Laboratorio del Tempo

Date

3 years

Contact

Cristina Pigi

Country

italy

Development Partnership

PIN S.c.r.l., Servizi Didattici e Scientifici per l'Università di Firenze

Demand

Contrast the mechanisms that prevent women from accessing the workforce and building a career and promote new politics regarding time.

Solution

In the city of Prato an integrated model for the organization of time, of service management and of the distribution of the workload at home has been experimented. Actions aiming to valorize of the work of women have been implemented (Talent Bank-Municipality of Prato), to balance time for family/work (Time manager- Macrolotto1 industrial area) and to redistribute caretaking tasks (Laboratorio del tempo). Over 3.000 workers, 324 enterprises have been involved. 12.857 people have taken part in the Laboratorio del tempo (11.096 women, 878 men, 883 children).

Products

- The 'Laboratorio del tempo' which continues its activity in service of the local community - The 'Time Manager' which continues his/her work in support of the businesses and of the workers in the Macrolotto 1 industrial area.

Results

1. the creation of a permanent service for the conciliation of time. 2. the testing and definition of a new professional figure, the Time Manager 3. the identification of innovative conciliation services: car pooling, laundry services, centralized mail, day nurseries. 4. a methodology for human resources management (Talent Bank). 5. a methodology for social intervention that operates both on the strengthening of professional competences and on placing attention on the needs for conciliation.