Book · 5 October 2023
The social impact of collaborative spaces
Models, practices and case studies for measuring the value a collaborative space actually creates: an original framework built on four dimensions — cultural, educational, attractiveness and cohesion, entrepreneurial.
Editorial bites
- Italy has tens of thousands of disused or underused buildings. These places, by now non-places, are an opportunity.
- Measuring social impact is not an end in itself: it is a tool for running spaces better and accounting for the value they create.
- Collaborative spaces are one of the pillars of local ecosystems of economic and social innovation.
- Assessing social impact means looking at the change that reaches every actor in a territory, not only the direct beneficiaries.
The second volume in the GATE REI series of studies. The assessment framework, the indicators for each of the four impact dimensions and ten interviews with people leading foundations, companies and institutions are in the full volume.