About us
- Sustainability, understood as the capacity to reconcile Humanity and Nature
- Development, understood as the process whereby human knowledge, understanding and potentiality are used to improve the quality of life
- Sustainable Development, defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland Commission, UN, 1987)
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- capitalises on the experience acquired by its co-owners (Marta Franci and Filippo Strati) over many years of professional activity also outside the company
- combines different and complementary backgrounds in professional, cultural and disciplinary fields also through a top level group of collaborators
- cultivates relationships with other agencies and research centres, while being a member of relevant international and European networks
- develops approaches, methods and tools methods and tools for participation in sustainable development processes
As a result, the main areas of the SRS expertise include:
- Sustainable Development, Local Agenda 21 and local employment initiatives
- governance, subsidiarity, empowerment and capacity building
- social inclusion and employment policies
- environmental, energy, transport, logistics and tourism policies
- self-employment, job and enterprise creation
- organisational systems, management and Corporate Social Responsibility
- creativity, problem solving and professional skills improvement
- project management, evaluation and monitoring methodologies
- legislative, institutional and organisational reforms
SRS improves continuously its knowledge through the synergetic combination of research, teaching and consulting on the above topics and in projects at European, national and regional levels that can be aggregated in four key activities:
- Local and Regional Development
- Employment and Social Inclusion Policies
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Human Resources Development