign citizen in the world of work and in the territorial context, enhancing the curricula of study and professionals matured in foreign countries, favoring their formal recognition in Italy and making skills and professionalism, for now, little valued in the local economic system, usable.”

During the convention, the business mentors of the association had the opportunity to discuss their mentoring experiences and devise new practices such as co-mentoring, to better support the beneficiaries of the association.

The Chamber of Commerce of Turin supports and promotes the local socio-economic system, also by providing contributions to initiatives for territorial promotion carried out by third parties.

The potential beneficiaries of the contributions are indicated in Article 1 of the current TECHNICAL REGULATIONS governing the disbursement of contributions (see page Contributions – Technical Regulations). Each request must be submitted in accordance with the current Multi-Year Strategic Plan of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin.

EXTRA-CALL CONTRIBUTIONS

Throughout the year, it is possible to request contributions from the Chamber of Commerce.

PUBLIC INVITATION FOR CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS

Every year, in November, a specific Call for Proposals is opened for requesting contributions for initiatives relevant to the promotion of the provincial economy. From Wednesday, 15/11/2023, the platform Contributipromozionali.to.camcom.it is active, where you can register and access with your credentials: please note that every year a new registration is required, the system does not store credentials from previous years.

The platform guides you through the compilation of the APPLICATION FORM, which must reach the Chamber of Commerce, along with all the additional required documentation, between 15/11/2023 and 30/11/2023 (strictly by 12:15 pm).

After completing and signing it, we recommend returning to this page and checking the operational procedures for submitting, which are detailed below.

Operational procedures for requesting a contribution HERE.

Have you thought about enhancing your work with digital tools but don’t know where to start?

On November 16, from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM, Escape4change will host a free online webinar where the team will showcase the digital tools developed in the European project Mobile Culture.

But that’s not all! You’ll also have the opportunity to explore how to fund your ideas through the Erasmus+ calls (March 2024) and CERV (March-June 2024).

Register HERE.

If you want to bring innovation to your professional journey, don’t miss this chance!

The project is co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union.

On Friday, October 10, the second meeting of the community of practice focused on initiatives for young NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) took place, addressing young individuals not engaged in education, employment, or training.

The initiative is part of the broader Community of Practice project, realized with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

The online meeting also featured Alessia Gianoncelli, Director of Knowledge and Programs at EVPA, the European network that brings together over 300 organizations dedicated to impact finance. The aim was to explore funding opportunities to support social impact projects carried out by organizations in Turin.

Following the first meeting, during which ecosystem organizations shared their mission, project progress, and initiatives related to the NEET phenomenon, the second meeting of the Community of Practice focused on two specific questions: “How are your initiatives in support of NEETs funded?” and “Do you think there is a need for more funding? If so, what characteristics should it have?”

A total of 13 organizations participated in the meeting. In addition to accessing resources, the discussion also delved into the magnitude of public and private calls for proposals, beneficiaries of activated projects, and the relationship between competition and collaboration within these calls. These topics facilitated a constructive exchange, allowing for the sharing of experiences, limitations, and possibilities.

The ONLUS organizations are called in the coming months to definitively decide what will become of their future. The reform of the Third Sector, by redefining the regulations that characterize all organizations operating in the non-profit world, has imposed some radical changes, including the elimination of the ONLUS qualification and the consequent repeal of the related legislation. What to do, then, to avoid disappearing altogether? How to adapt to this new and imminent scenario?

To help and support ONLUS in this challenging transition phase, the Voluntary Service Center Vol.To ETS has organized the conference “The choice of ONLUS: to be or not to be an ETS, that is the question.” The event will take place on Tuesday, November 21, from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Polo del 900 (Via del Carmine 14, Turin). The conference, with the contribution of Third Sector experts and officials from the Piedmont Region, will try to clarify some themes: the advantages and disadvantages of registration in the RUNTS, and related timing; the transition from ONLUS to various types of ETS and the consequent classification of volunteers; the devolution of assets if the ONLUS decides not to transform into a Third Sector Entity; and the possible operational criticalities in the RUNTS registration.

Indeed, the reform of the Third Sector has provided for the creation of the qualification “Third Sector Entity” (ETS) to be applied to all non-profit entities that carry out activities of general interest, pursue civic, solidarity, and social utility purposes, and register with the RUNTS – National Unique Register of Third Sector Entities. As there is no automatic transformation, ONLUS must decide whether to become ETS and in which type they are most suitable to transform (voluntary organizations; associations for social promotion; social enterprises, including current social cooperatives; philanthropic entities; associative networks; mutual aid societies; other entities), or alternatively, they must devolve their assets and dissolve permanently.

ONLUS intending to enter the Third Sector and modify their type as provided by the Third Sector Code have until March 31 of the year following the obtaining of authorization from the European Commission regarding the new tax regime of the Third Sector: therefore, it will be in 2024 if this pronouncement occurs by the end of 2023. In Piedmont, the ONLUS registered with the Revenue Agency (data updated to October 5) that have not yet made the choice to qualify as ETS are still the vast majority (1725); the same trend is also seen for the Metropolitan City of Turin, with 1056 ONLUS still uncertain about what to do. ONLUS that have already chosen to become ETS are only 259 in Piedmont and 151 in Turin.

PROGRAM:

• Advantages and disadvantages of registration in the RUNTS and related timing;
• Transition from ONLUS to various types of ETS and the classification of volunteers;
• Possible operational criticalities in the RUNTS registration.

INTRODUCTION:
Luciano Dematteis – President of the Voluntary Service Center Vol.To ETS.

SPEAKERS:
Chartered Accountants, Third Sector experts, and officials from the RUNTS Office (National Unique Register of the Third Sector) – Piedmont Region.

MODERATOR:
Enrico Bussolino – Consultant of the Voluntary Service Center VolTo ETS.

REGISTRATION:
To participate, it is necessary to register by filling out the online form at this link, specifying whether you intend to participate in person or online.

INFORMATION:
Tel. 011 8138711 – Fax 011 8138777 – Toll-Free Number: 800 59 00 00
centroservizi@volontariato.torino.it – www.volontariatotorino.it

Communicating Disabilities is a free training event aimed at gaining insights into the world of disabilities and the language to effectively convey it. The seminar is organized by Fondazione CR Biella, Fondazione Time2, Impresa Sociale Con i Bambini and Cascina Oremo.

When: Thursday, November 30, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Where: Cascina Oremo, Corso Giuseppe Pella, 21, Biella

Language holds the power to reshape our perceptions of reality, influencing the positions individuals and social groups hold within it.

This is particularly true for individuals with disabilities, as they are often depicted as ‘children,’ eternally youthful; or as ‘superheroes,’ celebrated for their efforts to overcome barriers and limitations; or simply as ‘them,’ a homogeneous and distinct group set apart from ‘us.’

How do individuals with disabilities wish to be represented and portrayed today? What influence do social and cultural professionals, as well as communication professionals, have in either promoting or hindering narratives that either expand or diminish the space for recognizing the rights of people with disabilities?

Speakers:

• Valentina Tomirotti, freelance journalist, disability activist
• Federica Chilà, journalist, communication manager at Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella
• Laura Galesi, journalist, press office at Con i Bambini
• Fabrizio Vespa, journalist, press office at CPD Consulta per le Persone in Difficoltà

Moderator:

• Samuele Pigoni, General Secretary of Fondazione Time2

Enroll in the course for free

For journalists, the course grants 3 training credits upon registration at Formazione Giornalisti.

On 7 and 8 November, Designing Europe, the online event dedicated to the world of European design, takes place. Organised by Quality Culture, the edition hosts a total of 8 panels and 14 guests coming from the digital world, communication, Italian universities and national associations to provide advice, experiences and perspectives in the field of Eurodesign.

Torino Social Impact is among the guests of Designing Europe and on Tuesday 7 November took part in the panel ‘Urban innovation ecosystems and European funds: networking to strengthen territories‘.

The meeting opened with the greetings of Carmelo Galeano, member of Quality Culture, who presented Torino Social Impact and Fondazione Innovazione Urbana, two realities that share a mission: to promote participation in the territory through urban innovation ecosystems.

The panel was facilitated by Francesco Errani, Officer Regione Emilia-Romagna, who interfaced with speakers Marta Meloni, Eu Project manager of Fondazione Innovazione Urbana and Raffaella Scalisi, advisor of Torino Social Impact.

Marta Meloni, through her speech “Glances and horizons in the territories. Local synergies and complementarities from a European perspective”, she spoke about the experience of the Urban Innovation Foundation (FIU), as a multidisciplinary centre for research, development, co-production and communication of urban transformations at the service of the construction of the future imaginary of the city of Bologna.

Through the presentation of a number of projects launched in the area, she emphasised the importance of relating to European funds, and consequently to other European realities, in order to enrich the Foundation’s activities in a synergic manner. An opportunity, therefore, to put social and human capital at the centre of public choices, promoting relationships.

This was followed by Raffaella Scalisi’s speech, through the presentation of Torino Social Impact and the projects that promote learning, from a collaborative perspective, of the subjects that are part of the ecosystem. These included a special focus on the EU Projet Hub for Social Economy project, launched in collaboration with Weco Impresa Sociale thanks to the contribution of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, aimed at enhancing the ecosystem’s skills on Europlanning to seize the many opportunities opening up at EU level.

November brings winter, but this year, it adorns the Sambuy Garden with light and warmth, and, during the usual second Sunday of the month, the Googreen Biodiversity Market will once again be a backdrop for art, culture, and good practices.

On November 2nd, the “AZZURROGIALLO” Artist’s Light by Giorgio Griffa lit up the park and gazebo, where the blue and yellow of the luminous spirals recall Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” as well as the colors of Ukraine, as a sign of fraternity.

On the same date, coinciding with Artissima, the installation by Iranian artist Bahar Heidarzade was inaugurated for the Art Site Fest project. It creates a path in the Sambuy Garden that highlights the roots of the trees through gold leaf and dye, inviting us to raise our gaze towards the branches, crossing them with colorful lines of connection and dialogue. The meaning of Heidarzade’s intervention arises from the need to forge a deeper connection between nature and culture, seeking, in the roots of our being, as in all living things, a precious resource that we too often fail to grasp.

Inspired by a similar spirit of respect, brotherhood, and sisterhood, the CLOveCHARD exhibition was inaugurated on November 6th. It features sculptural and poetic works dedicated to the homeless and will remain on display on the benches of the Sambuy Garden until November 15th.

Conceived by Raffaele Palma for CAUS Centro Arti Umoristiche e Satiriche in collaboration with 14 sculptors, an equal number of multidimensional, polymaterial works were created and placed on some of the benches in the garden. During the exhibition-event’s setup, a section dedicated to poetry with texts written by 22 poets and printed on leaflets is given to the public for free with the aim of raising awareness among the public and city authorities to provide concrete help and urgent assistance to those living on the streets, especially as the winter season is about to begin.

On Sunday, the 12th, we begin the day as usual with friends from Paranza del Geco and a free pizzica lesson in the garden (free event, reservation appreciated: La Paranza del Geco). We will also resume the activities of the PHILOSOPHICAL BENCH, which, in conjunction with the “CLOveCHARD” exhibition-event, will have philosophers from FILOSOFIA IN atTO offering a dialogic stroll among the voices, silences, and thoughts that the contemplation of Bahar Heydarzade’s sculptures and pictorial interventions will evoke.

Starting from the “philosophical bench” at the center of the park, at 12:00 and 4:00 PM, the walks with philosophers and poets will lead participants to shared reflections, reasoning, and new resolutions. (Free event, reservation appreciated: info@filosofiainatto.it)

The association “Filiera Futura” in collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino’s Incubator I3P, is launching the national initiative “Terra&Tech,” the first open innovation program for the viticulture of tomorrow.

The goal of this initiative is to identify the needs within the world of winemaking by engaging directly with the main actors in the sector: the producers and wineries. Once the critical issues and needs expressed by the industry’s key players have been gathered, a call for startups will be launched, crucial for involving innovative entrepreneurial entities capable of implementing solutions tailored to the identified needs.

Enterprises indeed play an increasingly crucial role on a national level, especially in relation to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and European policies. A traditional and deeply-rooted sector, such as the wine industry in Italy, can only benefit from the innovation introduced by startups and SMEs that develop advanced technological solutions for the entire sector’s competitiveness.

It is essential to promote the modernization and digitalization of agriculture and the wine startups that are embracing this challenge. Emerging technologies like the Internet of Things and data analytics allow for more efficient vineyard management, reducing environmental impacts. Moreover, they enhance product traceability, further strengthening the reputation of Italian wine. The hope of this presentation is to initiate new innovation processes to be carried out in collaboration with and in the regions, positioning and consolidating the value and quality of the Italian wine supply chain globally.

How to Participate

The presentation event, with free admission, will take place in person at the Joule Room of Cariplo Factory, at Via Bergognone 34, corner of Via Tortona, in Milan. Participation is open to journalists, industry professionals, and stakeholders from the sector, representatives of Italian consortia, startups, and innovative companies, wine lovers, and technology enthusiasts.

Seats are limited. To participate, registration is required on Eventbrite at the following link.

Following the event, there will be a national workshop series, with stops in various Italian provinces in the first half of 2024 to bring together and engage local stakeholders in the wine sector.

Program

11:00 AM | Registration

11:15 AM | Institutional Greetings

Francesco Cappello, President of Filiera Futura and Vice President of Fondazione CRC

11:30 AM | Session 1 – Presentation of the “Terra&Tech” innovation program

Paola Mogliotti, Director of I3P

11:45 AM | Session 2 – Talk on market perspectives and innovation needs

Isabella Oddero, Poderi e Cantine Oddero (La Morra, CN)
Stefano Calatroni, Azienda Agricola Calatroni (Montecalvo Versiggia, PV)
Giovanni Di Mambro, COO & Co-Founder of Elaisian
Moderated by Adriano Marconetto, Entrepreneur In Residence of I3P

12:15 PM | Conclusion

Face To Face

Architects in Contact
Organized and promoted by the Turin Architecture Foundation

Davide Ruzzon

Thursday, November 9th, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Combo in Turin

On Thursday, November 9th, from 6 PM to 8 PM, Davide Ruzzon, Director of NAAD, Neuroscience Applied to Architectural Design, at the IUAV University of Venice, as part of the ‘Face to Face’ lecture series organized by the Turin Architecture Foundation, will explain how neuroscience helps to harmonize architecture with people’s needs and expectations, creating an empathetic space capable of generating emotions and placing people at the center of architectural design.

“Why is it that in just a few milliseconds, we can tell whether an environment attracts us or repels us?

Our bodies, long before our minds, process the data that perception gathers. It is the body’s memory, in other words, emotions, that summarizes this in the blink of an eye. Not understanding these processes can compromise the outcome of the project, provided that the well-being of people is at the heart of the interest.

What impact can an environment that does not meet our emotional expectations have on physical and mental health? What does it mean to make our experiences meaningful through a space of quality?

What is the relationship between space quality, memory, and health?”

Case studies include: Ernst & Young offices in Rome, SEA Linate Airport, Prologis Somaglia Lodi Logistics Platform, Ferrante Aporti Juvenile Prison in Turin.

Face To Face – Architects in Contact is a multi-stage event, promoted and organized by the Turin Architecture Foundation, which has featured the participation of five of the most interesting architectural collectives and studios in Italy: from Fosbury Architecture to Sex & the City, Annalisa Metta, Studio Nemesi, and Davide Ruzzon.

Throughout the event, various topics related to quality architecture have been addressed, including specific and contemporary issues. It is open to everyone, especially those involved in the design and transformation of spaces from an updated, inclusive, and sustainable perspective.

Admission is open to all, subject to seat availability, with mandatory reservation at this address: eventi@fondazioneperlarchitettura.it

For OAT members, free admission is granted, subject to seat availability, with mandatory registration on

Face To Face | Fosbury Architecture – Turin Architecture Foundation.

2 CFP credits will be awarded.

Dive into the heart of Euro-project design with Designing Europe!

Are you working in the field of European funds, or would you like to find out if it’s the right path for you and your organization?

Clear your schedule on November 7th and 8th and get ready to immerse yourself in Designing Europe, the completely free online event dedicated to the world of European project design.
14 guests, 8 panels, and 2 days of inspiration, dialogue, and meaningful connections await you

What can you expect?

• Discover the opportunities that European project design can offer for your career and your organization.
• Strategic approaches for successfully navigating Erasmus+ and CERV programs.
• In-depth panels on the impact of European projects: how to maximize it, how to measure it, and how to bring it into communities through urban innovation systems.
• A sneak peek at communication strategies and the digital future of Euro-project design, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities of AI.

How to get on board?

It’s easy! It’s all online: click here to read the full program and secure your front-row seat.
Prepare to exchange ideas with industry experts and expand your network.

And there’s more!

Your voice can make a difference!
Help us shape the panels with your questions and insights: share your suggestions with us and co-design an event that speaks to you too.

For 15 years, the Fabermeeting in Turin has been bringing together young digital creatives from all over Italy and companies in the sector. Through co-designing content, it explores all possibilities for collaboration, which often turn into employment, as well as addressing the new social and cultural needs anticipated by this particular sector.

Giving a voice to companies and young individuals who make things happen, as its name suggests, the Fabermeeting has anticipated many of the themes that have become mainstream in recent years: from machine learning to web 2.0, from mobility technologies to blockchain, from crowdfunding to making, and from virtual reality to gaming.

This year, 50 young individuals under 35 from all over Italy will participate in the Fabermeeting, having developed 35 works selected by 60 partner companies through a call that closed last July.

The program, co-designed with partners over 9 months, includes 16 closed-door workshops, 6 working groups, 6 talks, and is rich in moments open to the public, including the presentation of winning works and a Keynote speech by Matteo Rostagno, one of Italy’s most important creative directors in Extended Realities (XR), a term referring to all combined real and virtual environments and human-machine interactions generated by information technology. Two discussions: “Designing for the Silver Wave: the potential of the Silver Economy on the UX of the future“, bringing together major national players on inclusive design, and “City in Transition: the empowerment of creative communities and their Social Impact“, addressing the social impact of the so-called “creative class,” featuring experiences such as Turin Stratosferica and Graphic Days, with Paolo Venturi, Stefano Mirti, and Fabrizio Ghisio.

However, the themes proposed by Fabermeeting partner companies, which this year officially opened up to third-sector companies interested in creativity and innovation, are many. In the workshops, there is innovative and generative marketing proposed in various ways by Zandegù, Merakyn, and So Simple; there’s data to be interpreted with Top-IX and told with Bianco Tangerine, but also a new way of designing with Domino, Francesco Bombardi, and Fablab Turin; the new variations of AI with Eggers and Valentino Megali, and game thinking by Synestesia, as well as the productive experience of a successful series, such as that of Zero Calcare, told by those behind the scenes.

At the working tables, the world of digital creativity looks in the mirror without reservation, addressing challenging topics such as gender issues, work organization, and forms of precariousness. Above all, it aims to emancipate itself from the image of a para-artistic bohème, which has become a symbol of the new “knowledge work” and, as such, itself generates new social needs, attempting to address these through discussions on social innovation and impact.

Registration is mandatory through this link.

The Fabermeeting is curated by Carlo Boccazzi Varotto and organized by Weco with the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce of Turin, as part of Turin Social Impact.

The program of events open to the public:

• Friday, November 17, 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Keynote speech – Matteo Rostagno
• Friday, November 17, 6:00 PM-7:30 PM | Designing for the Silver Wave: the potential of the Silver Economy on the UX of the future with Chiara Fissore and Francesco Milanesio (Triple Sense Reply), Andrea Gaiardo (Stellantis, Hackability), Andrea di Salvo (Polytechnic University of Turin), Stefano Moro (City of Turin).
• Saturday, November 18, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM | Presentation of winning Faber works – Session I
• Saturday, November 18, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM | Presentation of winning Faber works – Session II
• Saturday, November 18, 4:30 PM-5:45 PM | City in Transition: the empowerment of Creative Communities and their Social Impact with Paolo Venturi (AICCON), Laura Martini (TurinStratoferica), Fabrizio Ghisio (Confcooperative Piemonte Nord), Stefano Mirti (Fondazione Milano), Fabio Guida (Graphic Days)
• Saturday, November 18, 6:00 PM-6:30 PM | Awards, mentions, and special prizes.

As part of the initiative InnoSocialMetro, the Metropolitan City of Turin has launched a call for micro and small enterprises with social innovation projects in need of financial suport.

The measure InnoSocialMetro, a combination of training and financial support, aims to increase the ability of the local entrepreneurial ecosystem to generate through its for profit activity, socially desirable impacts.

The Call, with availbe resources of around 1.200.000 €, will provides two independent forms of financial support:

• an interest subsidy, in the face of a bank loan subscribed by the enterprise to finance the project,
• a grant, to repay 50% of the amount invested by the enterprise in the project.

The beneficiaries will be micro and small enterprises of the Turin metropolitan area that, after having completed the training, will be able to present and implement a project with a definable and measurable social impact.

The micro and small enterprises interested in the program must contact one of the trainer providers selected by the Metropolitan City, whose list can be found at the following link.

The Metropolitan City chose wide social challenges that it wants to target, in order to encourage the evolution toward a more resilient, sustainable and fair economic model. That’s why the projects that will be admitted to the financing scheme will have to have positive repercussions on the commuity, relating in particular to one of the following challenges:

1. Employment preservation an job creation, especially through the inclusion of vulnerable individuals and disadvantaged groups;
2. Environment protection, improvement of the environmental sustainability of business activities, particularly through decarbonization, reuse and use of recycled materials, products and by-products from production cycles as an alternative to virgin raw materials, reduction of waste production, ecodesign, reduction of plastic use and replacement of plastics with alternative materials, support for green and digital transition processes;
3. Urban regeneration, restoration of facilities, promotion of new local economies;
4. Sustainable tourism, preservation and enhancement of historical and cultural heritage, trades and local productions;
5. Well-being and quality of life of communities, improved access to public services including through digital tools.

The call is available on Finpiemonte‘s website, at this link.

Listening Event: Metropolitan Forum

November 10, 2023, from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Location: Metropolitan City

The Metropolitan City of Turin invites the entire community to participate in the public listening event for the purpose of the participatory process aimed at defining the new Metropolitan Strategic Plan (MSP) 2024-2026.

The objective of the event is to initiate collective reflection to define a shared framework of the current state of affairs and the needs that the new planning must address. In particular, the event aims to begin with a discussion of what has been achieved with the MSP 21-23 and subsequently reflect on the new needs that the upcoming planning should address.

As the Guidelines for the 2024-2026 planning document, approved by the Metropolitan Council, confirm the overall structure of the current Plan, the event will be structured by dividing the audience into six thematic tables related to the Strategic Axes of the MSP: Axis 1 (Digitalization, Innovation, Competitiveness, and Culture), Axis 2 (Green Revolution and Ecological Transition), Axis 3 (Sustainable Mobility), Axis 4 (Education and Research), Axis 5 (Inclusion and Cohesion, Attractiveness), Axis 6 (Health). The discussion sessions will be facilitated by experts who will report the results of the discussions to the plenary session.

Instructions for Participation in the Event

To participate in the discussion and dialogue, attendance in person is required. In this regard, it is necessary to fill out the registration form at the following link. The event will take place at the headquarters of the Metropolitan City, at 7 Corso Inghilterra. Please arrive on time.

Listening to the Plenary via Zoom

For those who cannot attend in person, there will be an option to remotely listen to the plenary introduction to the proceedings and the feedback from the discussion sessions. In this case as well, it is necessary to fill out the registration form at the following link.

Once your registration is confirmed, a unique link for accessing the conference will be sent to the email address provided in the form. To effectively participate in the event, it is recommended to connect via a PC/Mac using the latest version of the Zoom platform, which can be downloaded from the platform’s website. Upon access, you will be asked to authorize the platform to use the camera and microphone.

Torino Social Impact, in collaboration with the Turin Chamber of Commerce and the Cottino Social Impact Campus, and in partnership with API Torino and Unione Industriali Turin, has conceived the event ‘The Benefit Company Model for Generating Social Impact‘: Monday, November 27th at 4:30 PM at the Cottino Social Impact Campus, located at Corso Castelfidardo 30/A, Turin.

This event provides a moment of reflection and discussion on the benefit model, catering to those actively involved and those interested in delving into current studies and engaging in a productive dialogue with the benefit groups of Torino Social Impact, API Torino, and Unione Industriali Torino to draw inspiration from their experiences.

Program:

16:30 – Introductory Greetings

• Guido Bolatto, Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin

16:35 – Territorial Experiences in Comparison

• Grace De Girolamo, Communication Manager at Torino Social Impact in dialogue with Micol Burighel (Amapola), Emanuela De Sabato (Futura Law Firm), Federica Fugiglando (FL20 Studio), Andrea Toso (Synesthesia)
• Pierangelo Decisi, Coordinator of the Benefit-ESG Group at API Turin
• Marco Piccolo, Vice President of Small Industry at the Industrial Union of Turin with a focus on Sustainability

17:30 – Being a Benefit Company Today: Scenario, Profiles, and Skills

• Mario Calderini, Spokesperson for Torino Social Impact, Scientific Advisor at Cottino Social Impact Campus, Professor at the School of Management, Polytechnic University of Milan
• Nicoletta Alessi, Co-founder of Goodpoint SB
• Caterina Soldi, Development & Program Manager at Cottino Social Impact Campus

The event is organized to conclude the networking and training journey of the Community of Practice of Benefit Corporations of Torino Social Impact, a project made possible thanks to the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Torino and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation.

This event is aimed at the local Benefit Corporations and companies interested in embarking on this path. Seats are limited, so registration is required on Eventbrite.