Event calendar

Fooding is a project to fight poverty and combat food waste, promoted by Arci Torino on the territory of the Metropolitan City, active since 2018, which includes popular canteens, recovery of food surpluses, and distribution hubs of baskets of basic necessities, with the aim of combating food poverty.

• When: 2018 – on going
• Target: families in a condition of socio-economic marginality and homeless people.

The Cinema Teatro Maffei is a historical place in the city, where the first stable company of Italian avanspettacolo was born. Today, the Associazione Cinema Teatro Maffei wants to reopen the space and convert it into an innovative and inclusive cultural hub, open to all citizens of all ages, genders and backgrounds, transforming the Maffei into a place of study and dissemination of gender issues.

• When: 2021
• Target: students, citizens, workers

Two days dedicated to the role of PA in fostering social innovation.

• When: March 24-25, 2021 (online)
• Target: public administration

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The Social Innovation Day in the Alpine Space is the final event of the ASIS project, funded by the European program INTERREG Alpine Space.

• When: April 1, 2021 (online)
• Target: open to the public

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Torino Social Impact, Ashoka Italia and Fondazione CRT, the main partner of the European summit in December, are promoting a series of events dedicated to the role of territorial projects for social innovation. 

• When: July – December 2021
• Target: open to the public

Turin will host the European summit of the Global Network of Social Innovators in late 2021.

• When: December 2021
• Target: open to the public

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A three-day cultural event designed to enrich the local and city offer through urban art, environmental sustainability and participation with a proposal of thematic workshops, exhibitions, screenings and performances.

The festival is organised under the patronage of Circoscrizione 5.

• When: July 2, 3 and 4,2021
• Target: open to everyone

The phygital conference aims to disseminate the state of the art on the humanization of technology at national and international level thanks to the voices of leading companies, designers and academics, with a view to providing new tools for innovation to institutions, companies and service providers.

• When: 17 – 18 – 19 June 2021
• Target: companies, design leads, students of the sector

II Edition of the University Course of Professional Update Social Impact Assessment

70 third sector professionals, foundations and freelancers, coming from Piedmont, Liguria, Lazio and Puglia, took part in the 2nd edition of the University Course of Professional Development (CUAP) in Social Impact Assessment, organized by the Department of Management of the University of Turin, at the end of which 14 project works will be presented.

• When: May 3 2021 – May 10 2021
• Target: management workers, managers, reporting officers within Third Sector organizations and social enterprises.

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The initiative starts from the principle, attested by scientific research, that Art can become a powerful resource of well-being, regeneration and creative empowerment for all human beings, from the earliest years of life. It has been prepared a flexible and adaptable program, partly usable in the presence and partly online – in the closed periods – with creative workshops, dedicated visits, readings, gardening activities, workshops with artists.

• When: all year round
• Target: families

Project aimed at expanding the perspective of territorial laboratories for employability with collaborations and experiences in the cultural, industrial and entrepreneurial.

• When: school year 2020-2021
• Target: schools and general public

Activation of tours of the Royal Palace and Gardens aimed at raising awareness of the issues of energy sustainability and respect for the environment, through the story of the experience of the Royal Palace in these areas.

• When: April 2021
• Target: schools, groups and single visitors

As part of the 2021 program of the Reggia di Venaria that sees, collected under the title of #LaVenariaGreen, a rich cultural proposal that has as its central theme the landscape, environmental protection and sustainability, some young artists, students of the Accademia Albertina, reflect on these issues by being inspired and interpreting the beauty of nature, art, landscape of the Reggia di Venaria, creating site-specific works that will be exhibited during the first two weekends of June in the Gardens of the complex.

• When: June 2021
• Target: youths and students

Coordination and promotional activities to encourage the discovery of the 16 Royal Residences of the House of Savoy and the territories that host them, with “slow” and eco-sustainable tourism mode through stage trips on foot or by bicycle, with the compilation through stamps/logos of the “tourist passport” of the 16 UNESCO Heritage Residences.

• When: all seasons (subject to reopening of Royal Palaces and Castles)
• Target: tourist groups, families

Green mobility project that promotes the circuit of the Royal Residences of Savoy as a tourist and cultural destination to be reached in a sustainable way with electric vehicles.

• When: 2021-2022

Target: licensed tourists and visitors, families

An event dedicated to materialize the Impact Vision in a goal of personal and organizational impact through the acquisition of specific tools.

• When: 15 April, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online) – 16 April, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online) – 23 April, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online) – 30 April, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (on Campus)
• Target: open to the public and, in particular, to those who work in the private or public world, who have resources to invest or are looking for them, who sell products or design services, managers, public and private decision-makers

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Focus on frontier design thinking tools to design for social impact.

• When: 3 April 2021, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online)
• Target: workers in the design of social, product, or service innovation, public administrations, third sector organizations, businesses, consultants, designers, early career profiles and managers.

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Vertical and specialized focus on strengthening forecasting skills for future scenario exploration and definition.

• When: May 7, 14, 21, 28 – June 4, 11, 18, July 25 – 2, 9, 17 – 17, September 24 settembre – October 22
• Target: For those who want to strengthen their leadership and build social impact through concrete personal or organizational actions.

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Advanced course to design your own impact action and make it effective and shared within organizations.

• When: May 14,
  3:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online) – May 15, 09:30 am -1:30 pm (online) – May 20, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm (online) – May 21, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (on Campus)
• Target: for those who want to strengthen their leadership and build social impact through concrete personal or organizational actions.

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Exploring frontier research on ethics and integrity within organizations.

• When: May 20 2021,
  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm (online)
• Target: Leaders and managers who want to understand how to create a culture of integrity in their team.

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In the framework of the Digital Road to Mannheim promoted by the European Commission, Torino Social Impact contributes to the event Partnerships for maximizing social impact by organizing one of the working sessions.

• When: Aprile 29 2021, 1:00 pm

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Civiltà Digitale is media partner of the event Democrazia Digitale (Digital Democracy): on the 2nd of June, 24 TEDx from all over Italy, with more than 50 speakers, will talk about how technologies are redefining the world we live in, our public and private relations, and the very way we think about society.

• When: May 24 – June 6
• Target: open to all

As part of the DelFin project, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini and Finpiemonte have launched an experimental initiative to support 10 business ideas with a social impact in the inland areas of Cuneo, Biella and Turin.

• When: April 15 2021, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Launch of Coopen’s second call on Sustainable Food and Agriculture, as part of the Innovation for Development project.

• When: April 6 2021
• Target: innovators, startups, research organizations, university departments, small and medium-sized enterprises.

Within the framework of an agreement with the Piedmont Region and the Ministry of Culture – the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation has contributed to the experimentation of the implementation of the Regional Landscape Plan in the Eporedo area, in the conviction that landscape values are a tool of primary importance for the sustainable development of territories.

• When: April 15 2021, 10:30 am – 1:00 pm

Event to tell how the design of a school has become a strongly interdisciplinary action, collective and participated by different subjects.

• When: April 15, 2021

Innovation Open Talks 2021 is a cycle of online meetings organized by Innovation for Development to maintain an open dialogue between the world of international cooperation and a selection of projects that implement technologies and innovations in African contexts.

• When: April 20, 2021
• Target: innovators, students, and researchers, institutions, international cooperators.

Innovation Open Talks 2021 is a cycle of online meetings organized by Innovation for Development to maintain an open dialogue between the world of international cooperation and a selection of projects that implement technologies and innovations in African contexts.

• When: May 18, 2021
• Target: innovators, students and researchers, institutions, international cooperators.

Innovation Open Talks 2021 is a cycle of online meetings organized by Innovation for Development to maintain an open dialogue between the world of international cooperation and a selection of projects that implement technologies and innovations in African contexts.

• When: June 15, 2021
• Target: innovators, students and researchers, institutions, international cooperators.

Demo day of the second edition of Techstars Smart Mobility Accelerator, which includes the presentation of the projects of the 12 international startups participating in the acceleration program dedicated to smart mobility.

• When: April 22, 2021, 6:00 am
• Target: innovators, startups, investors

An innovative theatrical experience that is part of the civic education programs offered in schools and that, starting from the dramatic event experienced by the lawyer Alberto Musy and his family, offers students and teachers the opportunity to participate in the creative process of two theatrical performances transmitted in live streaming and preceded by a training course to acquire the tools necessary to reflect, with different languages, on the links between the individual and society.

• When: April 26, 2021
• Target: schools in the Turin area

The Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and SocialFare launching Torino Proxima, an event to reflect on the cultural and economic dimension of proximity as an enabling element for building an empathetic and accessible future for Torino.

• When: June 2021
• Target: open to all

The Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation promotes a call for proposals to strengthen and consolidate the organisation of organisations operating in Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta, allocating a budget of €2 million, which can be increased to €6 million.

• When: May 11 – June 29 2021
• Target: organisations established before December 31 2019, with at least one operational headquarters in Piedmont, Liguria or Valle d’Aosta and total revenues in 2019 of at least EUR 150,000.

The Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation is launching the call for proposals Wonder: Experiments in design for social innovation. The initiative, realised in collaboration with Circolo del Design and Torino Social Impact, aims to develop design projects that generate innovative solutions and services capable of responding to the social needs of the territory, taking up the challenge of the green transition.

• When: phase 1 ends at 12 noon on 28 July 2021; phase 2 at 12 noon on 21 December 2021.
• Target: designers and third sector organisations

Polo del ‘900 and Biennale Democrazia present four meetings waiting for the seventh edition of Biennale Democrazia that will be held in Turin from October 6 to 10, 2021.

The first meeting is on the living conditions in urban centers during the pandemic and the opportunity to repopulate the countryside and inland areas.

• When: April 15, 2021
• Target: all citizens, with particular regard to children and students of the three years of high school.

Polo del ‘900 and Biennale Democrazia present four meetings waiting for the seventh edition of Biennale Democrazia that will be held in Turin from October 6 to 10, 2021.

The second meeting is on youth civic engagement in elections.

• When: April 29, 2021
• Target: all citizens, with particular regard to children and students of the three years of high school.

Polo del ‘900 and Biennale Democrazia present four meetings waiting for the seventh edition of Biennale Democrazia that will be held in Turin from October 6 to 10, 2021.

During the third meeting, new perspectives on redefining work time are discussed.

• When: May 19, 2021
• Target: all citizens, with particular regard to children and students of the three years of high school.

Polo del ‘900 and Biennale Democrazia present four meetings waiting for the seventh edition of Biennale Democrazia that will be held in Turin from October 6 to 10, 2021.

The fourth meeting deals with the power of language to shape reality.

• Quando: May 27, 2021
• Target: all citizens, with particular regard to children and students of the three years of high school.

National event dedicated to the promotion of the best innovation solutions for more resilient and inclusive communities: a moment of sharing and confrontation involving cities, companies, research organizations, and the wider community of public and private actors who, through resources and skills, can bring value to our country.

• When: April 13, 2021, 9:00 am -5:00 pm (online)

Torino Social Impact is a promoting partner of the first edition of the Impact Narrative Award of GSG For Impact Investing aimed at selecting the best communication campaigns in the 32 countries of the international network.

• When: October 2021
• Target: open to the public

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Torino Social Impact is among the speakers at Change NOW, the largest meeting dedicated to sustainability and social impact in the world, with over 500 speakers from 120 countries and 1000 innovative solutions proposed, taking part at the Ecosystem Highlights session by invitation of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing.

• When: October 2021
• Target: open to the public

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The City of Turin, in collaboration with Nesta Italia and in the context of the European project NGI Forward, organizes the Town Hall Forum to discuss with citizens the digitalization of the city.

• When: May 13, 2021, starting at 17:45
• Target: open to the public

How will science, technology and art help us solve some of the biggest challenges facing the cities of the future?

Torino Social Impact is network partner of S+T+ARTS URBAN FEST, a two-day digital festival to inspire, imagine and talk about the cities of the future.

STARTS Urban Fest is organized by  Nesta Italia in collaboration with Fondazione CRT and OGR Torino, with the support of the European Commission.

• When: June 20-30, 2021
• Target: open to the public

From the first week of May opens to the public the Orto WOW, the new space in Via Onorato Vigliani 102 set up with a garden in boxes with plants for pollinating insects and an apiary for the production of honey, made by the Association OrtiAlti under the European project H2020 ProGiReg. OrtiAlti offers five events to address important issues through the game.

• When: May 7, 2021 – May 21, 2021 – June 11, 2021 – June 25, 2021 – July 23, 2021
• Target: adults, families, children ages 6 to 12.

The OCA project realizes a theater workshop with students and young people, aimed at the realization of one or more short theatrical performances. The group will present the performance during the final event.

The project is realized with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation within the framework of the “Bando CivICa”, Culture and Civic Innovation projects.

• When: May 8 to June 12, 2021
• Target: young people and adults between 19 – 40 years old

SocialFare and the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation are launching Torino Proxima, an event to reflect on the cultural and economic dimension of proximity as an enabling element for building an empathetic and accessible future for Torino.

• When: June 2021
• Target: open to all

Two days to rethink sport as an engine of synergy between advanced technologies, entrepreneurial projects and a sustainable future for young people. The event is organized by Sport Innovation Hub (SIH) at the J | Hotel in Turin, with the contribution of the Turin Chamber of commerce and the patronage of the Piedmont Region.

• When: 10-11 June 2021
• Target: open to all

The TOP-IX Consortium has organized a seminar to explore the New European Programming in the digital field.

With this seminar, TOP-IX intends to explore the opportunity to collaborate with its network, as well as to trigger synergies at a territorial level on the main European issues.

• When: April 20, 2021
• Target: open to the public

The Turin Chamber of commerce is launching the Job for the Future (JFD) Award for the 2021 edition of the Job Film Days, the film festival dedicated to the themes of work and workers’ rights.

• When: September 22-26, 2021
• Target: directors under 40