On Tuesday, May 12, the second meeting of the OP4IMPACT 2026 Community of Practice took place. The programme, designed and developed by Torino Social Impact and Cottino Social Impact Campus together with four professional associations — the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Turin, the Turin Bar Association, the Order of Labour Consultants of Turin, and the Notarial Council of the Districts of Turin and Pinerolo — aims to support professionals in a shared reflection on their role within the social economy.

The meeting represented a strategic moment of dialogue and co-design dedicated to defining the 2026 pathway of the Community of Practice, with the aim of turning the work carried out in recent months into a first concrete infrastructure for capacity building and interprofessional dissemination on impact-related topics.

As Caterina Soldi of Cottino Social Impact Campus highlighted in her opening remarks: «The OP4Impact Community of Practice emerges from the encounter between different professions and networks, belonging to distinct yet interconnected ecosystems. The objective is to understand which strategic and operational contribution they can offer within the social economy».

Building on this vision, OP4Impact is positioned as a space for peer-to-peer and transformative learning by practice, aimed at strengthening the skills and innovation capacities of the involved professional bodies, while promoting an integrated understanding of the social economy as applied to the professions.

The 2026 pathway will take shape through an impact capacity building programme consisting of four workshops — one introductory session and three case-study-based sessions — designed to consolidate shared competencies and common strategic perspectives.

At the core of the first introductory workshop, a structural reflection emerged on the concept of impact, understood as the set of long-term social, environmental, and economic effects and changes generated by an organisation within its community.

Impact was therefore defined not as a mere exercise in measurement or reporting, but as a driver of strategic planning grounded in three guiding principles: intentionality, measurability, and additionality.

Particular emphasis was placed on the need to conceive organisations as open, interconnected systems oriented towards the creation of multidimensional value for and with all stakeholders.

Within this framework, planning impact means designing change in an intentional, shared, and coherent way, through processes of collaboration, participatory governance, and continuous learning. This approach moves beyond individual or sector-based logics, positioning professions within an ecosystemic dimension capable of interpreting and navigating contemporary complexity.

The meeting thus laid the methodological foundations for the Community of Practice’s upcoming sessions, which will continue with the aim of providing concrete tools to interpret, design, and enhance impact, contributing to strengthening the strategic role of professions in the evolution of the social economy.