Isola Catania is Sicily’s social innovation hub. Active since 2023, it has a hybrid identity that combines entrepreneurship and social mission, with the aim of creating opportunities for young people in the South. It immediately chose the qualification of social enterprise, with the aim of combining economic sustainability and collective utility. Each initiative responds to real needs, enhances local resources and creates connections between the public, private and third sectors, giving life to an open and generative ecosystem.
Isola operates through an integrated model composed of three business units: the Spaces, the enhancement of a UNESCO heritage site in the heart of the city that hosts coworking spaces, training rooms, offices, event spaces to build a diverse and inclusive community; the Coalitions, a platform that unites public and private, profit and non-profit, local and global organizations to collaboratively address complex territorial challenges together; the Projects, high-impact initiatives dedicated in particular to young people and vulnerable subjects, with free opportunities for orientation, empowerment, training, networking and matchmaking.