Founded in 1992, Consorzio Naos is an Italian social consortium that provides a support infrastructure for cooperatives, particularly in the fields of disability, home care, and employment services. In recent years, it has shifted focus from directly managing social and health services to enabling and empowering its member cooperatives. The consortium offers ongoing professional training, strategic consultancy, and regional labour market services, especially under Italy’s Legislative Decree 276/2003.

A key innovation developed by Naos is a digital platform designed to improve both the efficiency of public resource use and the impact of services delivered. This tool collects, digitises, and centralises data from diverse social and health service providers across the region. By doing so, it enables more cohesive planning, better delivery of support to vulnerable populations, and improved coordination between service users and providers.

The platform promotes equity by ensuring that data collected serves to enhance services for individuals and families in need. It helps identify gaps, guide resource allocation, and foster informed decision-making, ultimately improving living conditions across the territory.

Rather than encouraging competition, Naos fosters co-opetition among cooperatives—collaboration that allows each entity to thrive while contributing to a collective goal. Member cooperatives share tools such as HR management software, fleet tracking systems, and multi-site ISO certifications. Naos also facilitates joint projects, sector-specific working groups, and consultancy across areas like finance, HR, and public procurement.

By adopting a "data sufficiency" approach, Naos ensures that only information directly relevant to improving service outcomes is gathered and analysed. This avoids data overload and ensures that insights are meaningful and actionable.

Through its holistic approach, Consorzio Naos demonstrates how technology, cooperation, and smart data use can enhance the social economy and drive systemic improvements in social service delivery.