ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the case of migrants' reception and integration in the territory of Romagna Faentina in Central Italy and provides an initial evaluation of the impacts of the management of migration flows in this territory. The pivotal role of the ASP, the public Agency for Personal Services in Faenza is evidenced, especially in relation to the governance of strategic and operational activities. The chapter also analyses the involvement of local actors, especially third sector organisations and social enterprises. The reception system of the Union of Romagna Faentina was built around the Union's ASP, which addresses the problems of the most fragile persons in its territory by offering aid, support, and medical attention. The social issue of the reception and integration of migrants, war refugees, and asylum seekers became all the more pressing, especially in countries such as Italy, which neighbours war and unrest areas and faces strong migration flows along its borders.
