Arciragazzi

What Arciragazzi does

Arciragazzi Nazionale APS is an Italian non-profit educational association (Associazione di Promozione Sociale) founded in Naples in 1981, formally constituted in 1983. The organization is dedicated to children's rights, youth civic participation, and game-based non-formal education, guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It operates as a federated association led by a national President (Viviana Bartolucci, elected December 2023) and three Vice Presidents covering Resources, Training, and International affairs, supported by a National Council with regional representation.

The core operational model is community-led: members join through local territorial circles (circoli), of which 35+ are documented across major Italian cities including Naples, Rome, Bologna, Milan, Palermo, Genoa, Florence, Turin, Brescia, and Pisa. Each circle offers locally-tailored activities for children and adolescents (primarily ages 8-18) and recruits adult educators, teachers, and volunteers. The national body coordinates projects, training programs, advocacy, and the annual Campo Nazionale gathering (held since 2000). It holds MIUR accreditation as a training provider for school personnel since 2014.

Arciragazzi's revenue model combines three streams: annual membership fees (tessera, varying by circle), 5x1000 tax donations, and project-based public/EU grant funding. Current and recent projects include 'Lost in Education' (with UNICEF Italia, funded by Con i Bambini, combating educational poverty for ages 11-17), 'Kids Got Rights!' (EU-funded via IFM-SEI, 7 European organizations), 'U-topia' (youth participation in Palermo), 'Le rotte del gusto' (supporting unaccompanied foreign minors with Housing First methodology), and 'Healthy Peers' (sexual health peer education). The organization holds membership in Federazione A.R.C.I., Forum Terzo Settore, Gruppo CRC, IFM-SEI, and Arci Servizio Civile, providing advocacy and funding pipeline access. National headquarters is at Via Michelotti 33, Rome, with 27 national employees.

Name

Arciragazzi

Legal name

Arciragazzi Nazionale APS

Website

https://arciragazzi.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arciragazzi Nazionale APS is an Italian non-profit educational association founded in 1981, operating through 35+ territorial circles to deliver children's rights education, youth civic participation programs, and game-based non-formal learning to children, adolescents, and educators across Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth non-formal education and children's rights association

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

In-Service Professional Development (Workshops/Institutes/Short Courses) (EDACAIAB)

Keywords

• Youth education association
• Children rights advocacy
• Non formal education
• Membership based association
• Community youth circles

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Members pay tessera (membership card) fees to join local circles. The cost varies by circle as different activities are available depending on territory.
2. Donations and 5x1000: The organization accepts donations and promotes the Italian 5x1000 tax designation (tax code 06273640588) as a funding source.
3. Public funding and grants: Arciragazzi receives public funding and participates in government and EU-funded projects for childhood and youth programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Arciragazzi Nazionale APS is a non-profit educational association for social promotion that delivers children and youth programs through a national network of territorial circles (circoli). Its core commercial-style offering is the annual membership (tesseramento) that grants individuals access to local activities and insurance, complemented by accredited educator training, awareness projects on children's rights and sexual health, and the annual Campo Nazionale gathering.

Product overview

Arciragazzi is a national educational association for social promotion focused on children's rights, youth participation, and game-based education. The organization operates through a network of local circles (circoli) offering membership (tesseramento), and runs multiple projects including Le rotte del gusto (supporting unaccompanied minors), Lost in Education (combating educational poverty), U-topia (youth participation), Kids Got Rights! (children's rights advocacy), and Healthy Peers (sexual health peer education). Core services include accredited training programs and the annual Campo Nazionale gathering.

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Products and services

• Tesseramento (Annual Membership) Annual membership (tessera) program allowing individuals to join Arciragazzi and participate in activities of their local circle (circolo), including mandatory insurance coverage for association activities. Membership fees vary by local circle and territory.
• Le rotte del gusto Project supporting unaccompanied foreign minors through integrated care pathways, focusing on job training in gelato-making and autonomous living using the Housing First model.
• Lost in Education Project combating educational poverty for ages 11-17, developing tools for educational community attestation and building educational communities through territorial educational settings. Coordinated by UNICEF Italia and funded by Con i Bambini.
• U-topia Participation and social inclusion project for Italian, migrant and refugee youth, creating youth councils and developing skills laboratories in Palermo.
• Kids Got Rights! Project promoting children's participation and emancipation through self-organization and rights advocacy, using non-formal education and peer education methodology for children aged 8-13.
• Healthy Peers Peer education project promoting sexual health culture, increasing awareness of sexual health, needs and prevention tools, targeting populations less commonly covered by prevention programs.
• Formazione (Training Programs) Accredited training programs for teachers and educators, and internal training for association members including base training, manager training, scientific seminars, and trainer seminars.
• Campo Nazionale (National Camp) Annual national gathering since 2000 for members to experience and share Arciragazzi's educational method through playful and laboratory activities.
• Circoli Territoriali (Local Circles) Territorial circles operating at city or local level, providing spaces, activities and project opportunities for members, with local networks and institutions.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Federazione A.R.C.I.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1981Arciragazzi is a member of the A.R.C.I. (Associazione Ricreativa Culturale Italiana) federation, which unites associations that originated from the original ARCI experience founded in Florence in 1957. Arciragazzi is one of 14 associations within the federation.
• IFM-SEI (International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational educational movement that works to empower children and young people to take active roles in society and fight for their rights. Arciragazzi participates in this international network, including joint projects like Kids Got Rights!
• Forum Terzo SettorecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe National Third Sector Forum is the most representative association of third sector entities in Italy, representing 92 national organizations with over 158,000 territorial locations.
• Gruppo CRC (Gruppo di Lavoro per la Convenzione sui Diritti dell'Infanzia)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, a network of 100 civil society organizations coordinated by Save the Children Italia, focused on monitoring and promoting children's rights in Italy.
• PIDIDA (Per i Diritti dell'Infanzia e dell'Adolescenza)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFree coordination table open to all associations, NGOs, and third sector organizations working for the promotion and protection of children's rights in Italy and worldwide.
• UNICEF Italia (Comitato Italiano per l'UNICEF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in the Lost in Education project, coordinated by UNICEF Italia and funded by Con i Bambini, addressing educational poverty among children in Italy.
• IFM-SEI (International Falcon Movement)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination of the Kids Got Rights! project, an EU-funded initiative on children's participation rights involving 7 European organizations.
• Arci Servizio Civile (ASC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe largest Italian association dedicated exclusively to civil service, with 5 national associations (Arci, Arciragazzi, Auser, Legambiente, Uisp) and many local organizations as members.
• MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccredited training provider for school personnel since 2014 (Decreto Prot. N. AOODPIT.595 del 15/07/2014), included in the list of accredited entities for teacher training.
• CAES (Consorzio Assicurativo Enti Sociali)minorOthersInsurance consortium providing mandatory coverage for Arciragazzi members including civil liability, member accident insurance, and volunteer insurance (illness and accidents).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Auser: Fellow ARCI federation member (one of 5 national associations in Arci Servizio Civile with Arciragazzi). Auser operates a comparable national territorial-network structure for civic engagement, sharing governance, funding, and volunteer-recruitment patterns with Arciragazzi.
• UISP (Unione Italiana Sport per tutti): Another ARCI federation member association. UISP operates a comparable national network of local circles offering recreational/educational activities, sharing Arciragazzi's membership, training, and community-led delivery model.
• Save the Children Italia: Italy's leading children's rights NGO and coordinator of the Gruppo CRC (the 100-organization children's-rights coalition in which Arciragazzi participates). Save the Children Italia is a direct collaborator on policy advocacy and overlaps significantly with Arciragazzi's UN CRC-based mission and educator-training programs.
• Legambiente: Fellow member association of the Federazione A.R.C.I. (alongside Arciragazzi). Legambiente shares Arciragazzi's national grassroots-civic-association model, civil-service partnership, and member-based funding structure, though focused on environmental rather than children's rights.
• Arci (Associazione Ricreativa Culturale Italiana): National federation under which Arciragazzi operates as one of 14 member associations. Arci is the parent recreational-cultural federation that shares Arciragazzi's secular, member-based civic-association model and provides shared infrastructure, advocacy, and resource access.
• Forum Terzo Settore: Italy's most representative third-sector association (92 national organizations, 158,000+ territorial locations). Arciragazzi is a member and represented in the Osservatorio Nazionale della Famiglia through this forum; shares advocacy, policy, and coalition-building functions with Arciragazzi.

Direct peers

• UNICEF Italia: Active partner of Arciragazzi on the 'Lost in Education' project addressing educational poverty. UNICEF Italia operates comparable programs targeting children's rights and educational inclusion in Italy and serves a similar funder/advocacy ecosystem.
• Fondazione L'Albero della Vita: Italian NGO focused on children's rights, educational poverty, and protection of unaccompanied minors. Operates projects comparable to Arciragazzi's 'Le rotte del gusto' (unaccompanied minors support) and 'Lost in Education' programs, competing for similar funding pools.
• Arci Servizio Civile (ASC): Italy's largest civil-service organization, of which Arciragazzi is one of 5 founding national associations. ASC delivers comparable youth-engagement programming and shares the ARCI federation infrastructure, governance model, and volunteer pipeline with Arciragazzi.
• Terre des Hommes Italia: Italian branch of an international children's-rights NGO. Operates comparable child-participation, educational-inclusion, and rights-advocacy programs in Italy and competes for overlapping grant funding and policy influence with Arciragazzi.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/arciragazzi_nazionale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arciragazzi

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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