Community-based civic engagement initiatives

Euricse recently published the first report on Enterprising Communities, a study on nine types of community-based civic engagement initiatives developing across Italy. This unprecedented snapshot helps to understand the spread, the evolution over the years, and the distinctive features of “enterprising communities”. In addition to providing an overview, the report ignites reflection on the resources and strategies to be deployed to make these experiences sustainable in the long term. The research will continue with the construction of a complete database, including new types of enterprising communities in addition to the ones already analysed, and targeted analyses of the information that has been gathered so far. Launched in 2020, the “Comunità Intraprendenti” project features, in addition to the scientific contribution of Euricse, the support of Fondazione con il Sud, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRC, Fondosviluppo FVG Spa and the Italian Cooperative Alliance.