The "Umarell" Phenomenon Where Retirees Who Monitor Works Now Charge for Doing So

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A new initiative in Italy is transforming a traditional pastime into a paid and voluntary civic role. Municipalities of the country have begun to formally hire retirees, popularly known as “umarells”, who monitor works and everything related to the quality and progress of them. The program seeks to take advantage of the technical experience of older citizens, keeping them active and improving local infrastructure. These “supervisors” are respons…

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Supervise the works of your neighborhood. If you are going to do it anyway... better professionalize it. It is what they have thought in Italy: integrate retirees as volunteer supervisors into public works projects. It takes advantage of the experience of older people, they are kept active and community ties are strengthened. In Villasanta, a municipality of 14,000 inhabitants in the province of Monza, this program has already been launched. Eig…