Are you sensitive to environmental issues and do you want to make a concrete contribution to the planet and the community?
We are launching the selection of young Reland Animators in Turin to whom we will provide free of charge all the resources necessary to undertake this new profession, including cutting-edge teaching tools and materials, as well as constant support from our experts.
You will have the opportunity to learn the principles of circular design and sustainability, get to know our education and entertainment formats.
You will put what you have learned into practice by conducting engaging activities such as laboratories and workshops aimed at children, teenagers but also families and companies.
We focus on the education of the new generations through standardized and scalable formats and processes.
Our big dream is to raise awareness of responsible production and consumption as many people as possible in the shortest possible time.
An objective that we can only achieve by training young agents of change.
We will first select the participants in the introduction course to the Reland method which will be held on 7 July 2023 from 9 to 18 at Offgrid Italia Aps Via Santa Maria Mazzarello 30 internal 23 Turin.
This training will then allow us to identify one or more candidates to be included in the Team, offering them the opportunity to collaborate in the scheduled events.
Apply by writing to info@reland.one attaching your CV and a brief motivational letter.

Features for the application:

• Age +20
• Residence in Turin
• Knowing how to create a loving environment and have organizational skills in group management.
• Diploma, degree or equivalent qualification in pedagogy, educational sciences or in a related field, alternatively have practical experience of working with children and young people (including summer camps or similar) through traineeships, internships or collaborations with specialized bodies
• To be a point of reference, “charismatic” rather than institutional.
• Knowing how to propose pleasant and rewarding arguments
• Possess creativity, fluency of thought and imagination
• Ability to entertain and relate to the public
• Provide a reassuring environment and respond to individual needs
• Have genuine sensitivity for education and a strong desire to contribute to their development and well-being with particular reference to environmental issues

 

After the completion of the first stage of the initiative, the “Ideas Competition”, the 19^th edition of the contest for new entrepreneurial projects now enters into full swing with its Stage II, the “Business Plan Competition“.

The contest is free of charge and is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs over the age of 18 with the aim of encouraging and supporting the creation of innovative and knowledge-intensive start-ups to promote the economic development of the Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta regions.

Anyone can participate, either individually or as a team, even without having taken part in the previous stage, by submitting by July 28^th, 2023 an innovative business project in one of the five competition categories: Cleantech & Energy, ICT, Industrial, Life Sciences, Tourism and Cultural & Creative Industries.

Organised within the framework of the PNI – Italian National Award for Innovation promoted by PNICube, the initiative is promoted by the incubators I3P, Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, 2i3T, Business Incubator of the University of Turin, and Enne3, Incubator of Eastern Piedmont. Start Cup Piemonte Valle d’Aosta provides a unique opportunity to finalise studies and research into business projects, regardless of their stage of development, and to join the network of Innovative Company Incubators. The winners will in fact receive support for the birth of their start-ups, support in defining their strategy, accompaniment on the market through contact with their first customers, and introduction to investors and banks for raising capital.

The prizes for the best projects

Thanks to the endowment made available by the Sponsors and Supporters of the 2023 edition, this year’s total prize money exceeds €65,000 and will be paid out in cash and services. The first prize winner will receive €7,500, the second €5,000 and the third €2,500.

The first six projects will also be awarded a prize of €1,000 each for entering the PNI 2023, the Italian National Innovation Award, the “champions’ cup” among the winning business projects of the regional Start Cups that will be held in Milan this year, organised by Università Milano-Bicocca, Politecnico di Milano, Università Bocconi and Università Statale di Milano.

As in the previous editions of the contest, there will be many special prizes promoted by the sponsors of the initiative:

• Cuneo Prize of 10,000 euros, offered by Fondazione CRC to the best entrepreneurial project setting up the business in the Province of Cuneo;
• Valle d’Aosta Prize of 7,500 euros, offered by the Autonomous Region of Valle d’Aosta to the best entrepreneurial project setting up the company in the Pépinière d’Entreprises of Aosta or Pont-Saint-Martin;
• Aerospace Sustainability Award of 7,500 euros, offered by Piedmont Aerospace Cluster to the best project that considers the theme of sustainability in aeronautics or space;
• Social Innovation Award of 7,500 euros, offered by Fondazione Laura & Franco Beltramo ETS to the best entrepreneurial project in the fields of medicine, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, agriculture and food requirements that promotes social progress and the development of better living conditions;
• City of the Future and Sustainability Award, worth a total of €7,500 (€4,000 in cash and €3,500 in services), offered by LINKS Foundation to the best project with an impact on sustainability;
• Two Jacobacci & Partners Prizes, worth a total of 7,000 euros in the form of services, offered by Jacobacci & Partners;
• UniCredit Start Lab Prize, offered by UniCredit and consisting in a mentorship session to assess the suitability of a project to be admitted to targeted contents of the Start Lab programme;
• Three 5G & Emerging Tech Prizes in services, offered as part of the City of Turin‘s CTE NEXT project to the best entrepreneurial projects which make use of 5G technology.

There will also be five special mentions:

• “Equal Opportunities“, for the best project aimed at promoting the principle of equal opportunities and female entrepreneurship;
• “Social Innovation“, for the best project involving the development and implementation of new ideas to meet social needs, create new relationships or partnerships;
• “Open innovation / Industrial Spin Off“, dedicated to the best project concerning innovative products and/or services resulting from a research activity conducted in collaboration between a company and a university in Piedmont;
• “Green & Blue”, for the best project proposing innovative solutions related to climate change, protection and enhancement of natural resources, aimed at creating economic growth and environmental protection;
• “Sustainable Technologies” for the project which stands out the most for its uniqueness within the sustainable technologies field, awarded by Jacobacci & Partners.

How to join the competition

To take part in the Business Plan Competition, it is necessary to submit a Business Plan (or Business Model) describing the business project from June 21^st to July 28^th, 2023 via the online form available on the competition website.

All aspiring entrepreneurs over the age of 18, including university and research centre graduates, and owners of start-ups can apply. For more detailed information on how to participate, it is recommended to consult the official regulations available on the competition website.

For more information you can write to the dedicated e-mail address info@startcup-piemonte-vda.it, while to stay up-to-date on all the news of the competition – in its current or future editions – you can follow the official social channels on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, or subscribe to the free newsletter via the form at the bottom of the site pages.

As part of the co-implementation process of the Social Economy Action Plan, the Commission encourages, collects, promotes and supports public and private stakeholder commitments for concrete actions to move towards the green and digital transition of the ecosystem.

The European Commission addressed stakeholders through a call for pledges on ‘proximity and social economy’ published on 14 November. The initial deadline to submit pledges was set for 28 February 2023. The next deadlines are 1 July 2023 and 1 December 2023. The call for pledges will remain open during the entire implementation of the transition pathway.

Torino Social Impact participated in the first call and 4 of its pledges have been included related to stakeholder engagement, data for social impact, impact finance and the Social Impact Stock Exchange, the support to social enterprises provided thanks to the SocialTech4EU project.

The I3S Project promotes the use of Digital Twin and Virtual Reality technologies for new residential solutions

“Knock Knock. It’s open” is the name of the research project born within I3S, which demonstrates how inclusive digital technology can create the right conditions for a gentle management of the insertion of fragile people in new situations.

The inclusion of fragile people in services often generates in their disorientation and great discomfort. Anticipating the experience and guiding it thanks to a virtual reality tool  can decrease stress and disorientation, both in the fragile person and in his family, allowing all those involved to improve the quality of life in the transformation phases.

These are the assumptions on which the idea of the ETS Crescere Insieme Cooperativa Sociale and Il Margine was born, thanks to the support of the I3S Project, intervention line 1 – accompanying digital innovation for new models of sustainability. Thanks to the design of simulation and gaming models, tools were identified that exploited Digital Twin  and Virtual Reality technologies  to simulate the insertion of fragile people – elderly and minors with specific pathologies, such as autism – within new environments, such as nursing homes, communities and accommodation facilities for people with disabilities.

The goal achieved within I3S was to develop a pre-proposal for the development of a  research and innovation project to  be presented on possible funding opportunities dedicated to research and development. But the project went far beyond the writing of the pre-proposal: it was successfully nominated on several calls  and obtained both the funding of the Turin Chamber of Commerce to carry out a joint experimentation with the University of Turin, using the research infrastructure “HST – Human Science & Technologies” on the analysis of human behavior, and the funding from “Digital Cooperation”,  The multi-year project that supports the digitization of Italian cooperative and non-profit enterprises thanks to the contribution of Google.org. Thanks to this funding, the project “Knock Knock. It’s open” was able  to start work, which will end in October 2023.

Compared to the existing panorama and the common application areas, the innovation of  this project is represented by its dynamism, interactivity, immersiveness and customization, maintaining a high degree of accessibility and usability. The goal is to allow people  to live the experience in preview, reproducing details that are central to the person and that “make home” (smells, objects, arrangement of things). It is not simply a matter of reproducing environments, but of understanding objects and spatial aspects significant to the person and bringing them back into the phygital  experience to ensure their presence. The project, in fact, aims to create a link between the starting space and the destination space, with the possibility of acting on the destination space.

If normally the digital twin is the reproduction of a space that is the same for everyone, here it offers  a pushed customization,  starting from the environment of the subject to end up in the target environment, creating a faithful mapping. In addition to the digital twin of the structure, an Artificial Intelligence algorithm will be created  that will be able to measure the emotions of the subjects who try the instrument, thanks to the analysis of speech and facial images.

The experimentation will be carried out in a Day Disabled Training Center for adults with autism spectrum disorders, soon to open in the Municipality of Turin. The vocation of service is an important challenge for the heterogeneity of the behavior of the people who will attend it. The population with autism spectrum disorders represents 6 per thousand of the population (ISTAT). An audience that adds up to about 360,000 people.

What is I3S

The I3S Project promotes digital transformation and the adoption of new business models for the third sector. It avails itself of the contribution of the Turin Chamber of Commerce and is part  of the Tech4Good program of the Torino Social Impact Strategic Plan, which also acts as a director. It is conducted by Piemonte Innova, which also coordinates and enables the network of companies and experts, in collaboration with the Links Foundation. It is designed and implemented in collaboration with the Representative Bodies that adhere to the Committee for Social Entrepreneurship: Confcooperative Piemonte Nord, Legacoop Piemonte and VOL. TO Volunteering Turin.

The time is approaching for Turin to host the most important event in Europe in the field of impact investing and venture philanthropy: the Impact Week of EVPA (European Venture Philanthropy Association), the international network that brings together more than 300 organisations including foundations, social impact funds, financial institutions, universities, incubators and accelerators from 35 countries.

EVPA’s Impact Week 2023 will be hosted from 22 to 24 November at the OGR Torino – a hub dedicated to innovation and impact with a focus on culture and tech – and will see the participation of around 1,000 impact players from all over the world. The works will be divided into sessions, workshops and meetings in six action lines: The Triple Crisis, Take Care, Impact Works, Impact by Numbers, Impact Cities, Impact by Design: with more than 30 sessions to choose from!

Impact Week 2023 is grafted into Turin’s impact ecosystem, with Fondazione CRT and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo anchor partners and Torino Social Impact as collector of the city’s rich and varied impact network. In the team Cottino Social Impact Campus, content partner, and Fondazione Time 2.

The spotlights are turned on on the historic village of the washermen, Bertolla, a neighborhood that seems suspended in time but boasts an active and participating community. In recent months, thanks to the “Bertolla Social Village” project financed by the Compagnia di San Paolo and coordinated by Weco social enterprise, citizens have been the protagonists of an accompanying process that has led to the creation of the Bertolla social week, a full program of events that will take place from 14 to 18 June.
The Bertolla Social Week will be an opportunity not only for socializing and celebrating, but also for dialogue with the institutions, allowing the citizens themselves to be spokespersons for requests and proposals with a view to improving the livability of the neighborhood with the aim of making Bertolla a village outstanding historian. Workshops will be held every day that will see the active participation of the city institutions, in fact the mayor of Turin Stefano Lo Russo will be present, the councilor Carlotta Salerno (delegation to suburbs and urban regeneration projects), the councilor Francesco Tresso (parks and banks rivers) and the councilor Jacopo Rosatelli (social policies) and the president of the VI District Valerio Lomanto.
The week will open with a competition aimed at neighborhood schools entitled “The Bertolla I would like”, whose projects will be presented on the final evening.
The inauguration on Wednesday 14 June will open with a traveling parade to get to know the village by the Eufemia association, which will be followed by a musical aperitif with the young artist Jacob.
On Thursday, after the visit to the diversion channel, we will move to the church of San Grato, where a concert of classical music will give even greater prestige to the place that hosts it.
Friday will be dedicated to the Nexity area, with a treasure hunt, an aperitif and fun activities aimed at everyone.
On Saturday and Sunday it will be possible to take part in guided tours of the village and in moments of entertainment aimed at children (guided by the Animando cooperative), with the main event on Saturday evening: the magicians will be the protagonists at the oratory of San Grato of the Bartolomeo Bosco Magic Club.

The complete program can be viewed on the website

Bertolla Social Week is an initiative of Weco social enterprise sponsored by the City of Turin and realized with the contribution of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation

Consolidating deep & inclusive social innovation ecosystems (Consolid8) is a project co-funded by the European Union that aims to support the integration between social innovation actors and traditional innovation ecosystems throughout Europe.

The project will carry out social innovation capacity-building programs in Romania, Italy, Greece, Ireland and Slovenia as well as an accelerator for ecosystems builders throughout Europe. A social innovation European festival will be organised in Romania between 22 – 24  September 2023. For more information about Consolid8, please visit here

This questionnaire: CONSOLID8 PROJECT: QUESTIONNAIRE ON NATIONAL SOCIAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM (office.com) is targeted to social innovation organisations (such as social enterprises, incubators and/or accelerators, Universities, public authorities, startups with social mission/impact, cultural organisations) and intends to collect views and information on the national social innovation ecosystems in Romania, Italy, Greece, Ireland and Slovenia.

During this free seminar, jointly held by ESA BIC Turin and RP Legal & Tax, regulatory aspects in investment transactions of interest for start-ups will be addressed and explained in detail. In particular, the speakers will analyse the so-called “golden power” regime – and more in general restrictions to foreign direct investments in the European Union – which allows the Government to block or impose specific conditions to transactions that fall within certain strategic sectors of national interest.

The experts leading the seminar will also present the new European regulation on Foreign Subsidies and antitrust law, with particular reference to the new regime of the so-called “below threshold” transactions.

The event will be presented in English language by Leo Italiano, Senior Consultant at I3P and Program Manager of ESA BIC Turin, and led by Marco Gardino, Partner at RP Legal & Tax, and Amedeo della Croce, Senior Associate at RP Legal & Tax.

How to participate

The event, free of charge, will be held on June 22nd, 2023 at 17:00 CEST in presence at I3P’s headquarters, located within the Campus of Politecnico di Torino and accessible from two different pedestrian entrances: in Corso Castelfidardo 34 and in Via Pier Carlo Boggio 59. The seminar will be held in English language. 

In order to attend the event in person, registration is required on Eventbrite.

About the organizers

RP Legal & Tax is a full-service law firm, founded in 1949, with over 150 professionals, 6 offices in Italy and partnerships with leading international firms. The firm is proud to offer innovative and valuable legal solutions across 25 practice areas – including one specifically devoted to start-ups and venture capital – through close-knit teams. For more information, visit the official website of RP Legal & Tax.

ESA BIC Turin supports entrepreneurs and start-ups in transforming their space-related projects into successful enterprises, offering financial incentives, strategic business consulting, scientific and technological support for the development of products and services, and direct access to a wide network of highly qualified industrial, financial and scientific partners. ESA BIC Turin is managed by I3P with the technological support of Politecnico di Torino and LINKS Foundation. For more information visit the website

I3P, the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino, supports the creation and development of innovative start-ups with high technological intensity and growth potential, founded both by university researchers and students, and by external entrepreneurs, providing strategic consulting services, coaching, mentoring, fundraising support and spaces. For more information click here 

Last April at Fuorisalone 2023 in Milan, (RI)GENERIAMO together with Leroy Merlin Italia and Connect-Italia, promoted the “Laboratori Tematici” (Thematic Workshops) series of meetings, four consecutive mornings focused on topics such as connections, generativity, social impact. We invited our stakeholders to take part in these meetings, anyway they were open meetings and from time to time some visitors to Fuorisalone decided to sit with us in order to listen and maybe say a word.

Drawing on that experience, we’ve produced an Ebook (in Italian) that is now available and free to download on our website.

Why this Ebook? Two are the main reasons:
first, to tell the story of what happened during that experience
second, to encourage others to replicate it, and possibly scale it.

Those meetings turned out to be, in a nutshell, a sort of an “exercise of generous connection”. We know from the findings of the survey we took in the following weeks (it’s included in the Ebook) that participants appreciated so much their experience.

Why such appreciation? We can’t tell it for sure, anyway we strongly believe that the main reason is about the way the audience has been stimulated with regard to what to share: not the usual success stories (“we did this, we did that, we have best practices, we’ve been awarded”), but somehow quite the opposite: we invited participants to tell the story of the problems they’ve struggled with, the story of their crisis moments, the story about when they failed, the story about the impact they didn’t succeed in making. In our view, that kind of “not usual” and maybe even uncomfortable approach allowed any of us to learn so much from each other and to deeply feel we need one each other.

Are you wondering if it’s worth giving a try? If you need help, we’re gladly avaialable to give a hand. Let’s connect together.

Sweden holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2023, and from June 7 to 9, Europe’s most important players in the field of the social economy will gather in Gothenburg, at a conference highlighting the role of the social economy in creating a stronger and more resilient Europe.

The “Social Economy 2023 – Building a Stronger and Resilient Europe” conference is organized with European experts and stakeholders and focuses on the Social Economy Action Plan approved in 2021 and its implementation. It builds on last year’s Strasbourg conference “Social Economy – Future of Europe,” included in the official program of the French presidency, and bridges with equivalent events to be held under the upcoming Spanish presidency in San Sebastian (November 2023) and the Belgian presidency in Liège (February 2024).

Torino Social Impact with the City of Turin will be present to present the advancements of the activities carried out under some European projects. Respondet, funded by the COSME – Social Economy Mission (Missions for the Social Economy) program, and dedicated to promoting the social economy with a focus on circular economy and energy transition issues. Socialtech4EU, dedicated to fostering the development of social economy clusters by strengthening their key players, funded by the European Innovation Council and the SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) through the Joint Cluster Initiatives (EUROCLUSTERS) for European Recovery (SMP- COSME-2021-CLUSTER).

TSI will also participate in the Annual Meeting of Reves – European Network of Cities and Regions for the Social Economy, of which it is an active member, which will take place as part of the Conference.

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The Stories Matter project is a cutting-edge initiative that seeks to empower and uplift individuals in the creative and cultural sectors. Our primary goal is to offer a comprehensive curriculum that enhances the skills of emerging artists, socially engaged artists, and industry stakeholders. By promoting sustainability, innovation, participation, and inclusivity, we create an environment where participants can thrive in their projects, work, and productions.

Working in collaboration with partners from Belgium (Creative District), Cyprus (Visual Voices), and Italy (Green Growth Generation), we harness a diverse range of expertise to provide a transformative experience. Our overarching aim is to upskill and expand the audience reach of visual artists and creatives. Through the lead of industry experts and practical knowledge, we delve into crucial subjects such as sustainability, innovation, inclusion, civic participation, climate change awareness, and other themes that aim to raise awareness and empower artists to become catalysts for change and storytellers within their communities.