Abstract

The analysis of the implementation of the experimental New Social Card in the municipality of Milan shows on the one hand some criticalities as to the take-up of the measure, due to both general (i.e. the tight access criteria) and more specific local factors (i.e the strategy to manage the applications). On the other hand, the experimentation has constituted for the municipal administration a «window of opportunity» to test a new model of public-private partnership in the implementation of activation schemes for the beneficiaries of income support.