The main goal of this research project is to investigate users’ cooperatives in public service delivery in Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain. In Italy in particular, the research focuses on users’ cooperatives supplying water, energy, waste, transportation and telecommunication services at the local level.
As for Italy, a complete database of users’ cooperatives in public service delivery did not exist at the national level. Given the lack of statistical data, various secondary sources and data have been used that are not completely comparable. These data have been integrated by empirical research through questionnaires.
Coordinator: Pierangelo Mori, University of Firenze
Researcher: Francesca Spinicci, University of Firenze/Euricse
Status of the project: in progress, started in 2009
Outputs:
+ database of users’ cooperatives in Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain;
+ 2 seminars to present the report;
+ tree research reports were published on the Euricse website, “Le cooperative di utenza nei servizi pubblici: un’indagine comparativa”,
(English version forthcoming).
