1st Trasnational Workshop Puszczykówo (Poznan) May 2007 Getting Engaged: Women in Local Development Women Inclusion and Work Claudia Gilli Work, Training and ESF Department - Turin Municipality Titolo entrepreneurship Isabella De Vecchi – Mentelocale

Women Inclusion and Work Claudia Gilli Work, Training and ESF Department - Turin Municipality Getting Engaged: Women in Local Development 1st Trasnational Workshop Puszczykówo (Poznan) May 2007

WORK, TRAINING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTOR Actions: information about work specific projects for unemployed adult and young people support to workers outplacement support to the development of enterprises European projects

Unemployment rate 2006 Italy M 5,4F 8,8 Piedmont M 3,2F 5,1 Province of TurinM 3,4F 5,0

Project “Women Inclusion and Work” 2 neighbourhoods in the City of Turin 250 Italian and foreign unemployed women (residents or with residence permit) with difficulties in inclusion in the labour market because of low education level, family and social loads

Partnership City of Turin Equal Opportunity Institution 10 local partners: Training agencies Enterprises and handicrafts associations Social cooperatives Associations of women

Aims to promote women inclusion in the labour market to strengthen skills to support women in finding way of reconciling work and family life to develop cultural integration in the enterprises employment

Actions mapping services in the neighbourhoods information about the neighbourhoods selection, counselling and training personalized project social accompanying and cultural mediation to the use of local services

Actions choice of the enterprises stages in the enterprises economic support tutoring and individual support to problematic situation

Innovative aspects integrated intervention model – social and work aspects activation of the local network in supporting women for children, elderly and handicapped care, home, transports flexible and individual education

Innovative aspects intranet system with local services description: social support services (children, elderly, handicap) work services (local desks) education and training (training agencies) cultural and volunteer associations

Resources ,00 euro – Piedmont Region - Women and Labour Market Measure – European Social Fund 70 approved projects 36 approved in Turin and Province ,00 euro “Women Inclusion and Work” project

Work Progress stages in: enterprises (industrial cleaning services, logistic) business area (restaurants, beauty, gardening) evaluation of critical points monitoring

Contacts Claudia Gilli - Città di Torino Servizio Fondo Sociale Europeo c.so Ferrucci, 122 – Torino –Italia Tel Fax

entrepreneurship Isabella De Vecchi Mentelocale - Turin Getting Engaged: Women in Local Development 1st Trasnational Workshop Puszczykówo (Poznan) May 2007

Mirafiori Sud Neighbourhood in the South outskirt of Turin About inhabitants Past linked to big industry Very complex social situation Recent urban regeneration programs

Mirafiori Sud: a “broken” neighbourhood from a gender point of view Women and men role definition is son of the long history of workers in the neighbourhood. – 4% of workers (mostly men) more than the city – 4% housewives (mostly women) more than the city. Housewives are the 17% – more than the percentage of workers. In the labour market we have a really strong separation of gender roles. Most of the female population is engaged in informal economy (domestic work, care, etc.).

Some criticisms in female situation in Mirafiori Sud Women condition in Mirafiori Sud shows some critical points (some are not gender based). Here some of them: – Low education level – less qualified work force – Women engaged in informal economy or in less paid jobs – Increasing of single-parent families, in particular of mothers alone – Increasing in female immigration, mostly women alone (especially East Europe and Latin America) – Women with family loads (elderly, children, etc.)

Criticisms in women participation: The local situation shows some critical elements for the involvement of women in local development policies. In particular: – Difficulties in involving women because of their role in informal work – Lots of marginalized areas – Low planning skills and self-entrepreneurship (men and women) – “Hidden” entrepreneurship, difficult to evaluate

Which policies for gender equality? – Framing in the City policies – Commitment of the District toward women condition (“Spazio donne” – “Women place”): attention to exclusion and social difficulties – Associations network with great attention to gender themes and to social integration – Project for self-entrepreneurship – Young Enterprises Incubator (Incubatore Giovani Imprese - MIGI)

From 2005 It gives: ➔ Research of available places in the neighbourhood ➔ Professional training ➔ Training about entrepreneurship ➔ Support to the definition of the idea and support to enterprises constitution ➔ Tutoring for three years Aims: ➔ Opportunity of professional training ➔ Increasing of initiative from weak people ➔ Opportunity of work, development of self-entrepreneurship ➔ Facilitating the access to micro-credit Mirafiori Young Enterprises Incubator

Selection criteria ➔ Social relevance ➔ Creation of local networks ➔ Attention to environment ➔ Attention to gender

Results and resources Results Every year 20 ideas presented (about 32 people) 8 ideas selected (about 15 people) Women who get to the end: 9 Resources Every year, funds for € ,00 City of Turin € ,00 Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo € ,00 6 associations and cooperatives

Three important learnings It’s important: To promote the attention, by the new enterprise, to social and environmental impact of the activities To change gender policy promoting the relationship between gender rather than taken measures for only one gender To intervene in critical contests for gender equality or female participation stimulating creative capacities of person

Contacts Isabella De Vecchi Mentelocale Via Fratelli Garrone 39/ Torino Italia tel 011/ mail: