Designing the Social Sector – Three Workshops Promoted by the APIS Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta Group

di Volontariato Torino

/ NEWS

Published on: 5 August 2025

In September, October, and November 2025, the Piedmont, Liguria, and Valle d’Aosta group of the Italian Association of Social Planners (APIS) will host a series of three meetings to introduce the association and engage with interested participants on issues related to social planning and the professions connected to it.

The Italian Association of Social Planners promotes the professional role of the Social Planner by:

  • developing and proposing a social planning methodology valid at both national and European levels, based on effectiveness and efficiency criteria, capable of enhancing both the people involved in the project and the contexts impacted;

  • fostering cultural exchange and dialogue on social planning between the profit and non-profit sectors;

  • creating opportunities for continuous methodological exchange and collaboration between social planners and other professionals such as sociologists, psychologists, educators, healthcare operators, doctors, and social workers;

  • stimulating institutional debate on social planning, involving public and private stakeholders and decision-makers funding social initiatives and projects;

  • improving working and economic conditions for Social Planners and expanding their professional opportunities.

The seminar series aims to introduce APIS, promote the role of the social planner, build a network of professionals, and lay the groundwork for creating a community of practice.

Programme of meetings

23 September 2025 – 6:30 PM | 8:30 PM – online (Zoom)
Needs and Perspectives of Social Planning

  • Welcome by Jamil Amirian, National President of APIS

  • “Life as a Planner” with Francesco Capone, Alessia Massaro, and Alberto Bortolami

  • Lecture by Gianfranco Bordone, Department of Culture, Politics and Society – University of Turin

  • Moderator: Federico Maggiora, APIS National Board Member

21 October 2025 – 6:30 PM | 8:30 PM – online (Zoom)
Who Supports, Who Regulates, Who Studies Social Planning

  • Federica Giuliani, Department of Social, Health, and Housing Services of the City of Turin

  • Chiara Agostini, Researcher at “Percorsi di Secondo Welfare”

  • Daniela Gregnanin, Head of the Mission “Accelerating Innovation”, Compagnia di San Paolo

21 November 2025 – 6:30 PM | 9:00 PM – Vol.To, Via Giolitti 21, Turin
The Importance of Networking Among Planners

  • Roundtables facilitated by APIS members from Piedmont, Liguria, and Valle d’Aosta

  • Followed by a networking aperitivo for participants

Participation in all three meetings is free of charge.
To participate, please fill out the registration form available at this LINK.

For information: prandi@volontariatotorino.it