La valutazione dell’impatto sociale negli Enti del Terzo settore. Studio preliminare per un nuovo modello di misurazione

This WP is the result of a work that has been aimed at outlining the current scenario related to the increasingly relevant socio-economic aspects embedded in the culture of social impact assessment and, more specifically, to offer an innovative tool, still under a test phase, to measure the aptitude to generate social impact by Third Sector bodies. A comprehensive analysis is then presented, identifying the main references to social impact assessment, starting with the recent reform of the Third Sector in Italy. Further point of analysis is the open debate among scholars on the most suitable definition to describe what is to be understood as 'social impact' and what are currently the most widespread models and techniques for its measurement. In the final part, a questionnaire is introduced by the research team which is a tool to measure the degree of propensity to generate 'social impact' by Third Sector bodies, through a reconnaissance of the following categories: Democratic governance; Employment and inclusion; Community and territory; Innovation and Economic Dimension.