Παρουσίαση της Chiara Maule στο 1ο Συνέδριο Κοινωνικής Επιχειρηματικότητας στην Αθήνα στις 13 Νοεμβρίου 2013

1. Networking in support of social entrepreneurship
An overview of the National Cooperative Group CGM:
born “yesterday”, facing “today”, thinking “tomorrow”
Athens, 13_11_2013

2. INDEX
An overview of the National Cooperative Group CGM:
born “yesterday”, facing “today”, thinking “tomorrow”
1)
CGM IN A
NUTSHELL
2)
THE NETWORK
CGM YESTERDAY
 social
cooperatives
 networks and
consortia
 challenges
3)
NETWORKING
TODAY
 Where we are
 Numbers
 Economic
value
 Finance
 What we do
 World
 Changes
4)
NETWORKING
FOR TOMORROW
 what’s new for
the future

3. CGMdella A NUTSHELL
Titolo IN Relazione
Athens 13_11_2013

4. CGM della A NUTSHELL
Titolo IN Relazione
THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROUP CGM - “CONSORZIO GINO MATTARELLI”
PEOPLE
a network of people and
social enterprises working
for people in the
communities
COMMUNITY
a reliable community player:
for the past 25 years CGM has
been working in our communities
people, love,
care for the territory,
people solidarity and
cooperation
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
the biggest network of
social enterprises in Italy
social cooperation, services
for people,
local development,
employment and wellbeing

5. CGM della Relazione
Titolo YESTERDAY
Social cooperatives
1970
THE
PROBLEM
How can we promote continuous community development
and wellbeing?
THE IDEA
Cooperation of social solidarity
tools of economy at the service of community’s wellbeing
From voluntary organization –(Catholic)
Cooperatives
of social
solidarity
New ways of implementing entrepreneurship
– disadvantaged people can be productive
Supply of services offered -up to that
moment- from the Public (subsidiarity)

6. CGM della Relazione
Titolo YESTERDAY
Networks and consortia
THE
PROBLEM
How is it possible to consolidate the experience of a
private enterprise with a public aim?
THE IDEA
Developing networks of consortia
in order to encourage a normative legitimization
CGM was created in 1987 from 4 consortia to support -through consultancy,
training an assistance- the development of other consortia of social
cooperatives. Law 381/91 on social cooperatives was approved in 1991.

7. CGM della Relazione
Titolo YESTERDAY
The challenges
PROTECTION
OF FRAGILITIES
AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION
YESTERDAY’S
CHALLENGES
PROMOTION
AND EDUCATION
OF PEOPLE
EMPLOYMENT
WITH A POSITIVE
SOCIAL IMPACT
Supporting processes of
social inclusion for people
with psychological illnesses
Autonomous life and work.
Specialized social coops.
Promoting family services
and conciliation…
Social coops run by women
providing childhood services
Facilitating social inclusion
of disadvantaged, fragile and
marginalized people
Social coops for the inclusion
of disadvantaged people in
the job market

8. CGM YESTERDAY
74
CGM’S CONSORTIA
IN 2012
CGM YESTERDAY
CGM TODAY
949
CGM’S SOCIAL
COOPERATIVES
IN 2012
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9. 22: THE
Where we are
CGM TODAY NUMBER OF CGM NATIONAL COOPERATIVE
GROUP’S PARTICIPATIONS TO SOCIETIES
In and for …communities
Through
Social enterprise,
democracy,
participation, competenc
es
and
resources
Thanks to…
For …
made of …
people
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10. CGM TODAY
Numbers at a glance
16.500
40.000
volunteers
people who work within
the CGM’s district for the
common good
PEOPLE
REACHED
923.049 families reached
56.500 of which directly through our
services
4.300
disadvantaged
workers
employed
PEOPLE
WORKING
949 social cooperatives
of which 293 type B (for
the employment of
disadvantaged people) and
580 type A (for people’s
services and care)
64 other members
17 cooperatives and
59 mixed social coops
CGM’S
WORLD
SOCIETIES
AND
MEMBERS
9 affiliated societies
8 strategic societies
CONSORTIA
AND
SOCIAL
COOPS
3 societies of CGM :
CGM Finance, Mestieri, Welfare
Italia Social enterprise
74 hybrid innovative enterprises
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11. CGM TODAY
70 m i l l i o n
€
the aggregate SOCIAL CAPITAL
collected by members to generate
investments, projects, jobs, econo
my
The economic value
1.5 b i l l i o n €
is the AGGREGATED ECONOMIC
VALUE of the Group’s
activities and services in 2012
FROM PEOPLE’S CAPITAL ….
…TO THE GROUP’s
INVESTMENTS…
350 million €
INVESTEMENTS in 2012
(+14%) in the past 3 years
BUILDING THE COMMON
GOOD TOGETHER
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12. The finance
CGM TODAY
THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROUP CGM:
CLOSE TO EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY …
The realization of people’s dreams,
of projects to improve our communities
needs money to become reality.
We provide our system with an
intra-group financial service
Innovation> UBI Bank has
CGM’s coops 17 million €
citizens savings who decided
development of activities
promote social enterprises
dedicated to
coming from
to sustain the
activated to
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13. CGM TODAY THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE What we do
CGM WHAT WE DO…
care
internationalization of
social enterprise
work
self sufficiency
education
…IS WHAT WE CARE FOR…
social
housing
green
economy
social tourism
healthcare
new
citizens
…AND WE ARE GOOD AT… entrepreneurship
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14. CGM TODAY
In the CGM:
THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROUPworld…
WE NET –WORK:
In 2008
we
founded
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15. CGM TODAY
Facing changing world
THE NATIONAL COOPERATIVEaGROUP CGM:
WE NET –WORK:
PROTECTION
OF FRAGILITIES
AND SOCIAL
INCLUSION
TODAY’S
CHALLENGES
PROMOTION
AND
EDUCATION OF
PEOPLE
EMPLOYMENT
WITH A
POSITIVE
SOCIAL IMPACT
…new services within old needs…
…offering healthcare services for
families at affordable prices…
…transforming migrants in new
citizens…
… providing quality services to
children and youngsters
…enhancing social cohesion through
social housing…
…educating to social tourism…
…support disadvantaged and fragile
people in their transition to work …
…environmentally/socially
sustainable projects green economy…
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16. CGM TOMORROW
CGM TODAY THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Innovation through hybrid organizations…
THE
PROBLEM
Facing local communities’ new emergencies and challenges
with adequate and modern tools
THE IDEA
HYBRIDS – innovative social enterprises
new combination of entrepreneurial activities characterized by
innovation and high social impact
Social
mission
Profit
enterprises
HYBRIDS
Not for
profit
enterprises
Profit from
activities
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17. CGM TOMORROW
THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
The future
The market is more and more
private (55% citizens and no
longer just public authorities)
Mixed participation
in the
GOVERNANCE
governance, stakeh
olders
Thinking new:
foundations,
ORGANIZATION
limited
responsibility, profit
New
activities
and
productions
ACTIVITIES
MARKET
BENEFICIARIES
Families
and young
people…
FUNDING
WHAT’S
NEW?
RELATIONS
…new ways –
social bonds
Profit, professio
nals, new
organizations
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18. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
CONTACTS:
NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROUP CGM
VIA MARCO AURELIO 8, 20127 MILANO –MI- ITALY
Chiara.maule@consorziocgm.it
www.cgm.coop
info@consorziocgm.it
+390236579650
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19. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
…dignity for people through work…
Consorzio Mestieri (www.consorziomestieri.org)
facilitates inclusion processes to disadvantaged or weak
workers and provides services to enterprises and
cooperatives on the territory.
It is also a job agency certified by the Ministry.
37 members / 26 agencies/ 7 regions /
100 workers/ 7.300 customers 60% men, 40% women
€ 5.700.517 value of production in 2012
69% disadvantaged people
(migrants, disabled, disadvantaged, young, prisoners, p
sychiatric patients and asylum seekers)
31% unemployed people
Future investments> Develop partnership with the profit enterprises, widen the
target of customers, Increase the number of agencies, widen the network of work
with other agencies.
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20. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Health is a precious good that everyone should care about
Welfare Italia Servizi (www.welfareitalia.eu)
Created to support families in the phases of life from
childhood to old age with the aim of promoting
wellbeing, helping in difficult situation, offering
healthcare services at affordable prices.
18 healthcare centres, 20 healthcare centres to be opened
500 doctors
100 workers
28.000 patients
94.850 health services provided
3.184.000 € turnover in 2012
Future
investments>
widening
the
coverage
of
centres, implementing integrative sanitary assistance, developing a
strategic sanitary dimension
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21. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
CGM WHAT WE DO…
DO
Ensure dignity to all people, protecting and curing fragilities
Since the beginning this has been the mission of CGM’s
district social cooperatives that deal with the elders, people
with disabilities, psychiatric patients ecc.
They pursue holistic approached and try to involve these
people as much as possible in the cooperative’s activity.
5700 psychiatric patients assisted
767 residential houses for psychiatric patients
53.400 old people assisted
62 residential houses for elders
50 daily centres for elders
155 domestic services for elders
37.000 people with disabilities assisted
200 structures for people with disabilities (residential, daily services)
Future investments>find new forms of organization which allows to find solution
whitin the private market, find new integrated solution to new care and assistance
needs (work, house, care, tourism)
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22. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Children and families together for the future to come
Education and wellbeing of children and youngsters is
what drives the action of the cooperatives that are
specialized in childhood and families services such as:
kindergarten, domestic assistance to minors, youngsters
activities centres, holidays and leisure centres, laboratories
in schools, family centres.
600 childhood services /kindergarten 202 branded PAN
18.000 places for 0-6 age children
2.500 workers
30 specialized structures for holidays
250 turnover of children in touristic structures
290 family home and minors’ communities
180.000 youngsters involved in the network’s activities
Future investments> experimenting new 0-6 age services, work on family and
parental support through conciliation offers, intercepting new families’
needs, support new citizens and youngsters
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23. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Integrating new citizens in our communities
Connecting People (www.connecting-people.it)
Deals with projecting and realizing hospitality
projects, social, sanitary, legal, psychological and scholar
assistance to migrants in several structures on the Italian
territory .
18 centres in 6 regions
1.323 places of which
80 workers
4 projects managed in 2012
21.013.432 € the value of activities in 2012
Future investments> improving the services in centres, reinforcing employment
policies for migrants, facilitating entrepreneurial activities in the states of origins of
migrants, implementing responsible tourism.
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24. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Environmentally and socially sustainable businesses
The partnership between CGM, its coops and Renovo aims
at providing new job opportunities within the activities of
running a renewable energy biomass plant.
Social
enterprises will be asked to provide the material to be
burned and to work in the plant and in the greenhouses
around the plant.
1 international partner working in the green economy6
advanced projects of biomass plants construction (opening
2014-2015)
120.000 tons yearly biomass quantity needed
90-100 number of workers to be employed
1.000.000 € the investments of involved cooperatives
Future investments> construction of a NewCo, new social enterprise to work as
an intermediary in the business of gathering and selling of biomasses; widen within
the national cooperative group CGM the know how on environment and green
energy
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25. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
Social cohesion for urban re-generation
The projects of social housing within CGM’s network aim at
combining an offer of housing at affordable prices with
the need to promote social cohesion and urban
regeneration especially in metropolitan areas such as
Milan, Turin and Florence.
Example in Milan: CONSORZIO SIS - MILANO
10.000.000 € investments for
4 RESIDENCEs (more than 120 bed places)
1 hostel
More than 90 apartments for people in situation of fragility
1 family centre
Future investments> developing the social housing in different areas, increasing
the knowledge and the exchange of good practices; creating mixed houses where
different people live together and where community is recreated.
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26. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
The world in our pockets
With social tourism the Group
CGM wants to promote accessible
experiences both from a physical
and economical points of view to
all the people who want to have
the right to go on holiday.
Future investments> spread the know how within the CGM’s district, exchange
and integrate some touristic typologies, increase the offer with complementary
services
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27. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
New activities and new production: two examples
Conjugates social aspect (work of
women’s social coops) with
ethical fashion connecting the
past (traditional loom + high
costs of production) with the
future (design) contributing to
the requalification of a territory
and the fight of ‘Ndrangheta
(criminal organization)
www.cangiari.it
Promotes and supports territoriality and
local resources enhancing the value of
food, crafts and tourism. It represents an
ethical franchising model that allows the
social inclusion of disadvantaged people
and the finding of resources to be invested
by social coops in welfare actions and
activities.
www.panecotto.it
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28. THE BONDS BETWEEN PEOPLE
New beneficiary and new concepts
ECOLIVING/L’APEBIANCA is an ethical centre
for social solidarity where one can find ethical
products, food, consultancy, events .
It contributes to local development and
wellbeing through the construction of an
innovative market of social quality that involves
and focuses on environment, energetic
saving, networking and solidarity.
www.lapebianca.it
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