Social cooperatives by type. 31 December - Lombardia and provinces

Type "A" cooperatives: Cooperatives managing socio-sanitary, assistance and education services. Type "B" cooperatives: Cooperatives carrying out several types of activities and services (agricultural, industrial, andicraft, commercial) aimed at integrating into the labour market those persons considered "at a disadvantage" (disabled, former patients of mental hospitals, former drug addicts, aladjusted young persons, etc.). Consortia must be constituted by social co-operatives in a proportion not lower than 70% (type "C" cooperatives).