30 likes | 155 Views
Local economy in Veneto Region. A quick overview on the world of cooperatives in Veneto. By Federico De Rossi – City of Venice. A picture of cooperatives in Veneto.
E N D
Local economy in Veneto Region A quick overview on the world of cooperatives in Veneto By Federico De Rossi – City of Venice
A picture of cooperatives in Veneto • In Veneto Region there're a total amount of 3.848 cooperatives, around 750 are social cooperatives, divided between A type (60% of the total) and B type oriented on job training of disadvantaged people (35% of total amount). These social cooperatives provide employment to around 25.000 people. • The main business sectors of cooperatives are: commerce and services (75%), agriculture (13%), construction industry (12%) and manufactures (10%). • The annual turnover goes down strongly for manufactures and constructions industry and it is growing up very slow for services sector. • [data 2011, Osservatorio Coopersviluppo]
A picture of cooperatives in Veneto • In the Veneto Region the total amount of active cooperatives are 3839, which represents the 1% of the active local business (Veneto Region Report 2012, by Unioncamere). • A total of 106.000 people are employed, which represents the 6.3% of the total of employed people in Veneto Region (Annual Report on the Social Situation in Italy - Censis, 2012). • The employed people of the cooperatives in Veneto are mostly divided between social works 24.8%, industry 16.5%, and agriculture 7.8% (Annual Report on the Social Situation in Italy - Censis, 2012).