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I N N O VAT I O N
AND INCLUSION
IN TORINO
ST R AT EG I ES A N D ACT I O N S
TOWA R D U R BA N I N N OVAT I O N
EUROPEAN UNION
European Regional Development Fund
INTRO “ The City of Torino is promoting social innovation
interventions in those neighborhoods and urban
areas which are presenting high level of critical
Torino IN THE EUROPEAN
FRAMEWORK
“
socio-economic factors.
The challenge is to respond to local needs through URBACT is the main European Union focused on
Co-planning and co-management skills are a multidisciplinary and innovative approach, thus sustainable urban development. In recent years
nowadays essential practices for those who being capable of developing adequate solutions to it has been one of the most interesting tools to The URBACT project “URBinclusion” involves a
want to create meaningful public policies for the stimulating and enhancing the engagement of the promote networking among cities and at the network of 9 European cities (Barcelona, Lyon,
transformation of cities and for the regeneration targeted local communities, generating positive same time to stimulate active participation of Glasgow, Copenhagen, Krakow, Timisoara,
of urban fabrics which are composed both by effects in economic and social terms. Trikala, Naples and Turin) that address the
citizens and stakeholders in the definition of urban
Thanks to the URBInclusion project, we brought
physical infrastructures and social relations. Urban innovative policies. issue of urban and social inclusion through the
together local stakeholders and - with the support of
regeneration cannot be longer defined as the Italy surely represents one integration of different policies and actions.
experts - we gained a thorough knowledge resulting
recovery of abandoned or underused buildings, of the countries with the The intent is to stimulate innovative methods of
from the value of the transnational exchange, which
but they need to be increasingly perceived as largest number of cities exchange and collective learning regarding the
is contributing to the process of public policies’
the reconstruction of a network of people and the definition. We had the opportunity to explore crucial involved in URBACT, with promotion of effective policies and strategies for
recognition of their needs that these relations topics related to the design of collaborative services, over seventy urban realities that in recent years urban regeneration and social cohesion.
can contribute to generate, also thanks to new to analyze new legal/contractual solutions that have shared different themes and approaches The project addresses some common urban
regulatory models. can enable the promotion of new forms of public- dealing with the most advanced forms of urban challenges: the participation of local actors in
Since the 1990s, public policy actions have been private partnership within the community and to sustainability: from resilience to mobility, from service design, new models of public-private
constantly evolved along this axis, meanwhile City spread new innovative models of finance and impact urban agriculture to the role of digital agenda for partnership, integration between sustainable
of Torino launched its more recent intervention assessment for social investments. urban growth. Over the last few years, Torino has development policies at local, regional
initiatives aimed at promoting social inclusion. Furthermore, the City boosts a number of been confirmed as one of the main Italian actors and national level, financial innovation, the
Citizenship, the associative environment, the interventions in support of urban regeneration monitoring and evaluation of actions.
able to closely combine its presence in URBACT
processes, which are also developed from an
entrepreneurial and creative ecosystem, together with its integrated urban development policies,
Urbinclusion -
entrepreneurial point of view: it is worth mentioning
with the third sector become themselves civic particularly on the issues of innovative governance,
that Torino Social Impact’s objective is to make
actors that- along with the Public Administration
Torino one of the best ecosystems in the world to
inclusion and social innovation. The significant the IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
acting as an enabling force rather than a supplier role played by the civic involvement methodology With this publication, the “Implementation Plan”
develop business and investments having a clear
- design, develop and manage activities producing social impact target. promoted by URBACT, which aims to achieve a of the City of Turin is presented, which collects
a high social impact, which is fundamental in With this publication, Torino aims to provide evidence more integrated urban policy, clearly represents the initiatives in support of social innovation,
guaranteeing adequate levels of welfare, thus of its concrete action in support of active citizenship a starting point to develop, on a national scale, during the two years of work, were activated to
taking up the challenge of transforming needs into processes, demonstrating its commitment in a more effective urban policy at different levels, support active citizenship paths characterized
opportunities. encouraging urban innovation dynamics. especially in view of the new cohesion policy. by elements of innovation and urban and social
inclusion.
marco ALESSANDRO Giusta Paola Pisano Simone d’Antonio
Council member for decentralization, Council member for innovation and ANCI National URBACT Point
suburbs, integration European funds https://urbact.eu https://urbact.eu/urbinclusion
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the IMPLEMENTATION LOCAL SUPPORT
PLAN 7,9 Ml euro allocated
118 projects supported by the city of torino
415 organizations Involved
GROUP
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Each partner city within an through which the integrated solutions to face future urban
URBACT network is required to and participatory approach to challenges. The LSG involves
The main objectives of the implementation plan set up a Local Support Group urban policies is formulated: they various departments of the City
are the following: (LSG). The objective is to bring bring together different partners of Torino; the third sector with
together all the stakeholders to collaborate on a specific issue various NGOs, cooperatives and
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already engaged in the territory and benefit from the exchange of associations; incubators for social
COMMUNITY WELFARE and involve them in the process of experiences at transnational level. enterprises, community hubs -
Support sustainable social assistance development and implementation This experience strengthens Case del Quartiere; University of
processes in disadvantaged areas. © A. De Bellis - Unsplash
of local policies, in order to define the capacity of local actors Torino; representatives of citizens
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and experts.
ACTIOnS
the Implementation Plan. and stakeholders to design and
NEW MODELS OF PUBLIC- LSGs are the main vehicle implement more sustainable
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP The Implementation Plan includes a series of
Stimulate the active participation of civil
society through new collaborative forms
integrated actions: MEETINGS AND
of dialogue and innovative relationships Torino Social Factory WORKSHOPS
with the Public Administration. Social Innovation Projects promoted by the During the project, several meetings
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Third Sector. and workshops were held:
FINANCIAL INNOVATION
Encourage the use of innovative funding A X TO
Actions for Torino peripheral areas 02.07.2018_Towards community welfare
tools to promote widespread participation
sustaining social innovation and active 08.11.2018_Collaborative governance
of citizens in the development of social
participation.
innovation projects. and evaluation models
04 MONITORING AND EVALUATION Co-City 14-15.11.2018_Social Inclusion
Protagonist citizens to make common goods
OF POLICIES a resource for social and urban regeneration
experiences in Torino and Baltimore
Evaluate the social impact of public processes. 07.03.2019_Signs and signals of
social innovation policies to increase social innovation
transparency, accountability and european crowdfunding center
engagement capacity of the Public Technical support to collective finance 10.04.2019_ Ideas, social innovation,
Administration. instruments. impact in the Torino ecosystem © Links
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Insight
COLLABORATIVE SERVICES SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR URBAN REGENERATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
By facing everyday life problems, people are often with their context and with other projects, impact
capable of inventing new solutions: new ways of on the whole city functioning and on its identity.
thinking permit them to tackle these problems In practical terms, this means to regenerate the
from different perspectives and to work them out, city and produce social inclusion by developing Community Hubs
opening up new possibilities. collaborative services. That is a service based "Case del Quartiere":
How can I improve the quality of my on the collaboration between citizens, and
neighborhood? How can I find healthy food? Who between them and other social actors (as public
infrastructure model
will help me in my daily necessities now that I am administration, companies, non-profit enterprises,
to support
social innovation.
becoming old? How can I go to work every day, associations, universities).
avoiding high car costs and traffic jam stress? These services can be collaborative in different
Given these problems and the daily life questions ways, proposing different forms of collaborations CASE DEL
QUARTIERE
they raise, individuals and associations are pushed (blending horizontal and vertical collaborations),
to search for new solutions, by using their specific different motivations (blending economic and
experience and their capacity to collaborate, in a
creative way, conceiving and implementing new
cultural motivations), and different positions in
the innovation tra jectory (from initial activism to The “Case del Quartiere”
NETWORK
MANIFESTO
forms of organization. different forms of normality). Network represents the pillar for
Such collaborative organizations are capable To move towards social inclusion and city the constitution of a city network
able to collect requests and
1. Places open to all 6. The operators:
of answering these difficult questions exactly regeneration with a collaborative attitude, we need citizens competent social artisans
because they break the old economic and therefore new design tools, organizational models projects, to drive the processes 2. Active participation 7. Intermediate places
organizational paradigm. Collaborative and public policies. But not only. We also need a of a community building, of places between public and privatE
organizations can be considered as a new kind shared vision able to bridge diversities, to create social innovation and of the 3. Accessible, welcoming 8. Spaces in search of the
and generative meeting right balance between
of social service that, by involving active and social commons and to develop opportunities collective production of urban
places economic autonomy and
collaborative citizens, generates values for them and active participation. That’s how the City can welfare, starting from the shared
4. Spaces for all but public support
and, at the same time, for the whole society. nurture social innovation. management of common goods. nobody’s exclusive home 9. Places rooted in the
Urban planning helps this process by triggering The “project communities” 5. Containers of multiple territory
and coordinating several self-standing projects activated on the urban territory activities 10. Structures with their
will represent the reference own form of governance
that truly become city-making projects: initiatives Ezio Manzini, DESIS Network
with different aims and scales that, interacting Politecnico di Milano point for the urban regeneration
actions to be promoted.
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aCTIONS
Torino social factory Fattore g-local una piazza mirafiori
Torino Social Factory is the measure of the solutions capable of creating economic value comunita' factory fantastica sicura
Innovation Department of the City of Torino to for the territory and the community, generating
Applicants: ACLI + Coop Applicant: Liberitutti s.c.s. Applicant: Altra Mente Applicant: Cooperativa
support social innovation projects, promoted positive impacts in the fight to new poverty,
At the borders between A factory in the Aurora Installation of a Park of Sociale Mirafiori Onlus
by the third sector, able to include civil society social vulnerability and unemployment and to
districts 2 and 8, a and Barriera districts, the Fantastic, a Festival A bicycle workshop,
and to trigger urban regeneration processes in promote cultural integration and social cohesion. community welfare and two Laboratories
capable of combining an eco-bar and a
those peripheral areas presenting critical socio- This is the first measure to support social hub in which families the dimension of that contribute to social bakery that
economic risks. innovation that has been launched at the can receive services, enterprise with inclusive the socio-cultural aim to generate job
Torino Social Factory supports the development national level as part of the National Operational support each other and economic models: it regeneration process opportunities for young
of social entrepreneurship ideas through an Program (NOP) Metropolitan Cities 2014-2020 delegate care tasks in supports individuals triggered by the Mufant people and unemployed
accompanying path and financial support to (measure 3.3.1 C) with grants for 1.4 million of order to regain time to with potential in terms Museum of Borgo Vittoria people from Mirafiori
transform ideas into services, products and Euro. play the role of a social of professionalism who through the insertion of and services for the local
and cultural actor of their are unable to enter the disadvantaged people community.
http://torinosocialfactory.it
territory. traditional market. into the labour market..
Triciclo vallette
aBITO Biagio Carota CuQU' non di solo pane Prometeo reuse center al centro
Applicant: Società San Applicant: Rete Italiana di Applicant: Patchanka Applicant: San Salvario Applicant: Panacea Social Applicant: Cooperativa Applicant: Triciclo scs Applicants: Eta Beta
Vincenzo de’ Paoli Cultura Popolare Local Development Agency Farm s.c.s. Zenith s.c.s.+ altri
In the Porta Palazzo It organizes services, C.A.R.O.T.A. means: In San Salvario, a baby In Barriera di Milano, Home and family Professional training The project was born to
district, it offers a relates skills and needs Food, Agriculture, parking space with the accompanying paths planning services for the development of alleviate the burden of
multifunctional space for through a virtual platform Network, Employment, possibility of co-working towards work and (Prometeo home) and skills related to crafts detention on inmates and
the collection, tailoring capable of highlighting Territory, Aggregation. A workstations for parents, citizenship aimed at program of recreational and re-use, combined their families, stimulating
and free distribution of and promoting the solidarity inn in the park, creative workshops and vulnerable people and cultural activities with spaces for social social inclusion paths in
used and regenerated interaction between the urban gardens for km0 educational courses, through the creation of (Prometeo Club) in the aggregation in Borgo the territory of disctict 5
clothes inhabitants of the old food production and a and a welcoming and products aimed at those territories of the districts Aurora. of the City of Torino.
central neighborhoods social branch active for 2 accompanying space for with food intolerances or 5 and 6.
years, at Mirafiori. all families. healthy food lovers..
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insight
CO-CITY BENI COMUNI
URBAN
I beni
Urban
spesso
URBANI GOODS
COMMON
comunicommons,
urbani, aree green
in disuso
spaces,
verdi, edifici
o sottoutilizzati,
often abandoned
e spazi
areas,
grazie
pubblici, and public
buildings
oralunderused,
protagonismothanks to the COOPERATION PACTS
AS THE FIRST PROTOTYPE OF INNOVATIVE URBAN PARTNERSHIPS
dei leading
cittadini, possono
role ofdiventare
citizens,una risorsa
can fondamen-
become a fundamental
taleresource
dei processiof
di rigenerazione urbana. processes.
urban regeneration
The CO-CITY project of the city of Torino is The construction of non-authoritative relationships
considered the most advanced experiment (horizontal, collaborative, cooperative) between the
The CO-CITY project, co-financed in Europe with regard to new forms of public government and the inhabitants of the cities and/
THE PACTS OF COLLABORATION
by the European Union under the The Pacts of Collaboration , provided partnership: or the enabling of forms of cooperation between the
UIA - Urban Innovative Actions I PATTI
for byDI COLLABORAZIONE
the Regulation of the Common LE CASE DEL QUARTIERE • It establishes a procedural technique based on inhabitants and the other local actors implies that
I Goods
Patti di Collaborazione,
of the City ofprevisti
Torino,dalare Regola-
the Le Case del Quartiere di Torino sono luoghi di presidio
mento Beni Comuni dellaco-planning
Città di Torino,andsono
“collaborative dialogue” as it involves a brokerage
sociale e culturale, protagoniste dei processi di rige-
the different actors interact on an equal level.
initiative, is implemented by the tool to govern the
loshared
strumento per governare la co-progetta-
management of activities, the nerazione urbana. function in the construction of partnerships by the This requires changes in the action and mentality of
City of Torino in partnership with zione
birthe ofla new
gestione condivisa enterprises
community delle attività, Nelle Case del Quartiere Public Administration
si progetta, si discute, si con- through the management of both public and social actors.
laand
nascita
thediredevelopment
nuove imprese di of comunità e la divide, si rafforza il legame sociale.
the University of Torino, ANCI riqualificazione
buildings
di edifici e spazi pubblici. Nelle Case del Quartiere the
trovico-planning function of the contents and the
informazioni e supporto
In other words, the public administration must
and public spaces.
and the Cascina Roccafranca CO-CITY PACTS sul progetto CO-CITY.legal framework of the partnership, in order to become a platform to facilitate the construction of
I PATTI
A) Pacts DI CO-CITY
concerning disused buildings,
www.retecasedelquartiere.org
replace the competition between local actors with these cooperative relations between the various
Foundation, leader of the city A)made
Patti che riguardano
available byedifici in disuso,
the City, for messi collaboration and cooperation as a principle for the urban actors. In the case of Torino, the practice
a disposizione dalla
redevelopment Città, per interventi
interventions di
and for LA CASSETTA DEGLIof ATTREZZI
network of the Houses of the riqualificazione e per la realizzazione design public evidence procedures and public of the cooperation agreements signed, or being
the realization of new servicesdiand nuovi L’Università di Torino partecipa al progetto
Neighborhoods - Case del servizi e attività.
activities. con: contracts; signed, shows more than in other contexts that
B) Pacts concerning places of public FIRSTLIFE • It attempts to go beyond the traditional the inhabitants and other local actors are ready to
Quartiere. B) Patti che riguardano luoghi di presidio pub-
presence (schools, social-assistance Il social network civico per la costruzione,
blico (scuole, servizi socio-assistenziali, spazi concession module and the instrument of the
il coordinamento e la documentazione
engage in these extended cooperation formulas.
With a total budget of 5.1 million services, cultural spaces, etc.) which
culturali, etc.) che presentano un potenziale
have a greater potential for use than dei patti dicontract
collaborazione.trying to build a more cooperative This allow them to provide answers to the city’s
di utilizzo superiore rispetto a quello attuale. cocity.firstlife.org
euros, the project proposes the current one. approach to negotiations. An essential characteristic problems, to take on a certain level of risk and to
C) Pacts that promote la curathe care and invest a significant amount of time approaching the
a trial of the ‘Regulation on CO-CITY C) Patti
the
che promuovono e l’uso condivi- RICERCA Eof these new
INNOVAZIONE forms of negotiation is that they imply
GIURIDICA
Il progetto CO-CITY sperimenta possibili risposte alla so dishared use ofaree
spazi pubblici, public
verdi,spaces,
strutture green
sot- Un modello a non-exclusive
giuridico e gestionalerelationship
per between the P.A. and idea of a “civic entrepreneurs”.
collaboration between citizens areas, underused
toutilizzate, anche su structures, even on
proposta dei cittadini.
crisi economica attraverso la gestione condivisa dei beni citizens’ proposals. l’attuazione del Regolamento.
local actors, especially social ones and communities At the international level, the City of Torino
comuni urbani. La Città di Torino promuove un nuovo Un manuale che raccolga gli esiti delle
and the administration for the of inhabitants
sperimentazioni di CO-CITY. or users, local entrepreneurs who participates in the Urban Agenda for the EU
tipo di relazione tra cittadini e amministrazione locale.
care, shared management and La collaborazione tra cittadini e amministrazione locale create or invest in forms of sustainable and through the Urban Partnership on Innovative and
è l’elemento decisivo per far emergere un nuovo senso responsible real economy, universities and schools. Responsible Public Procurement, which includes
regeneration of urban common di comunitàThrough a public
e nuove opportunità per la consultation
produzione di for the presentation of
servizi innovativi nelle periferie, attraverso la rigenera- In addition, these actors agree to take on part of urban authorities, a Member State (Italy), observers
goods’, approved by the City collaboration proposals,
zione di aree verdi, edifici e spazi pubblici. the City asked third sector the risks that a partnership approach implies and, and associations (CEMR, EUROCITIES, URBACT)
in January 2016. Moreover, it organizations and associations, including informal ones, to therefore, the risk is no longer only on the shoulders and the European Commission (DG REGIO and DG
provides for the redevelopment propose actions of regeneration, care and shared management of the local administration and/or of one of its GROW). We can say that the challenge launched
concessionaires. by the City of Torino to forge the first prototype
of real estate and public spaces of urban common goods.
Collaboration pacts represent a disruptive form of new partnerships for urban innovation with the
in degraded conditions through of institutional innovation and public governance, partnership agreements was won. This because
the stipulation of collaboration To date, 63 proposals have been launched to co-design with the which relies on a form of non-authoritative the Urban Partnership Action Plan expressly
pacts between the Administration City Departments, the districts involved and the Neighborhood action from the city administration. Pacts should contemplates the project and its legal and
enable active citizenship and collective action by governance tool as one of the fundamental pillars of
and active citizenship as an Houses. Between 2019 and 2020, agreements will be signed to a European strategy for innovative and responsible
the inhabitants as a new way of governing and
instrument of urban regeneration. formalize the collaboration and start the actions. managing urban resources, services and local procurement of cities.
infrastructures.
Christian Iaione | UIA expert for CO-CITY
www.comune.torino.it/benicomuni/
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zo o m o n p roj ects
CO-CITY Via Le Chiuse 66
Applicants: Ass. culturale Archimente, Stranaidea S.C.S. - Impresa Sociale Onlus, Coop. Sociale Patchanka
Via Negarville, Via Plava, Via Roveda The Habitat project aims to provide the area with a space for citizens by offering an integrated service
relating to the issues of parenting, work and personal support. The spaces, currently unused, will be
Applicants: AICS - Torino Provincial Committee Ass. ARIS APS
restructured through the CO-CITY project and will also host the offices of one of the Social Inclusion
Centers established by the City’s Social Services Department.
The proposal concerns the social entertainment of the sports field of via Negarville, of the “Emilio Pugno”
garden, of the green and gallery areas adjacent to the headquarters of the associations. The area was
involved in a redevelopment project within the AxTO project: the associations are involved in the care of the Corso Taranto 160 Intercultural Center
area and in the management of the Family Space 10 and the Manuela Ribas study room. Applicants: ACTIONAID, Ass. JANELA, M.A.I.S. - Movimento per l’Autosviluppo,
l’Interscambio e la Solidarietà, RE.TE ONG, Vie d’incontro S.C.S ONLUS
football field Via Ponderano 20 The Intercultural Center of Torino, since 1996, is proposed as a place
Applicant: “Il Campetto” Amateur Sports Association of integration, training and dialogue between the different cultures
present in the Torino area, offering its own spaces for the promotion of
The “Il Campetto” ASA has been operating in the small sports field of via the activities of about forty associations, operating in various sectors.
Ponderano since 2001. The Association was founded by the boys of the The proposers offer their commitment to increase the offer of activities,
neighborhood who continue to use it involving children and young people integrate the management of the Center and become more attractive
also through school courses. They propose to promote participation and towards the neighborhood and the City.
enjoyment of the pitch and increase the positive perception of spaces.
The association also intends to involve children in the care of the garden
adjacent to the football field. The field, currently in a state of degradation,
kindergarden De Panis,
© Città di TorinoTorino
will be upgraded through the intervention of the CO-CITY project.
via Ala di Stura 23- via Fossata
Applicants: Ass. Altrocanto, Parents group, Scuola Infanzia De Panis
external areas of "Lorusso e COTugno" detention center A group of parents, with the school and the association, proposes to adopt
Applicant: Ass. Jonathan and Prison Management the pedestrian area of Via Fossata. This area has been repeatedly the
subject of redevelopment projects even with the insertion of a gymnastic
The Jonathan Association is active with projects inside the prison and proposes to take care of the small path, to date it is however uncultivated and poorly attended.
green area in front of the entrance, used above all by relatives of prisoners waiting or leaving the talks. The proposal envisages connecting the school garden to the Via Fossata
With the involvement of some inmates, it is planned to cultivate plants inside the prison pavilions that can area, promoting its correct use and involving the inhabitants in the care
be used by the district in the flowerbeds as well as in the external area of the district house. The project and supervision. Integrations to the routes and green areas are planned
offers a training and working opportunity for the inmates creating a positive relationship with the outside. through the CO-CITY project. © Città di Torino
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European crowdfunding center A x TO
The AxTO program - Actions for the Torino peripheral areas, was
The city has started an experiment aimed at offering the third sector selected as part of the call for the regeneration and security of
a support service for the implementation of crowdfunding campaigns suburbs, launched by the Presidency of the Italian Council of Ministers.
for social innovation projects. It supports the development of an integrated series of public and
A process has therefore been initiated for the creation of the first private investments, including 44 tangible and intangible actions,
Italian crowdfunding district: the European Crowdfunding Center (at which are implemented through hundreds of widespread interventions
PROJECTS ADMITTED the Open INCET site). on the peripheries.
TO THE ACCOMPANYING It aims to promote - in particular - «the design of skills creation, This is a 46 million euro program, partially funded through national
development and support of teams of innovators able to develop
PROCESS funds, consisting of various measures aimed at promoting urban
projects that can find, in the crowdfunding tool, an innovative way to regeneration in areas with critical problems from the point of view of
ARTICOLO 10 | Colori Vivi promote themselves and to raise funds to start and grow their own education, employment and maintenance of the building heritage.
Multi-ethnic tailoring projects ». Within AxTO, 3 actions were dedicated to supporting innovative
CRESCERE INSIEME | EduGamers In this framework and within the “Measure 3.3.1. B ”of the National social, cultural and environmental projects.
for kids 4.0 Educational videogames Operative Program “Metropolitan Cities” (PON Metro), launched a call
ENGIM -Artigiani Digitali | Restart divided into two phases:: www.axto.it
Cafè degli Artigianelli
Training in the repair of electronic
objects SOCIAL CROWDFUNDING ACADEMY
GRUPPO ABELE | In-Tessere 48 actors from the third sector were selected and participated in a
Conoscenze, Vestire Opportunità mentoring process of six weekly meetings (from 22 June to 27 July
Tailoring training 2018) aimed at acquiring the expertise on the theme of crowdfunding.
MUFANT | Loving the Alien – Festival
Between Fantasy and Inclusion
COOP VALDOCCO | Nati per CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN SUPPORT
soffriggere Integration through At the end of the Social Crowdfunding Academy the participating
ethnic cuisine subjects reformulated their project proposal and applied for the
second phase of the call (August / September 2018), which provided AxTO - TESTING AxTO - Living lab AxTO - INNOVATIVE
for the accompanying and support service in the phases of writing, SOCIAL INNOVATION CIRCULAR AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
The second call will be held launching and managing a crowdfunding campaign for six design SERVICES COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
from June 2019 ideas. ECONOMY
http://euro-cc.eu/ action 3.03 action 3.02 action 4.01
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p roj ects
A x TO la casa del lavoro
Applicant: Patchanka
HaCkability
Applicant: Hackability
Transforming the Employment The goal is to meet the needs of
LA PANCA / co-
TESTING SOCIAL Agency from a place of passage people with disabilities through
designed Open Source
burdened with exhausting co-design, digital fabrication,
INNOVATION SERVICES bureaucratic procedures, to a the use of prototyping Multifunctional seat
action 3.03 place of training, a reference machines and open source Applicant: Fab Lab
To the projects admitted to the testing phase, the measure proposes: point and a real and permanent cards, experimenting with Objective: social cohesion and
network for the citizens who are new economic models for the (re) appropriation of spaces
Through a public call for tenders, FINANCIAL SUPPORT TRAINING AND LOGISTIC
now unemployed. creation and distribution of through the creation of an
the City of Torino has financed Non-refundable contribution SUPPORT products. intelligent bench, the result of a
the testing of new services able from 10,000 to 20,000 euros, Collective trainings (on the topics
co-creation with the inhabitants
to satisfy social needs and favour with a minimum co-financing of of digital fundraising, social media Job me social open lab of the neighborhood, Via Arquata
social inclusion processes, job 25% of the total investment, to marketing, communication, legal Applicant: Social Tech Applicant: Sicurezza e Lavoro area, near the Fablab of Torino.
placement and/or regeneration validate the proposed solution and administrative management) JOB ME - Widespread Innovative social laboratory in A training course for young
and identify and satisfy current by the subjects managing the architectures for the people is envisaged in a 4.0 craft
and revitalization of urban areas which the promoters (young
enhancement of human people, aged 18 to 29) meet perspective, in collaboration with
at risk of degradation. or potential market demand. Incet, Innovation Center of Torino.
and social capital in the inhabitants, customers and the Associazione Nuova Arquata
www.torinosocialimpact.it/servizi/axto-social-innovation-testing neighborhood between Borgo operators of Porta Palazzo and / Spazio Baraca
Vittoria and Madonna di Balôn, to promote the recovery,
Campagna. re-use and repair of objects
It proposes the experimentation
AxTO CALL 3.03 - aWARDED PROJECTS of practices and tools of Open
(computer equipment, small
appliances…)..
START UP OF NEW SERVICES IN DEPRIVED URBAN AREAS recognition of skills developed
in non-formal contexts and the AbiTO
laboratorio di
Applicant: Ass. Arteria Onlus
paper lab EATnico / food smart emission of digital skills
certificates (Open Badge) within The AbiTO project guarantees
mediators a civic platform that supports mestiere access to the lease to a group of
Applicant: Ass. Miranda Applicant: Ass. Nessuno the local functioning of the labor Applicant: Coop. O.R.S.O. 20-35 year olds, Italian or foreign,
The project enriches the spaces The goal is to enhance the market. Integrated service that allows who, although solvent, do not
of the “Bocciofila del Fortino” presence of activities related 100 job seekers to access a have sufficient guarantees to
with a numerically controlled to ethnic food in the Aurora path of emergence, certification access the free lease market. The
manufacturing workshop for district through the creation of and validation of skills also experimentation takes place in
the production of interactive a multimedia itinerary on the through practical laboratory Porta Palazzo / Barriera di Milano
editorial materials, both kitchens of the world and the dal chiuso all'axto and manufacturing activities. and accompanies the process of
multimedia and paper. The main organization of food-related Applicant: Forte Chance The service will be located in the autonomy of the young people
objective is to provide the Aurora services that promote dialogue The project aims to help 5 City of trades and professions involved. The replicability of the
district with a technologically and coexistence among the young persons in social retreat in Torino with the collaboration model is envisaged, after the first
advanced space open to the inhabitants of the area. (hikikomori) to return to life of Cooperativa Orso, Scuola year, through the establishment
© ThePaperLab community. outside and to social relations. Camerana and FabLab Torino. of a revolving fund.
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p roj ects
A x TO Urbanaquafarm
Applicant: Carlo Prelli Service
The project is part of the “Orti
Beautiful Precious
Plastic RIcuciTo'
Applicant: HUMANA
Applicant: Ass. Izmade
People to People Italia
living -LAB Urbani Torino” system and The experiment aims to develop
Torino Living Lab circular and collaborative economy is an proposes a collaborative system The project includes: a workshop
CIRCULAR AND initiative which is part of the AxTO Project - Action 3.02
new items of furniture by
on the transformation and reuse
of production and consumption
COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY “Innovation in the periphery”, whose goal is to promote the of vegetable products based on
recycling plastic waste thanks
of textile materials with the
to the use of open source
action 3.02 creation of Living Labs in the target peripheral areas, with “hydroponic” culture techniques. Polytechnic University of Torino;
equipment. The project is
a focus on co-development and testing of solutions that In collaboration with the Falchera development oa a prototype;
active in the “Barriera di Milano”
respond to environmental, social and quality of life challenges. Development Committee. the production of the product
district.
by the tailoring “il Gelso” with
Through this initiative, the City of Torino proposes:
Cibo 2 edilizia circolare
the technical support of the
• to enhance previous experience in the smart city environment and Applicant: Stranidea Coop sociale Social Cooperative “Occhio
Applicant: Emmegi
in particular the “Torino Living Lab” initiative; The project aims to provide del Riciclone”. The production
With the constitution of a
• to stimulate the experimentation of innovative initiatives and night-time hospitality homes will take place in the Vallette
team of re-use professionals,
solutions also in view of their subsequent diffusion on the market; with at least one nutritionally district, inside the sartorial
composed of architects,
• to support professionalism and innovative forms of entrepreneurship. balanced evening meal, through workshop active in the “Lorusso
designers, companies and
the management of food e Cutugno” Prison Center. Finally,
www.torinocitylab/it/open-to artisans, the collection of
surpluses and the collection of marketing tests are scheduled in
reusable materials will be
unsold products. The recipients the two Humana stores in Torino.
activated to be transformed into
are people in conditions new furnishings and finishes.
of serious and very serious
ON-GOING EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS exclusion and marginality.
With the Tablò Association,
PREPARATION OF NEW
Casa nel Parco Mirafiori Sud and
Eight circular economy projects, funded by identified, to assess possible positive impacts on the Comune Bene. SOIL FOR RECOVERING
the City of Torino, are being implemented as quality of life. Abbasso Impatto DEGRADED AREAS
part of the AxTO Project, supported by Torino The beneficiaries, selected with a specific call for Applicant: Ecosum Soc. Coop. WITHIN THE CITY
City Lab, an initiative of the City of Torino that proposals, have access to a non-repayable grant “to The project aims to help break il Marketplace Applicant: Horizon
deals with “promoting, developing and testing test their solutions in the areas identified, to assess the monopoly on the use of del Balon The main objective of the project
new innovative solutions in a real context”. their potential access and sustainability on the disposable plastic tableware Applicant: Agenzia Magma is the development of a technical
The aim is to involve citizens, businesses and the market and verify the positive effects generated on through the establishment of a The project involves the protocol for the constitution of an
Public Administration in experimenting with ideas the territory and on the citizens-users”. group of ecologically compatible experimental implementation agrarian soil capable of replacing
and technologies in urban spaces specifically alternatives made up above all of an e-commerce portal for the natural one through the use
of premises in the San Salvario operators in the antiques, flea, of appropriately treated inert
district. vintage and “Balon” markets. waste materials.
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A x TO 19 FUNDED PROJECTS
ENZIMA Project
Applicant: Ass. Tékhné
COMITATO PROMOTORE S-NODI GABRIELE NIGRO | ENZIMA is a project organized
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL Fa Bene Torino by the Tékhné Cultural
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS BEPART SOCIETÀ COOPERATIVA IMPRESA SOCIALE | Association in partnership with
action 4.01 Torino Città Aumentata 12 other companies operating
DIREFAREBACIARE | Cassetto AperTo in the social and cultural fields © Città di Torino
Thanks to the Program for the requalification and TÉKHNÉ | Enzima linked by the daily challenge
security of the suburbs - AxTO, financed by the COOPERATIVA SOCIALE PATCHANKA | Piano Mobile for the development of 4 MAUA Project
Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the City has ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE HIROSHIMA MON territories: Aurora-Falchera- Applicant: BePart Soc.coop.
© Città di Torino
made available for this action 1 million euros for AMOUR | Dai Diamanti Non Nasce Niente Barriera-Vanchiglietta. The MAUA - Museum of Increased
the activation of projects in the following areas of CINE TEATRO BARETTI | Musica AxTA FA BENE main objective is to create a Urban Art - born from the
intervention: IMMAGINA | Cybergames, Oltre i Confini dello Applicant: S-Nodi | Gabriele Nigro community composed of citizens idea of proposing new cultural
Spazio (Urbano) The objective is the activation able to take care of places itineraries, outside the most
• Public space and social animation COOPERATIVA SOCIALE ATYPICA | Narrazioni in the local communities of and relationships within their traditional circuits of art.
• Pluralism and integration Artistiche Sonore per Biografie dell’Abitare inclusion processes based on the territory, through the tool of In Torino, following similar
• Music and performing arts SUMISURA APS | B.Next - Talento, Energia e principle of reciprocity, relying “culture”. experiences in Palermo and
• Digital creativity. Partecipazione on the donation of fresh and Actors, musicians, circus Milan, 46 works of Street Art
CONSORZIO SOCIALE ABELE LAVORO S.C.S. ONLUS quality food in the local markets, performers and artists join animated in augmented reality
| Margini di Coesione in favor of families in temporary educators and social workers, in become the occasion to explore
JUST FOR JOY EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION | 15° need. the context of local laboratories less known areas of the city.
Festival Internazionale del Teatro di Strada di Torino Based on the principle of and events, in the perspective MAUA is a participated project,
CISV-SOLIDARIETÀ S.C.S. | FalkShow reciprocity, those who receive of an intervention methodology which involved more than
PIAZZA DEI MESTIERI | The Rolling Pots: Una Banda fresh food “return” with volunteer that tends to “mix” different 200 among students, digital
Musicale in Piazza hours to the local community, skills, to make culture a tool creatives and street artists. An
ALMATEATRO | SpazioTeatro reactivating their skills; all the available to all. animated content has been
CLIOMEDIA PUBLIC HISTORY | Qui Abito. A Partire actors of the territory can make developed in augmented
dalla Scuola: Storie di Famiglie e di Quartiere per their contribution to exchange reality of the selected works,
Immaginare il Futuro della Comunità processes, circular economy creating a path that can be
ASSOCIAZIONE MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL CINEMA | and civil solidarity, where there visited independently thanks
LiberAzioni - Le Arti Dentro e Fuori dal Carcere is no difference between those to the “Bepart” app or through
ASSOCIAZIONE VOLONTARIATO TORINO – VOL.TO | who donate and those who the guided tours, organized in
PerGioVE! – Periferie Giovani Volontariato Europa receive, between operators and collaboration with SAT - Street
© Città di Torino © Città di Torino
ASSOCIAZIONE ALTROCANTO | CASE I-POP beneficiaries.. Art Torino.
20 21MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURES
COMMUNITY HUBS (CASE DEL QUARTIERE)
SOCIAL IMPACT MONITORING
POLIcies Actions Since 2017, the Community Hubs of Torino have started to measure
GO.IN: STRATEGIC SUPPORT TOOL EVALUATION OF
their interventions and actions (projects, activities, cultural initiatives,
services to citizens ...) and to evaluate the impact that the presence of
The experimentation of GO.in Sustainable City, conducted by CO-CITY PROJECT It describes how interventions can each Community Hub produces in the neighborhoods and at the city
Golder Associates, Nomisma and the IUR Association (Urban RESULTS bring long-term changes through level: the Social Impact Assessment.
Innovation Regeneration) as a tool for strategic support and a logical sequence of activities, With the support of the Euricse agency, a system has been built - and
monitoring, was launched as part of the Torino social renewal and The CO-CITY project set up an results, intermediate outcomes subsequently a specific matrix - which involves collecting not only
urban regeneration policies. The tool derived from the “Planning evaluation framework providing and final outcomes. This method, quantitative data and information, but also monitoring and measuring,
Sustainable Cities” program, developed by the Zofnass Program for information requirements and which envisages a focus on the in scientific terms, the processes that the houses activate. Not only
Sustainable Infrastructures and by Harvard University. analyzes that will allow it to implementation processes and on what is produced, but also how, which is the specific characteristic of
monitor its actions and evaluate the stakeholders involved, makes the management and work model of these structures.
The Go.in prototype was tested on Torino Social Factory and its results and impact, even in the it possible to understand, develop From the information gathered and the analysis of the data, the
allowed the City of Torino to identify the following added value years to come. and describe the contextual confirmation emerges that the Houses are containers of subjects and
elements: Being an innovative and aspects and the choices of the realities that promote and carry out projects and initiatives.
• the possibility of drawing up an “Urban Agenda” starting from experimental project in which various actors that may have Over 400 groups, associations and single citizens continuously work
actions oriented to Social Innovation; there are multiple types of influenced the outcome of the together with the 8 Community Hubs representing a multiplicity of
• the opportunity of a redesign in progress by evaluating any recipients and components, the intervention. partners very varied in nature, size and structure.
innovations made; evaluation criterion used aims to The information gathered for the But the evaluation also concerns the employment economy that
• the ability to grasp the “unexpected results”, measuring in explain the changes produced measurement of the indicators revolves around the Community Hubs whose turnover is around
particular the synergies that are created between the different in the territory, both positive and concerns descriptive aspects 2,500,000 euros, with 165 people working in the community hubs and
infrastructure systems; negative, through the mechanisms of context, quantitative data (e.g. related services (cafeterias, taverns, public showers, bicycle repair
• the possibility of operating at different territorial scale levels and implementation processes of number of received collaboration shop, baby parking, ...), and 700 who receive income support by
with possible focus on projects, infrastructural systems, territories; the intervention itself, underlying proposals, number of citizens offering courses and workshops.
• possible support for accountability of the Torino innovation the competition from a multiplicity involved) and qualitative data (e.g. Furthermore, around 850 adult people offer hours
ecosystem; of causes in the generation of the types of collaboration proposals of volunteer work for space maintenance, reception,
• the construction of a metric of governance systems and social expected impact. received, characteristics of carrying out activities in support of disadvantaged
innovation; interaction between citizens and people, events, etc. More than 450,000 are the visitors
• the GIS allows a territorial reading of the projects and to geo- The methodological approach Public Administration) detected every year.
reference the actions and their impacts. used is the Theory of Change. during its implementation. www.retecasedelquartiere.org
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Edited in June 2019 with
the Urbact funds, program
INNOVATION
of the European Regional
Development Fund (European
Regional Development Fund)
IN a nutshell
http://urbact.eu/
EUROPEAN UNION
European Regional Development Fund
Torino
supported by
Organization
Contributions to the texts:
resources
Allocated
Projects
Gianfranco Presutti
Measure
involved
city of Fabrizio Barbiero
EUROPEAN UNION
Elena Deambrogio and
European Regional Development Fund
Valeria Vacchiano
PON Metro
12 25 1.400.000 € City of Torino - European Funds
331a-c
and Innovation Department
PON Metro Valter Cavallaro and
6 48 50.000 €
331b Alice Zanasi
City of Torino
4.01 19 87 1.000.000 €
Progetto AxTo, Beni comuni,
3.02 8 27 120.000 € Periferie Department
Stefania Ieluzzi
3.03 10 15 200.000 €
Case del Quartiere Network
Davide Bazzini
UIA-ERDF 63 213 5.150.000 €
IUR (Innovazione Urbana
Rigenerazione) Association
TOTAL 118 415 7,92 Mln €
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Francesco Riosa (Pixabay)
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