CITY OF TURIN

For reasons of culture and tradition, the City of Turin, through its economy and development divisions, educational services division, institutional affairs service and its social welfare services division, pays particular attention to the problems of the socially disadvantaged in the employment market.

Its policies include clearly targeted actions to combat exclusion of the disabled from jobs, gender discrimination, and the social and professional isolation of under-age children at risk.

Taking part in the project will be those divisions which, within the city of turin, have long and constantly worked to reduce the exclusion from the jobs market of a vulnerable segment of the population.

The following will play an active role in the project:

- the work, development, guidance and vocational training sector.
The sector carries out activities to facilitate the integration of the unemployed, women, and those running the risk of unemployment, paying greatest attention to the weak and disadvantaged. To implement the activities proposed for the Life Project, the skills and experience acquired by SIL (servizio inserimento lavorativo - the work integration service) will be particularly useful. Set up in 1995 as part of the city's special work project, SIL is especially aimed at the seriously physically and mentally handicapped, as well as at other disadvantaged groups. It co-operates with mental health services, drug addiction services, and with the social services of the ministry of justice. SIL also provides promotion and advisory services for companies on the application of law 68/99 and on the funding facilities available for recruiting the disadvantaged as established by national and regional laws.

- the education services division.
The internal permanent education sector promotes wide-ranging scholastic guidance activities through its own scholastic and professional guidance centre (COSP). The sector is also committed to reinstating school dropouts, to prevention, and to adult education.

- the central institutional affairs service, recently set up by the city administration, is committed to the promotion of urban redevelopment policies to counteract physical and social deterioration in the suburbs. Amongst other things, the service co-ordinates the special suburb project.

- the social welfare service has the task of planning services and runs the facilities for the aged, juveniles, the disabled, the homeless and minors without parents . The social welfare service is mainly aimed at those unable to live a high-quality, independent life due to physical or mental disability, or poverty.

INDIRIZZO
Città di Torino
Divisione Servizi Socio Assistenziali
via Cottolengo 26
10122 Torino
Tel. +39 011 442.94.50 - 442.94.30 - 442.94.18
Fax +39 011 442.94.00
sito web: www.comune.torino.it
orario: lunedì 9,00 - 12,30 / mercoledì 14,30 - 17,00

Contact
Silvio Coraglia: silvio.coraglia@comune.torino.it
Maurizio Pia: maurizio.pia@comune.torino.it
Flavia Mulè: flavia.mule@comune.torino.it