Consortium In Concert
B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?
B1a - Legal/financial
exclusion
Neutral impacts
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B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
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The acivity of rehabilitation, in the philosophy of the cooparatives, provides that people followed by the Consortium must then be able to get a job and a salary. The beneficiaries have been lifted from public health care and entered the labor market, despite being considered by the Health Local Unit as very serious. The core of the consortium objectives is the job.
B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The method of the Consortium is to rehabilitate people with these disorders by removing them from the traditonial day care centers, where they often lose time and don't find a way of social inclusion and by letting them re-enter the employment market. The activities of the Consortium are very up to date to contribute to cover the needs of the people in an enterpreneurial vision.
B1d - Cross sectoral working
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The GP is a great example of cross sectoral working because they move from rehabilitation activity and job placement to agricultural and industrial areas to arrive at the service topics. In every sector, also, with the necessary specifications, you can find all the stages of the production cycle.
B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
In Concerto is a clear example of the growth of the social enterprises. The objective of In Concerto is precisely to "attack" the market. Even if the President has not an entrepreneurial background but rather socio-cultural, starting from the concept of human dignity he set the activities of the cooperative and later of the consortium as a support work for the public bodies and big enterprises. And in these cases, he adds, working is possible only by helping them to cut the costs, otherwise the cooperative will forever remain at the margins. Currently, no worker in the Consortium is temporary and clients are more than satisfied with the work that is done.
B1f - Amenities for local people
Very positive impacts
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The several kind of activities of the GP are all adresses to the quality of life of people and their welfare so local people can anly benefit from the consortium.
B1g - Educational opportunities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The GP focuses its activities on education and rehabilitation using labor as social inclusion.
B1h - Crisis response
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
Despite the present economic crisis, in 2011 the Consortium's social cooperatives have gained 8% more than in the previous budget year, and the aim for 2012 is 10%. An example of the solidity of this strategy is the fact that Nestlé has commissioned the Consortium to produce components for automatic coffee machines. The attack of the market allows you to combine social goals with the enterpreneurial impression that the consortium has certainly.
B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Neutral impacts
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B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Neutral impacts
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B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
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B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?