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Sustainable Development 2022

Lombard Municipalities Workshop

June 2023

In this second Sustainability Workshop, in continuity with 2021, we discussed experiences related to Sustainable Development of the urban environment. The in-depth analysis of environmental experiences, such as energy production from Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Energy Communities, circular economy, and sustainable mobility, was carried out with a focus on understanding the social implications of these issues.

Edited by
Lucio Franco
Stefano Manini

Designing and Implementing Inclusion

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 7

June 2023

We publish this e-book at the end of the implementation of the Regional FAMI Lab'Impact Plan, within which Region Lombardy has entrusted ANCI Lombardia with a systemic action role in supporting local networks.

Edited by
Lauro Sangaletti

In collaboration with
Anna Meraviglia
Nicol Mondin
Loredana Bello

Editorial project by
Lucio Franco
Massimo Simonetta
Onelia Rivolta

Managing Projects

Tools for Planning, Control, and Communication

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 6

May 2023

This e-book aims to share the journey undertaken within the sixth and final workshop, which began with some questions: What other tools can be useful for the protagonists of local networks? What skills are advantageous to promote?

Edited by
Nicola Basile
Annalisa Collacciani
Aldo Lupi

In collaboration with
Lucio Franco
Massimo Simonetta
Onelia Rivolta

Designing through Service Design

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 5

May 2023

The fifth workshop organized within ANCI Lombardia's project to support local networks under the Regional FAMI Lab'Impact Plan focused on how to design local services using Service Design tools.

Edited by
Nicola Basile

Editorial project by
Onelia Rivolta
Loredana Bello
Lucio Franco

Youth and National Civil Service

Survey on Youth in National Civic Service within Municipalities

November 2022

The evolution of National Civic Service relies on understanding how young people envisions their own future.

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Sebastiano Megale
Luca Bramati

In collaboration with
Antonio Ragonesi

Report on the Research of Good Practices in Mobility Governance

From Policy, Plans, and Measures to a New Vision for Mobility Governance

Project GovernaTI-VA

November 2022

With this publication, the results of the collection work on good practices, experiences, potentials, and needs concerning mobility (cross-border but not only) are presented.

By
Stefano Manelli
Giorgia Bortolaso
Riccardo Cannata
Patrizia Messina
Luciano Gallo

Sustainable Development 2021

Lombardian Municipalities Workshop 2021

Lombard Municipalities Workshop

June 2022

In this first Sustainability Workshop, we discussed experiences related to Sustainable Development of the urban environment.

Edited by
Lucio Franco
Stefano Manini

Experiences of Public-Private Partnership and Innovative Finance

A Comparison between Italy and Switzerland

Project GovernaTI-VA

May 2022

This publication offers interesting perspectives on the public-private partnership (PPP) model and, more generally, on innovative methods in public management through the use of new and modern approaches to its administration.

By
Tobiolo Giannello
Carlo Penati
Manuela Barreca

Edited by
Lucio Franco
Massimo Simonetta

Developing and Legitimizing Community Welfare through Evaluation

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 4

May 2022

The text presents experiences and theoretical contributions on the topic of Evaluation, understood as a fundamental element of the cycle of planning and implementing local welfare.

Edited by
Nicola Basile

Editorial project by
Onelia Rivolta
Loredana Bello
Lucio Franco

Local Networks and the Cycles of Co-Planning and Co-Designing Community Welfare

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 3

February 2022

The Workshop aims to contribute to the development of local networks using the tools of co-design and co-planning.

Edited by
Nicol Mondin
Massimo Simonetta

The Remote Conduct of Collegiate Body Meetings in Municipalities

Project GovernaTI-VA

December 2021

COVID-19 Emergency – The volume aims to serve as a hub for reflection, moving beyond mere emergency response to encourage the development of experimental new operational models that can be routinely adopted by public administration.

Edited by
Lucio Franco
Massimo Simonetta

In collaboration with
Luca Bramati
Luigi Cristiano
Aldo Lupi
Maurizio Piazza
Sandro Rizzoni
Massimo Simonetta
Stefano Toselli

Regulations and management models for the assignment of gas distribution services

July 2021

The volume shows the results obtained from the 'Gas PlaNet' project funded by the PON Governance and Institutional Capacity program and reports on the achievements.

By
Elisabetta Martino
Onelia Rivolta

Edited by
Massimo Simonetta
Onelia Rivolta

In collaboration with
Erica Dragonetti

UrbanLab 2020

Experiences of Smart City and Smart Land

UrbanLab

May 2021

The evolution of our cities towards Smart City and Smart Land models represents a challenging, complex, but also exciting endeavour for municipalities, as it involves major themes such as innovation, environment, and energy.

Edited by
Lucio Franco
Stefano Manini

Strengthening Cross-Border Governance

Through the Development of Local Governance Skills and Models

Project GovernaTI-VA

April 2021

The e-book on territorial governance condenses the results of some activities carried out within the framework of the GovernaTI-VA project 'Strengthening Cross-Border Governance through the Development of Local Governance Skills and Models'.

Edited by
Carlo Penati
Massimo Simonetta

The codes of public contracts and the third sector

A relationship under construction

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 2

October 2020

The second Lab'impact workshop addressed the theme of the relationship between the Codes of Public Contracts and the Third Sector, which particularly impacts the realization of local welfare and assumes a leading role in outlining solutions and perspectives for its development.

Edited by
Massimo Simonetta

Enhancement of cultural assets

Workshop of Lombardian Municipalities on cultural assets

Lombard Municipalities Workshop

May 2020

Our artistic and cultural heritage is an important resource that the whole world envies us for, and its management involves aspects related to institutions, territory, economy, and employment.

By
Stefano Manini

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

In twenty years

Stories of an enterprise

December 2019

Anniversaries are seductive traps of nostalgia. Stumbling upon, during the twentieth anniversary of AnciLab, in our vanities is nothing but a venial manifestation of pride for what we are, knowing that we are something less than what we would have wanted to be.

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

Intercultural Mediation

Insights and Comparisons on Strategic and Methodological Aspects

Lab’Impact Workshops

Number 1

October 2019

We wanted to combine a theoretical approach establishing the role of mediation with the examination of projects of territorial networks participating in the Lab'Impact Regional Plan of Lombardy Region, which find reference in this theoretical paradigm.

Edited by
Nicol Mondin

Validating and Certifying Competences

Models, Trends, and Practical Applications

October 2019

The development of knowledge, professional qualifications, skills, and formal and informal competences is an essential prerequisite for fostering economic growth and employment, and for improving entry into and progression within the labour market.

By
Onelia Rivolta

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

In collaboration with
Sergio Madonini
Lauro Sangaletti

UrbanLab 2018

Experiences of urban regeneration in Lombardian Municipalities

UrbanLab

November 2018

Urban regeneration is a new term to redefine the continuous process of evolution of territories and the communities settled therein.

By
Stefano Manini

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

The Small Library

Spaces for Reading and Storytelling Zero-5

October 2018

From the earliest age, the child is a reader in every respect, and the habit of books and stories has surprisingly positive effects on emotional, cognitive, and relational development.

By
Luigi Paladin

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

In collaboration with
Valeria Volponi
Lauro Sangaletti

PlatformLab 2017

Workshop of Lombardian Municipalities on Smart City and Smart Land themes

December 2017

There is much talk about Smart City, one of the many topics that AnciLab deals with on a daily basis, and from here arises the proposal for a series of five meetings, to give participants time to get to know each other and to create an atmosphere of trust and mutual esteem.

By
Stefano Manini

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

An earthquake not to be forgotten

Lombardy Earthquake May 20-29, 2012

June 2017

Even today, the magnitude of the disaster is visible in some places and is also evidenced by the ongoing reconstruction efforts, as well as by the data elaborated and analysed by Lombardy Region.

By
Sergio Madonini
Andrea Ottonello

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

In collaboration with
Valeria Volponi
Lauro Sangaletti

The Assignment of Gas Distribution Services (First Edition)

April 2017

Tenders for the assignment of natural gas distribution, following DM 226/2011, represent a challenge for municipalities.

By
Sergio Cesare Cereda
Enrico Maria Curti
Onelia Rivolta

Edited by
Onelia Rivolta
Massimo Simonetta

In collaboration with
Elisabetta Martino
Valeria Volponi
Lauro Sangaletti

Editorial project by
Elisabetta Martino

Museums and kids

April 2017

A large part of the museum's audience consists of children on school visits, but what happens if they visit with adults without educational operators or workshops?

By
Andrea Perin

In collaboration with
Valeria Volponi
Lauro Sangaletti

Editorial project by
Massimo Simonetta
Onelia Rivolta