PHASE 2. INTERCEPTING RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR START UP Insights from the case study
Suggested actions
Self-assessment questions
MAIN ACTORS People experiencing social and economic exclusion such as people suffering from mental health issues, people subject to prison or alternative measures to prison, people suffering from drug addiction. The local External Criminal Enforcement Office, a peripheral office belonging to the Ministry of Justice dealing with social reintegration of people sentenced to prison or alternative measures to prison.
Intercept and engage people experiencing or at risk of social exclusion in your context and which can be targeted by the work-integration strategy.
Who are those people experiencing or at risk of social exclusion in your context and which can be targeted by the work-integration strategy?
Reach out to public /judicial bodies and advocate for their approval/support in carrying out the work-integration strategy when tackling specific types of social exclusion which require their decision-making.
If some particular types of social exclusion (i.e., experience of prison) entail the decisionmaking of public/judicial bodies, can the latter be engaged in the work-integration strategy?
An important external funder focused on social economy projects in the South of Italy (“Con il Sud Foundation”).
Intercept and engage relevant local, national or international funders willing to fund innovative social economy programs in your territory and to share a common vocation and human development vision.
Are there relevant funders financing innovative social economy programs in your territory?
Are there strategic actors in your local context pursuing the same social vocation and mission which you can engage?
When the activities scale up and increase in number and variety, can you provide a suited internal organization?
Is there the possibility to negotiate with public bodies in order to unlock new sources of funding to finance social and work-integration activities and programs?
Can funding be obtained from external funders/programs supporting socially oriented initiatives in your territory?
Can other types of support be obtained from
A local pastoral organization (local diocese). Two additional “operational branches” originating from the first social cooperative soon gave life to two other social cooperatives working in strong synergy.
Make sure you identify and engage all possible strategic actors in your local context pursuing the same social vocation and mission. Make sure your internal organization is fit for the variety of services and goods you offer. MAIN RESOURCES
Ministerial public funds obtained through public tendering process for the social reintegration of people sentenced to prison or alternative measures to prison. 560.000 euro fund awarded by an important external funder focused on social economy projects in the South of Italy (“Con il Sud Foundation”) to the social cooperatives for a project aiming at the social inclusion and work integration of people suffering from mental health issues.
Raise the necessary funds to carry out the social and work-integration programs and strategies, i.e.: public funds through tendering processes, funds provided by external funders or programs supporting socially oriented initiatives in your territory. Seek also for other types of support, apart from direct funding, such as available/unused/abandoned premises and land
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