Arca Cooperativa Sociale was established in 1983 and deals with the management of social, welfare and educational services designed and provided privately and in agreement with public administrations, employs about 1500 people and has around 900 members.
Arca intervenes in the territorial area of the Provinces of Florence, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia and Siena with services aimed at elderly, migrants, disabled, drug addicts, people with mental illness, minors and children.
Intrernational projects and events:
The Autonomy Path: Mutual Learning Seminar on accompaniment for social and work integration of disadvantaged people, in particular people with mental, physical and psychosocial disabillities in CEI countries - Program of the Public Conference
Publications
The Autonomy Paths " Best Practice collections"
ARCA - Guidelines for the education and the care of the young children
MECEC+Final Publication - THE INTERCULTURAL NEEDS OF EDUCATORS IN EARLY CHILDHOD SERVICES