Articolo+1

Articolo+1

Metropolitan City of Turin

2026

ASVAPP – Associazione per lo Sviluppo della Valutazione e l’Analisi delle Politiche Pubbliche

Ex post

Counterfactual impact assessment, Qualitative survey of beneficiaries, Implementation analysis, Monitoring data analysis

People

Associazione CNOS-FAP Regione Piemonte, Associazione Piazza del Lavoro di Torino Impresa Sociale, Cooperativa Sociale Patchanka, Exar Social Value Solutions Impresa Sociale srl, ENGIM Piemonte, Sinergie Applicate al Sistema d’Impresa società cooperativa sociale

Contribute to reducing inactivity and increasing employment among young people aged 15 to 29 in the Metropolitan City of Turin who have little or no work experience, are not in education, employment or training (NEET), with particular attention to those most disadvantaged by labor market selection.

Description

Articolo+1 is an innovative socio-occupational inclusion program for young people in vulnerable situations, active in Turin since 2017 and replicated in Genoa since 2020 and in the Verbano Cusio Ossola area since 2021. The initiative operates as a laboratory complementary to the public system, integrating employment services, vocational training and socio-educational support through multidisciplinary partnerships. The model is based on multi-professional case management and the direct involvement of businesses, promoting shared responsibility between the productive and social sectors. A distinctive feature of the program is the adoption of a results-oriented financing mechanism (pay by results), aimed at fostering participants’ employment and autonomy.

KEY FIGURES OF THE PROJECT

5,796 Young people supported

2,048 Contracts activated

40% Young people with low employability

Evaluation

Objectives

Evaluation of programme functioning (improvement)
Experimentation and innovation (learning)
Knowledge generation and scientific research (advocacy)

Methodology

Qualitative survey of beneficiaries
Counterfactual impact evaluation using propensity score matching
Implementation analysis
Analysis of monitoring data

Sample and data collection

Treatment group: 5,973 unemployed young people aged 15–29 enrolled in the Articolo+1 projects between January 2017 and June 2024
Control group: approximately 39,000 unemployed young people registered with the Public Employment Services (CPI) in the Metropolitan City of Turin, 2017–2024
Use of administrative data: project management system and SILP administrative records.

Results – Key Findings

+18 percentage points Started a traineeship within 12 months

+13 percentage points Started work within 12 months

+12 percentage points Employed after 12 months

+6 percentage points Employed after 72 months