TSUNAMI
A Traineeship as a Springboard out of
Unemployment for those Affected by Mental Illness
About Us
Judgments on how social policies work are often based on sensations and anecdotic evidence about their effectiveness, while it is still quite infrequent that rigorous analyses provide results really answering to the question “does it work?”
The TSUNAMI project aims to provide solid evidence on the effectiveness of an active labour market policy targeted at unemployed with mental illness. People participating in TSUNAMI are provided with a complex series of services, which last up to11 months, mainly based on job coaching and the activation of internships.
The main goal of the project is to understand if such a type of intervention is suitable as a means for improving the employment chances of the the people with mental illness.
Guidelines – Description of the action
March 22nd, 2017
This document describes what the project is supposed to do, including rationale for the work, hypothesis used in deciding to undertake the project given the current situation of the interve 
XXII AIV National Congress
February 13th, 2019
The Italian Association of Evaluation (AIV) promotes the culture of evaluation among the actors involved in the implementation of public policies.
The paper by ASVAPP (Valentina Battiloro... 
#17 MONTHLY REPORT – FEBRUARY 2019
The project will be active between 2017 and 2019 and should involve about 1.200 people. The monthly report describes the progress of the randomized controlled study.