In Italy, at local and national level, as well as in many European countries, the response to the complex challenges of inclusion passes through dispersed, complex and multi-level welfare systems. The challenge is to ensure integrated access to basic services. This is a strategic approach to make measures to fight poverty and social exclusion effective.
Reticulate is a project that experiments with the integration of services and opportunities offered by the current fragmented service system.
By setting up One Stop Shops in four pilot areas in Tuscany (Capannori, Pistoia, Grosseto and Livorno), services, procedures and tools are re-designed by public actors, the third sector and particularly vulnerable social groups. The project aims at responding, in particular, to the needs of the homeless, who are particularly difficult to reach by support services, and families with minors who receive specific financial support.
RETICULATE establish an integrated service model able to offer support for access to income support systems, labour inclusion and primary goods and services, through the development of a model for managing resources, opportunities and skills, currently spread among different entities and functions.
Fostering cooperation between public organisations, civil society and users through their involvement in participatory processes to identify critical points and possible solutions.
Experiment with the functioning of One Stop Shops, as physical spaces where non-stigmatised responses and integrated services are made available to people in vulnerable situations.
Disseminate the results of the experimentation promote structural improvements of the service system