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Chairmans Introduction
Solidarity is efficient. Fondazione Roma plays a leading role in the Welfare Community
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History of the Fondazione Roma
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Palazzo Sciarra
The Cardinals Library
The Mirrors Study
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Fondazione Romas Art Collection
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Fondazione Romas Historical Archives
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Palazzo Cipolla
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Fondazione Roma in the field of Health

Fondazione Roma - Hospice-ALS-Alzheimers disease
Grants for Hospitals
Fondazione Roma in the Pontine District.
A concrete commitment to Health and Scientific Research
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Fondazione Roma in the field of Scientific Research

IRCCS - Fondazione Bietti for ophthalmic research
Fondazione Roma for biomedical research
Fondazione Roma for socio-economic research
The World Social Summit
Fondazione Roma for socio-economic research
The need for a Big Society in Italy
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Fondazione Roma in the field of Education

Grants for Schools
University and Masters degree courses
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Fondazione Roma in the field of Art and Culture

Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei
The Museo Fondazione Roma
The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
The Rsonnance project
Portraits of Poetry
The Theatre
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Fondazione Roma pays attention to the Mediterranean Region

Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo
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Fondazione Roma and Aid to the Underprivileged

Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore
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The efficiency of Solidarity
Fondazione Roma plays a leading role in the Welfare Community
Italy, together with other advanced nations, must now reconsider the concept and limits of the
welfare system, also by acknowledging the increasing importance of the constitutional principle
of subsidiarity, in both a horizontal and vertical meaning. It appears that the direction to take
should be a transition from a Welfare State to a Welfare Community wherein the State, private
parties and non-profit organizations all provide services, from which citizens may freely choose,
in order to make them efficient and competitive, even in terms of costs.
As much as our frail social security system is still worthy of not being set aside or dismantled, in
the light of the most serious economic crisis in recent history it must be remodelled, updated and
planned in a way that citizens may be directly involved in the management of public resources.
An extensive meditation on this issue lead to the publication of my last book entitled *MUFS[P
QJMBTUSP*MOPOQSPGJUNPUPSFEFMOVPWPXFMGBSF(The third pillar. Non-profit organisations, driver
of the new welfare system), in which I have elaborated a plan whereby the third sector that
varied world of associations, foundations, non-governmental organizations, social cooperatives
and firms, voluntary organisations even established as non-profit making organizations for
community work could indeed be the new member that has the proficiency of ensuring a
positive way out of the crisis of the Welfare State. I do believe that this plural universe is actually
the Third Pillar, which may contribute to the building of a less expensive and more efficient
Welfare Community.
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, associates this sector with the Big Society project,
a policy that contributed to his election and is now becoming a reality as a result of a trial in four
vanguard areas of Great Britain. This is a highly reformist project and an ambitious change in
culture. Citizens are invited to enter the field, employ their energy and play a leading role in the
community, rather than turning to local or central governments for the solution to their
problems. The Big Society means that citizens should become aware of their responsibilities and
that local communities, associations, various kinds of foundations, philanthropic institutions,
social enterprises or, in other words, bottom up projects, should have an opportunity to stimulate
innovative solutions to the areas exigencies. This project is similar to that of the Third Pillar,
anticipated in my book bearing the same title, which envisions many organisations in civil society
playing the leading role. Seen from this perspective, the State would no longer directly provide
and manage services, though it would be in charge of strategic decisions and fundamental projects
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and supervise that the quality standards are met and the principles of universality respected. In
order to actually accomplish the project for a Welfare Community there are, in my opinion, two
indispensable conditions: a coherent legal context, that enhances and reinforces the principle of
subsidiarity, and the third sectors agreed and determined effort to overcome its critical state by
improving, for example, organizational management and qualified training of human resources,
avoiding political influence and becoming less dependent on outside funding.
In this context the Fondazione Roma, which I have the honour to Chair, is playing an essential
role. Literally interpreting the spirit of the Reform introduced by Mr Giuliano Amato, the
Foundation has definitely rescinded its tie with the endower bank and has concentrated its energy
in philanthropic activities, thus becoming fully entitled to be included amongst Foundations
established by civil law. An institution with a long and stable tradition, original expression of the
civil societys independency and spirit of initiative, the Fondazione Roma is the largest foundation
in Italy with a membership and is part of the embryo of a new ruling class that has precise
distinguishing features: whilst having an excellent knowledge of the local area it is also capable
of looking beyond the boundaries and interlinking worldwide.
All the Foundations activities aim to support the development of the local area - which includes
the Provinces of Rome, Frosinone and Latina - in strategic sectors such as Health, Scientific
Research, Art and Culture, Education and Aid to the Underprivileged. The Foundation has
successfully addressed the changes in the social environment by updating its instruments and
reviewing the operative model that now provides for complex and long-term projects, to be
accomplished alone or with third parties in order to form a network.
This decision was taken on the awareness that the Foundation should no longer merely issue
grants; it should steer applications and promote those talents and projects advocated by the civil
society that may add value to the community.
The ambition to manage the operative model on a broader scale and to become a think tank for
ideas and projects related to the most widespread issues of our times, arose from the Foundations
experience in the local area, ability to analyse the problems therein and to plan concrete projects.
Due to its history and roots in the neighbourhood, the Foundation plays a dual role: it is a catalyst
for local development and advocate of social progress and also sets an instructive example for other
non-profit organisations, which may become aware of subsidiarity and increase best practices.
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Some time ago, the Fondazione Roma started to restructure its departments in order to make the
most of its functions by creating specialised foundations. This process has already led to the
establishment of several foundations such as the Fondazione Roma Mediterraneo, in 2008, which
fosters socio-economic and cultural development in countries overlooking the .BSF/PTUSVN, the
Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei, which operates in the field of art and culture, and the Fondazione
Roma-Terzo Settore, which supports voluntary work, social enterprise and a culture of solidarity.
Again, the main endeavour is to implement targeted concrete projects in order to provide effective
aid and find solutions to the increasing urgencies in the area according to the principles of
subsidiarity.
This highly exacting task is mainly performed in a city such as Rome, which must address
problems common to other large metropolitan areas such as those related to the large flows of
immigrants. Furthermore, Rome is the capital city of Italy, cradle of Western civilization and the
centre of Christianity; it has the Vatican and an impressive archaeological, architectural and
artistic heritage. These considerations have made us feel even more liable to jointly support any
efforts to make the city more welcoming, united, prosperous and efficient. It is therefore for
Rome and the entire home area that our Foundation faces the challenge of being a dynamic
laboratory of ideas and plans, a reliable interlocutor for any party who wishes to contribute to
the above mentioned mission, a centre conceived and created to enhance all initiatives, whether
they come from inside or outside or from private or public institutions, providing they are in
harmony with the ambitious aims that the Foundation wishes to pursue.
We are proudly and realistically certain to have met, in the past, many challenges and that we
shall, in the future, reach new goals by pursuing and accomplishing a concrete and feasibly
sustainable social project.
Professor Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele

Chairman
Fondazione Roma
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The history of the Fondazione Roma dates back to 1539 when, in order to fight usury, Pope
Paul III issued an Edict establishing the pawn-broking institution Mount of Piety of Rome.
The mission was perpetuated through a Rescript issued in 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI, in
response to an initiative of worthy citizens, which instituted the savings bank called Cassa di
Risparmio di Roma that incorporated the Mount of Piety in 1937.
The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Roma was established, inheriting the savings banks
original social benefit goals, when the bank reform, introduced by Mr Giuliano Amato, was
enacted at the beginning of the nineteen nineties.
In order to underline the new identity arising from the separation of the banking business from
philanthropic activities, in 2007 the Foundations name became Fondazione Roma and was fully
entitled to be classified as a foundation established under civil law that acts in the interest of the
community.
Hence, the Fondazione Roma is the last episode in five hundred years of history during which,
whilst pursuing the traditional institutional purposes, it has been transformed and innovated
adapting its projects to the new social and economic context. The Foundations planning ability
and successful results demonstrate its enduring commitment to the Eternal City and the wider
local area.
Chaired by Professor Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele, the Fondazione Roma has been restructured
and, in order to answer the considerable urgent situations in the district where it operates - which
includes the City of Rome and the Provinces of Rome, Latina and Frosinone - is now inclined
to accomplish structural projects largely on a stable and long-term basis.
Having abandoned the grant-making model, the Fondazione Roma has gradually preferred to
adopt the operating model and develop an independent planning ability. Since the Foundations
activities are closely connected to the local district, it endeavours to exhaustively identify the
exigencies therein, as likewise any potential and resources, in order to operate in a way which may
enhance them, stimulate synergies and ensure that citizens become active and more aware that
their involvement is fundamental and indispensable to maintaining balanced and sustainable
social protection. Consistent with the Chairmans specific suggestion, the strategic decision to
accomplish stable and structured, rather than occasional short-term, projects and to concentrate
resources in the five traditional and more important sectors of Health, Scientific Research, Arts
and Culture, Education and Aid to the Underprivileged - favouring innovative approaches and
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procedures - in partnership with the best non-profit organisations in the district with whom
practical solutions to the true needs of the community may be found, proves the Foundations
ability to establish a best practice model, that may be replicated and sustained in other contexts,
in order to deliver energy, dignity and added value to the network of organisations which, in
various forms and for various reasons, nurture the districts dynamic third sector.
The first Foundation of banking origin to have left the environment, as planned by Giuliano
Amato and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi over twenty years ago, the Fondazione Roma manages its assets
in a prudential way for the purpose of meeting the target of protecting their value and annual
profitability from inflation, thus enabling the Foundation to maintain the trend of increasing
subventions.
Having in-house expert committees, consisting of members with specific proficiency in the
various fields of involvement, the Foundation has, in time, accomplished for the area innovative
and stable projects of great social value: the Hospice established in 1999 when centres for
palliative care in Italy could be counted on one hand and were mainly located in the North;
research on cord blood cells; masters degree courses and projects in the field of culture such as
the establishment of a private museum which contributes to increase the countrys cultural and
artistic offer. These are merely a few of the many initiatives which, in the course of time, have
helped the Fondazione Roma to build an original identity and acquire the full right to be included
in the sphere of social interaction recognized by the Italian Constitution and protected by the
principle of subsidiarity and proactive participation.
The first page of the list of Members

of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma
Manuscript (1836), part.
Document kept in Fondazione Romas Historical Archive
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The headquarters of Fondazione Roma are situated in the historical building named Palazzo
Sciarra, which overlooks the Via del Corso in the centre of Rome where some of the most
ancient sacred buildings stood during early Christianity and important patrician mansions were
built as from the XV century.
In the second half of the sixteenth century the Sciarra branch of the Colonna family, who held
the Principality of Carbognano, built the Palace on the site where they owned two separate
buildings called, respectively, the Palazzo imperfetto and the Palazzetto which in 1610 the
Milanese architect, Flamnio Ponzio, had planned to be joined. In 1641, Orazio Torrioni took
over the direction of the building site and created the noble and austere faade squared with
ashlared angle irons, crowned with cornice on corbel and divided by three orders of windows.
The monumental portal has two fluted columns surmounted by composite capitals on high
plinths, which support the first floors balustraded balcony, placed in front of an ashlared arch.
The face of the plinths and the balustrade are enriched with relief-sculptured columns in
remembrance of the prestigious Colonna family from which the Sciarra family descended. Due
to the beauty of the portal, the Palace was included amongst the Four Wonders of Rome
together with the Borghese DFNCBMP (harpsichord), the Farnese cube and the Caetani-Ruspoli
staircase.
During the eighteenth century, Cardinal Prospero Colonna adapted the Palace to the style of
the period. The architect and friend of the cardinal, Luigi Vanvitelli, was involved in the
architectural and pictorial renovation and planned the refurbishment. 5IF$BSEJOBMT-JCSBSZ,
the small picture (BMMFSZ and the .JSSPST4UVEZ, richly decorated with paintings, are some of the
rooms which were created during the refurbishment, increasing the historical and artistic value
of the Palace. At the end of the nineteenth century, Francesco Settimi attended to the restoration
of the surrounding buildings, extension of the right wing and reconstruction of the courtyard.
The size of the Palace was considerably reduced between 1871 and 1898, when Prince Maffeo
Sciarra commissioned the architect Giulio de Angelis to open the adjacent Via Minghetti and
to build the Quirino theatre and the Sciarra Gallery in the rear of the complex.
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The Cardinals Library is to be found inside a large apartment which Cardinal Prospero Colonna
di Sciarra (1707-1765) required to be located on the second floor of the building. Like the
Mirrors Study, to which it communicates through a small hallway, the Librarys original
eighteenth century fittings are still intact. The Cardinal commissioned the works to the architect
Luigi Vanvitelli, his friend and planner of the famous Royal Palace of Caserta built for the
Bourbon kings of Naples. Since this is the only non-religious interior executed by Vanvitelli, it
has a greater historical value.
The architect decided to transform the regular rectangular framework of the seventeenth century
room into a sinuous interior, by creating four corner alcoves and working only on the upper part
of the walls. Thus, a room of sober elegance was created, precious, cosy and in keeping with the
Rococo taste. Stefano Pozzi was appointed to decorate the surfaces. The walls of the room, into
which five doors and two French windows overlooking vicolo Sciarra open, are entirely lined
with white and gold CPJTFSJF containing seven spacious bookcases surrounded by twelve mirrored
pilasters surmounted by Doric gilt capitals.
Two additional curvilinear mirrors, set in refined gilt frames with French taste motifs, are placed
in the centre of the long sides, whilst a white marble fireplace is situated in the wall near the
Mirrors Study. The rooms rich pictorial programme is performed along two themes, alluding
as much to the prestigious offices held by the Cardinal as to the concept of Time and use as a
study. Allegories of +VTUJDF, 'PSUJUVEF and $IBSJUZ, which are cardinal and theological virtues and
the predominant subject of the entire decoration, are depicted on the vault, whereas the
allegories of the &MFNFOUT and the 4FBTPOT are placed around the lower zone. Personified Signs
of the Zodiac are depicted on the doors of the shelves placed under the pillars.
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The Mirrors Study, situated inside the apartment of Cardinal Prospero Colonna di Sciarra, was
accomplished, like the adjacent Cardinals Library, by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli. This square
room with a depressed vault was obtained from a pre-existent seventeenth century hall. The
study, which overlooks the former Stables Courtyard, has an extraordinarily luminous and vital
appearance. Due to the preciousness of the materials employed and the refined design of the
fixtures, this room is an example of great decorative elegance characterized by a Rococo sense
of taste and the DIJOPJTFSJF fashion.
Furnishings such as mirrors, depicted panels and stuccowork are in the SPDBJMMF style and,
consistent with the eighteenth century fashion, an integrated part of the architecture.
Overlapping genre and styles of furnishings to adapt the former architectural context to new
trends in taste, creates a pleasant eclecticism. The mirrors and porcelains, which decorate the
Study, make the small room appear larger and enhance the splendour of the gilt frames and the
boiserie lining the walls.
Five mirrors, depicted with figurative scenes of 1VUUJ and views of 3VJOT, decorate the walls
alternating with the doors in SPDBJMMF taste, which are also covered with mirrors and decorated
with imaginative exotic themes. A large mirror in the middle of the ceiling shows a playful scene
of flying 1VUUJ picking grapes. Decorative elements, which combine classic and exotic motifs,
shells, dragons and depictions of Psyche, are positioned around the bays of the false dome.
The double pillars, leaning against the two facing walls next to the Cardinals gallery and
bedroom, have distempered wooden panels decorated with figures of "DSPCBUT %BODFST and
.VTJDJBOT in elaborate scales of prospect which replicate the design of the exotic scenes on the
doors. The panels decorating the doors and pillars are inspired by French exoticism and fully
reflect Cardinal Colonnas taste, which, like that of other of eighteenth century elites, is
susceptible to the DIJOPJTFSJF fashion.
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One of the first projects to have been accomplished by the Chairman, Professor Emanuele, was
to gather together and exhibit the works belonging to the Foundations artistic heritage, which in
time had been increased through new accessions made by the Monte di Piet and the Cassa di
Risparmio di Roma. Deeply convinced that any artistic heritage belonging to public or private
organisations should never be kept secret and accessible to a restricted number of persons, the
Chairman decided to allow the public at large to enjoy, free of charge, this highly valuable artistic
heritage consisting of an original FYDVSTVT of works that, extensively crossing through the fifteenth
to the twentieth century, covers a long historic and artistic period.
The refurbishment of Palazzo Sciarra, headquarters of the Foundation, was completed in 2010.
This historical building is situated in the centre of the Eternal City and of such splendour as to
have been included amongst the four wonders of Rome due to the magnificence of the main
entrance. The second floor of the building has been adapted to house the Collections most
important corpus of works deriving from the ancient pawn broking institution, Mount of Piety,
and the savings bank, Cassa di Risparmio di Roma - of which, according to the Italian Law number
218/90 (known as the Amato Law) and the Legislative Degree number 356/90 the Foundation
is the ideal perpetuation that has been enriched by a perspicacious policy of important accessions
during Professor Emanueles term as Chairman.
Some private collections in the City, such as the Galleria Doria Pamphilj or the Galleria Colonna,
which derive from the estates of great Roman families, have been conserved over the centuries by
means of trust agreements undertaken upon inception to avoid any dispersion of the works.
Conversely, this Collection may be distinguished for the fortunate and wise series of accessions that
have increased the original heritage, the most recent of which being a prestigious private collection
of one hundred and fifty six Roman paintings and sketches accomplished between the seventeenth
and eighteen century by illustrious artists such as Baciccio, Benefial, Cades, Corvi, Ghezzi,
Gimignani, Lapis, Pozzo, Romanelli, Stanzione, Subleyras, Trevisani and Vignon.
The exhibition is arrayed in eight halls and one gallery in which visitors may admire over two
hundred works of very high artistic and heritage value, starting from the 4FBUFE.BEPOOBJO1SBZFS
by Silvestro dallAquila. This is a wooden statue that recalls the majestic medieval Madonnas who
sat on thrones in a dignified manner though, at the same time, the artist humanises this solemn
female figure with the dawning Renaissance old-fashioned garments, which were softer and more
swathing than those previously used. The *NBHP 1JFUBUJT is another fifteenth century work,
accomplished by Piermatteo dAmelia, who worked in Rome around the end of that century.
The sixteenth and seventeenth century are appropriately represented by many paintings such as
the unusual oil on leather depicting the 5SVDFPG/JDF in 1538 by Tomasso Dovini, known as
Caravaggino, the "MMFHPSZPG'PSUVOF by the Arcadian painter and poet Jacopo Diol, which is a very
original version of this topic, and the famous picture by Ciro Ferri .PTFTGSFFT+FUISPTEBVHIUFST.
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Several eighteenth century masterpieces are included in the collection such as the -BOETDBQFXJUI
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van Bloemen, which proves that landscapes were by no means an inferior genre of painting; the
sumptuous 1PSUSBJUPG(JBDJOUB0STJOJ#PODPNQBHOJ-VEPWJTJ by Pompeo Batoni, a tribute to the
famous Princess, and three views painted by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 7JFXPG4U1FUFST#BTJMJDB BOE
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The nineteenth century is suitably represented by 5IFTUBSUPGUIF#BSCTSBDFBU1JB[[BEFM1PQPMP
by Thomas Jones Barker, which, like a window on the past, shows Via del Corso in times gone
by. This painting is placed at the exhibition entrance in order to show the connection between the
Collection and the city of Rome.
The twentieth century is portrayed through works by the Group of XXV artists of the Roman
Campagna, such as the )VUTJOUIF1POUJOF.BSTIFT by Onorato Carlandi and 5IF'SPHT1BSBEJTF
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by Napoleone Parisani besides paintings from the Roman School such as $IJDLFOWFOEPST
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by Alberto Ziveri, .JMJUBSZFYFSDJTFJOUIF 1BSJPMJOFJHICPVSIPPE by Ferruccio
Ferrazzi, 5JHFS )VOUJOH and 5JHFS )VOUJOH by Renato Marino Mazzacurati and other
masterpieces such as -VOHP5FWFSFEJ3JQFUUB and 4BO(JPSHJPJO7FMBCSP by Francesco Trombadori
and the sculpture in bronze /PWFDFOUP by Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Contemporary art, shown to visitors in the gallery of this special permanent Museum, is
represented by a series of works from the exhibition entitled 5IFVOSFQFBUBCMF/JOFUFFO4JYUJFT. "
EJBMPHVFCFUXFFO3PNFBOE.JMBO, which was promoted by Fondazione Roma, organised by
Fondazione Roma Arte-Musei and held in the Palazzo Cipolla galleries during summer 2011.
Some of the works, that witness the great artistic and cultural turmoil in post-war Italy led by
Milan and Rome, such as 5VUUFTUFMMF by Mario Schifano, 5IFWPJDFMFTTSPPN by Emilio Tadini, .JSSPS
by Enrico Baj, .JDIFMBOHFMP by Tano Festa, 0G"NFSJDB by Franco Angeli, #JSET by Gianni Dova,
0JTFBV by Roberto Crippa and 8IJUF by Agostino Bonalumi, are now part of the Collection.
The collection of works of art is shown in an innovative direct lighting system, which allows
visitors to capture the beauty of each painting.
This extraordinary selection of works is further enriched by four hundred specimens of the
Foundations numismatic treasure, composed of approximately 2.500 medals and coins, the most
substantial and impressive part of which is the series of Papal medals starting from Pope Martin
V, born Colonna, to Pope Benedict XVI. The collection reflects six centuries of the history of
Roman Catholic Papacy and, due both to the number and quality of the specimens, may be
considered second only to the Vatican Librarys Medagliere.
Visitors may discover the smallest details on the obverse and reverse of each example by means of
an innovative digital system which, in Italy, is unique in this field of application.
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In 1539 the modern banking system was still on a very distant horizon. When citizens were in
need of money they had to resort to private loaners who charged exorbitant rates of interest.
As prompted by friar minor Giovanni Maltei da Calvi and several Roman aristocrats, Pope Paul
III, born Alessandro Farnese, issued a Papal Bull establishing the pawn broking institution
Mount of Piety (.POUFEJ1JFU) which lent money at very low interest rates and, in some
instances, even with no reimbursement obligation, in order to fight the scourge of usury that
mainly affected the lower classes.
The Mount of Piety performed its charitable role for four centuries until it was incorporated,
in 1937, into the savings bank named Cassa di Risparmio di Roma, established by a Rescript
issued on the 20th June 1836 by Pope Gregory XVI in response to an initiative of Prince
Francesco Borghese, other worthy citizens from the Capitals upper middle class and aristocracy,
representatives of the Roman Curia and the business and financial sphere, who personally
contributed to the starting capital of the bank. The savings bank was to contribute to the
development of the local economy and, at the end of the financial year, employ its income for
philanthropic and humanitarian purposes. The founders explicitly waivered any claim for profits
arising from the invested monies since these were to be allocated to the purposes they specified.
Consistent with the bank reform introduced by Mr Giuliano Amato, the Cassa di Risparmio
di Roma separated the two core activities: the banking business on one side and the Ente Cassa
di Risparmio di Roma on the other. The latter subsequently became the Fondazione Cassa di
Risparmio di Roma and finally the Fondazione Roma. Therefore the Foundation is the
legitimate heir of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma and the Monte di Piet. Yet, at the time of
the separation the Archives belonging the Mount of Piety and the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma
were bestowed to the bank which, following a series of fusions and acquisitions, merged into
the Unicredit group. This was an incomprehensible decision, since the preservation and
enhancement of national cultural and archival heritage for the benefit of the public at large falls
more within the characteristics of foundations than those of banking companies. However, the
perseverance of the Chairman of Fondazione Roma, Professor Emmanuele Emanuele, has been
rewarded since, in 2010, the Chairman of Unicredit, Dieter Rampl, agreed to return the two
historical Archives to the Foundation.
The Archives of the Monte di Piet and the Cassa di Risparmio were placed in the Foundations
historical headquarters in Palazzo Sciarra once the refurbishment of the building was completed.
As the Chairman Emanuele promised, they are now open to the public, thus allowing historians,
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investigators and mere devotees to travel back in time through the vicissitudes of Rome and the
entire Country.
Unique documents are kept in the archives, starting from the Bull establishing the Mount of
Piety of Rome, issued by Pope Paul III on the 9th September 1539, and the minutes of its first
Congregation, which dates back to the 11th April 1540. By entering these rooms, visitors explore
the history of Rome and Italy: from the Statutes dated 1867 they move to documents proving
the arrival of Cardinal Aurelio Roverella, from 1801 to 1803, who Pope Pius VII appointed as
the Apostolic visitor.
The Papal State ceased in 1870 and Rome became the Capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The
Archives preserve a decree issued on the 7th January 1871 by Alfonso La Mormora - the Kings
lieutenant for Rome and neighbouring provinces - which appoints a commissioner to the
administration of the pawn broking institution. As far as the fascist period is concerned, visitors
may read a declaration, dated 5th July 1928, made by Benito Mussolini acknowledging the Coat
of Arms of the Mount of Piety and its registration in the heraldic book of non-profit institutions.
The Duces signature, together with that of King Vittorio Emanuele III, stands out on another
document, the letters patent dated 22nd October 1936 granting the Cassa di Risparmio the
right of use of the Mount of Piety Coat of Arms. A paper written a few months before the
minutes of the Meeting of the Committee of Administration, held on the 20th February 1937,
announcing that the Mount of Piety shall merge into the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma.
Many documents belonging to the Cassa di Risparmio are kept in the archive, starting from the
minutes of the first meeting of the Board of Directors held on the 22nd July 1836. Some records
concern the historical headquarters: account books regarding works executed in Palazzo del
Monte di Piet, an etching of Palazzo Borghese - which was the original headquarters of the
Cassa di Risparmio - up to the letter, dated 6th April 1867, whereby the architect, Antonio
Cipolla, accepts the assignment to build the savings banks new headquarters, Palazzo Cipolla,
on via del Corso. This building was also one of the locations in which the neorealist masterpiece
directed by Vittorio de Sica The Bicycle Thief was filmed: a thank you letter addressed to the
personnel of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma and signed by this great director, enriches the
Foundations Archive.
One of the most interesting sections is that in which papers concerning capital flows are kept,
such as the Pope Gregory VIII Brief, dated 1st October 1584, entrusting the Mount of Piety to
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administrate Court deposits in excess of five scudi. Some of the institutions loans were made
abroad, such as that granted in 1745 to James Stuart, claimant to the throne of England, or to
James Louis Sobieski, who sought the crown of Poland, in 1732.
There is no lack of papers revealing curious particulars, such as Francesco Crispis ticket and
covering letter, authorising redemption of the sabre and sword which had belonged to Giuseppe
Garibaldi from the Mount of Piety of Rome.
Several records demonstrate the strong connection between the Mount of Piety and the events
which took place in Rome and surrounding district, such as the leaves describing the reclamation
operations against the locust invasion, performed in the estates of the Roman Campagna
between 1729 and 1777, or the coupon certifying that relief had been delivered to the parties
injured by the Tiber River flooding in 1846.
Other papers emphasise the role played by the Mount of Piety during Jubilees, such as a deed
issued by Pope Urban VIII on the 28th July 1624, granting an interest free loan of 3,000 scudi
to the Trinit dei Pellegrini Hospital during the Jubilee in 1625. There are also several works of
art in the Archives, from the Bust in plaster of the founder, Giovanni Maltei da Calvi, to a
copper engraving plate for the image of the Piet dating back to the XVII century, a vast
numismatic and photographic collection and a precious library in which both ancient volumes
and books concerning more recent history published by the Fondazione Roma are kept.
In conclusion, this is one more authentic historical treasure that the Foundation has opened for
the benefit of all the citizens in the local community.

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A prudential financial management enabled the Fondazione Rome to perform its institutional
activities, set aside resources for the future and even increase assets. In 2010, the Foundation
purchased the historical Palazzo Cipolla from Unicredit Real Estate, which became the
proprietor in 2007 when it acquired Capitalia, into which the savings bank called Cassa di
Risparmio di Roma had merged in 2002. The headquarters of the Cassa di Risparmio di Roma
had been situated in this building since 1874 when it moved from the original offices in the
sixteenth century Palazzo Borghese, owned by Prince Franceso Borghese.
Palazzo Cipolla was built during the second half of the nineteenth century on the site of the
ancient home of the Roman aristocrat brothers Jacovacci de Facceschi, which had been left to
the Saint James hospital in 1600. In 1862 the Cassa di Risparmio, directed by Prince Camillo
Aldobrandini, purchased Palazzo Jacovacci from the administration of the hospital for the price
of eighty four thousand scudi. Demolition of Palazzo Jacovacci commenced in 1868 and several
fragments of the Roman arch of Claudius were discovered during the excavation of the
foundations. Under the presidency of Prince Carlo Barberini, Commanding Captain of the
Noble Guard of His Holiness, the solemn opening ceremony of the new Palace, renamed after
the architect Antonio Cipolla, was held on the 29th November 1874. In the book entitled -B
$PSUFFMB4PDJFU3PNBOBOFJTFDPMJ97***F9*9, published in 1883, David Silvagni said, The
magnificent Palace designed by the eminent architect Cipolla is undoubtedly the finest new
building in Rome.
It is reasonable to assert that Palazzo Cipolla, built between 1869 and 1874, is both the last
architectural work in Rome under Pope Pius IX and the first of Rome the capital city.
Antonio Cipolla won the tender to build the Palace in 1864, with a project that combined two
styles and two epochs, the pure fifteenth century Florentine and a general sixteenth century
Roman. As Marcello Piacentini wrote, Cipolla was the first to attempt to create an Italian style,
inspired, in a fully academic atmosphere, by schemes of the past. The Architect played a leading
role in the redevelopment of the capital city of Rome: he was appointed vice president of the
Urban Planning Committee and refurbished and built the stables in Palazzo del Quirinale,
which in those years was the Palace of the Kings.
Both the Board Room and the Marble Hall prove that great architectural attention had been
paid to the interiors of the Palace. The decorations were executed by the sculptor Oreste
Garofoli, author of the high-relief in the lunette of the central window on the balcony, and the
artists Natali, Basilli and Bruschi. The latter executed the allegorical painting that dominates the
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In 1933, during the chairmanship of Marquis Carlo Giulio Clavarino, the central public hall
was enlarged, new offices were created on the ground and first floor, a new staircase replaced the
one installed by Antonio Cipolla and new doors on Via del Corso and Via di Montecatini were
built. In 1948, during the chairmanship of Marquis Giuseppe Dalla Chiesa, further works were
executed by the architect Clemente Busiri Vici: the direct access from Via del Corso into the
central hall was opened and the passageway for vehicles on Via di Montecatini was altered,
conferring a more harmonious appearance to the whole building.
Between 1953 and 1955, Busiri Vici completed the works and reclaimed all the basements: the
floor levels were lowered, the central heating and air conditioning plant renewed and a large
vault, known as the caveau, for safe deposit boxes was created.
In 1999, the Museo del Corso, now Museo Fondazione Roma, turned Palazzo Cipolla into a
household name. The exhibition galleries devoted to contemporary art are located on the ground
floor, whereas a Conference Hall, a Reception Hall and other rooms are to be found on the
Piano Nobile.
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In the years between 1997-1998 when, in Italy, there was a lack of interest in topics related to
palliative care, the chairman of the Foundation, Professor Emanuele, decided to establish, in
Rome, a Hospice, that is to say a facility which specifically provides medical and spiritual care
into which terminal patients and senior citizens in poor health may be admitted.
At the time, the number of centres for palliative care in Italy could be counted on one hand and
were concentrated in the North. In central Italy, especially Rome, no other institution provided
comprehensive care for patients. Having performed feasibility studies and completed the plans,
the Hospice was opened in 1999. This pioneer facility has been emulated throughout Italy and
- relying on the fundamental involvement of the Circolo San Pietros Voluntary Association cares for terminal patients and those affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), either as
in-patients or in their home, whereas individuals with Alzheimers disease are treated in its day
centre.
Over two hundred patients are treated daily by physicians, paramedics and other personnel,
free of charge. A multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, social
and spiritual assistants ensure overall treatment by easing the physical symptoms, providing
psychological support and humanising the therapeutic effects.
During the first twelve years, eight thousand patients were nursed in the Hospice. Whereas for
many years care in the Hospice was funded entirely by the Foundation, an agreement for routine
treatment for cancer patients has now been reached with the Lazio Regions Health Service.
However, the Foundation still bears the full costs related to additional personnel, physicians,
paramedics, psychologists and other professionals and patients affected by Alzheimers disease
and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The joint aim is to maintain a degree of excellence
in the services provided in order ensure that medical assistance is supplemented with a strong
human approach and involvement in patients lives.
Pope Benedict XVI visited the Hospice on the 13th December 2009. His Holiness praised
palliative care capable of soothing pain brought about by the disease and helping the infirm to
live with dignity and accused the modern societys way of thinking which tends to reject the
sick and consider them both a weight and problem.
In 2011, following a review of the Hospices operating model, the Foundation decided to
increase the medical assistance already ensured in the facility located in Via Poerio by opening
a Residential Nursing Home into which Alzheimers and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients
may be admitted.
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With the aim of improving both the quality and the quantity of health services provided to
citizens, in 2007 the Foundation introduced a scheme to support local public, private and
religious non-profit hospitals in the areas of Rome, Frosinone and Latina.
The Foundations grants, amounting to twenty million Euro, enabled thirty one healthcare
facilities (ranging from the Local Health Services to General Hospitals) to purchase modern
equipment supporting biomedical technologies in the field of cardiovascular diseases, image
diagnostics and surgery.
The criterion used by the Foundation in allocating the grants was based on the number of beds
available in the respective centre, whereas the type of technological modernisation to be
implemented was agreed upon together with the head of each institution.
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In Latina on the 18th December 2009, during a day full of events celebrating the citys 77th
Anniversary, including the bestowal of honorary citizenship to the Fondazione Roma in the
person of its Chairman, the Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Research Centre was
officially opened. With an allocation of three million five hundred thousand Euro, the
Foundation provided the start-up capital for the purchase of furnishings, equipment and
consumables for research laboratories.
The centre, which is mainly concerned with cellular and molecular oncology and regenerative
medicine, was created through a partnership between the Fondazione Roma and the faculty of
Medicine and Pharmacy of the Sapienza University in Rome, that holds degree courses in its
decentralised campus, equipped with research labs, in the Pontine area south of Rome. Due to
the establishment of this centre, the University is now able to work both independently and in
synergy with local pharmaceutical companies, especially in the field of research on cord blood
cells and their therapeutic potential for various ailments such as ictus, diabetes and heart disease.
Having ascertained the lack in Lazio, as in the whole of Central Italy, of facilities for image
diagnostics and integrated laboratories, capable of meeting the demand for specialised services
and becoming an equal partner in the domestic and international medical research circuits,
consistent with its well-established relationship with the city of Latina and surrounding area, the
Foundation decided to evaluate the appropriateness of issuing a new and important grant.
Such circumstances led to the project to build a centre for advanced image and Bio-molecular
diagnostics, equipped with a modern unit for image diagnostics and a laboratory for the
investigation of tissues and cells, appropriately sampled in a radiologic context. Due to the high
standards which have been set for professionals, instruments and the organisation, the Centre
aims to become a diagnostic facility of excellence, a catalyst for new lines of research and
professional talent and a domestic (mainly central Italy) and international steady point of
reference for the investigation of haematological/oncological and neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimers, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinsons.
The Fondazione Roma and local authorities, such as the Regione Lazio, the Provincia, the Town
Council and the Health Service in Latina, intend to form a network for the accomplishment
of this centre. Looking towards a future and even wider horizon, the Foundation is outlining
the strategic guidelines for a second phase of this project, which aims to build a genuine Research
Hospital.
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The Fondazione Roma issued its first structural grant for the benefit of Scientific Research in
the specialised field of ophthalmology. The Foundation supports the Fondazione G.B. Bietti for
ophthalmic Research, a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Treatment, of
which it has been a founder member since 1999.
Established in 1984, this non-profit institute has been formally recognised by the President of
the Italian Republic and was named after the illustrious ophthalmologist, investigator and
clinician of worldwide fame, who passed away in 1977. The Fondazione G. B. Bietti, which has
been working in this field for over twenty-five years, promotes ophthalmologic research and
care, paying special attention to the disclosure of scientific results, prevention, early diagnosis,
therapy and rehabilitation. Fondazione Romas contribution enabled the Bietti Foundation to
purchase the building located in Via Livenza 3 Rome in 2000 and the indispensable
equipment for its specialist practice in the years between 2001 and 2005.
The activities performed in this centre mainly focus on those widespread diseases which could
lead to a serious visual impairment such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, myopia and related
complications, disorders of the optic nerve, cornea and eye surface besides ocular oncology. A
most excellent centre in its field, acknowledged in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Health as a
Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Treatment (Research Hospital), this
Foundation fosters clinical and surgical care, teaching and ophthalmologic research.
Professional training and analyses on the organisation of health facilities are also part of the
research performed by this Foundation, which, in time, has received prestigious international
acknowledgments becoming a leader in exploring new ways to treat various pathologies. The
Foundations support enabled the Fondazione G. B. Bietti to equip JOJUJOFSF the laboratories
located in Via Livenza, the Ospedale Britannico San Giovanni Addolorata and the Bio-medical
Campus with new sophisticated instruments of the latest generation.
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The Fondazione G.B. Bietti. A consulting room for Ocular Diagnostics and a research lab in via Livenza
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Fondazione Roma has appropriately classified the field of biomedical research amongst the
major local urgencies. The scant allocation of public funds to Scientific Research is actually one
of the reasons behind the weak economic growth and slow social progress in our country.
In 2008, the Fondazione Roma promoted a quite impressive project, both from the planning
and financial investment point of views, to support biomedical research by allocating a total of
fifteen million Euro to highly qualified research projects, establishing terms of participation
that met the expectations of the local area and institutions operating therein and encouraging
the creation of expert networks. The Foundation issued a call for proposals, aimed at the most
excellent investigators in the faculties of Medicine and Surgery in Romes universities, concerning three subject matters: Diabetes mellitus type 2, mechanisms of disease and macro-vascular complications; Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine and Drug design for the treatment
of human infectious diseases.
Whilst the decision to give priority to these three fields of research was taken for purely scientific reasons, it was also based on the requirements of the local and international communities.
This is an important undertaking for the Foundation, due both to the amount of capital allocated to the scheme and the innovative peer review procedure for the selection of the projects.
The global scientific community uses the peer review method in order to select papers that
meet the standards for publication. Applied to scientific research, this procedure ensures that
the reviewers are anonymous and independent, discourages bias and guarantees that the chosen projects are scientifically the most excellent. In order to apply this method, the Foundation
instituted a Scientific Committee composed of nine internationally recognised high profile investigators. Each member declared to have no conflict of interest with the Principal Investigators or the Head of other operative units involved in the projects. The merit evaluations
performed by this committee also include those of three referees from abroad, who do not practice in Italy and are experts on the subject matter. The selection was strict: of thirty-two proposals, only thirteen have been admitted. Whilst referring to the local area of Lazio, this project,
promoted by the Fondazione Roma in the field of biomedical research, will also be of benefit
and contribute to global progress, which is the principal purpose of scientific research.
In consideration of the average level of public resources allocated to research, with this project
Fondazione Roma has become one of the main private institutions to fund research of excellence
in Italy. Even in this sector, other parties may refer to the Foundations original and efficient
model when the publics genuine needs and the Countrys, rather than particular, interests are
the main concern.
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for Biomedical Research commences. The Foundations CEO,
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Exhibition of the thirteen funded projects
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The loss of the protective function traditionally performed by Welfare States, means that
individuals must compete, in a weak position, with the ongoing transformation in the socioeconomic and cultural structures that has disconcerted most of the points of reference on which
the essential perspectives of life are built. This topic has been widely investigated by the
Chairman, Professor Emanuele, in numerous publications, the latest of which being *MUFS[P
QJMBTUSP*MOPOQSPGJUNPUPSFEFMOVPWPXFMGBSF (The third pillar. Non-profit organisations, driver
of the new welfare system). The decision to organise an international debate on the issue was
based on the conviction that a scientific analysis of the phenomena that mainly affect people
must be performed in order to build a less frightened and more courageous society.
For this purpose, Fondazione Roma - confirming the role that distinguishes it from other
foundations in civil society, arising from the ability to find solutions to many of todays anxieties
- decided to involve, in the field of socio-economic research, the Fondazione Censis. For over
thirty years, this foundation has performed analyses on the constitutive principles of civil society,
such as the evolution of social and productive structures, innovation, individual and collective
behaviour, business mechanisms and the development of local authorities.
Thus, the Fondazione Romas World Social Summit was established under the High Patronage
of the President of the Republic and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The purpose of the
Summit is to open a worldwide debate, on the various issues that affect social progress, between
high profile personalities, Nobel Prize laureates, political and religious experts, academics,
investigators, entrepreneurs and representatives of national and international institutions.
The first World Social Summit, entitled 'FBSMFTTEJBMPHIJQFSDPNCBUUFSFMFQBVSFQMBOFUBSJF
(Fearless: discussion on how to combat global anguish), was held in Rome from the 24th to the
26th September 2008 and laid the basis upon which to work to ensure that future society may
improve its ability to manage fear.
The subject, established by the Chairman, Professor Emanuele, on the basis of the chief AngloSaxon universities scientific publications on this issue, his invariable involvement in the cultural
debate held in the most important academies in the world and experience gained whilst
travelling to the main capital cities, is in keeping with the importance, in modern societies, of
fear arising from the greater amount of risks, perceived as threats, such as terrorism, personal
safety and environmental catastrophes and, above all, the uncertainties which ever wider brackets
of the population must face.
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Amonst the summits illustrious line-up of speakers were David Altheide (Sociologist specialising
in Mass Communication Arizona State University, USA), Zygmunt Bauman (Sociologist
Leeds University, Great Britain), Gary S. Becker (Nobel Prize for Economy University of
Chicago, USA), Robert Castel (Sociologist cole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales, France),
Frank Furedi (Sociologist, journalist University of Kent, Great Britain), Anthony Giddens
(Sociologist and expert in politics, London School of Economics & House of Lords, GB), James
Hillman (Psychoanalyst and Philosopher, USA), Michel Maffesoli (Sociologist The Sorbonne
University - Paris V, France), and Suketu Mehta (Author, India).
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Italy has been paralysed for the past twenty years; it neither grows nor develops coherent policies
in the fields of industry, agriculture, research, finance and culture, and has become withdrawn.
Even before the financial crisis, the country grew less than its western partners, not to mention
the so-called BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and, in the current cycle, is struggling to
reach an adequate degree of economic expansion. Although personal savings and household
support has prevented the system from imploding, Italy must find a way out of the tunnel, in
order to avoid sliding towards the abyss in which countries such as Greece, Portugal and Ireland
are falling.
There is a way out and that is through the diversified environment of the Third Sector, which
includes the associations, foundations, NGOs, social cooperatives, social enterprises and
voluntary organizations that have been freely established by citizens, even as non-profit
organizations for community work. In other words, the intermediate bodies in civil society
which the Chairman of the Fondazione Roma calls the Third Pillar, a term he used in the title
of a book published in 2008 *MUFS[PQJMBTUSP*MOPOQSPGJUNPUPSFEFMOVPWPXFMGBSF (The Third
Pillar. Non-profit organisations drive the new welfare system). The book illustrates the
Professors plan to revitalise the social security system which, though it should not be dismantled,
must be reorganised and regenerated by using the new energies in society that, he suggests,
could play a key role in building a XFMGBSFDPNNVOJUZ, meaning a system entailing opportunities
and responsibilities.
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, associates this sector with the Big Society project,
a policy that significantly contributed to his election. Across the Channel, social involvement
is not in a very advanced stage, though politicians are most willing to dialogue with the various
institutions belonging to the Third Pillar. In Italy, the situation is quite the reverse: the
foundations for a Big Society already exist within the social fabric and yet the ruling class
obstructs this sector, rather than fully deploying its potential.
Fondazione Roma decided to hold a series of conferences on the subject of the Big Society
project - which is so crucial to advanced societies - attended by world-renowned academics,
sociologists, entrepreneurs, politicians and editorialists. Michel Maffessoli, Bill Emmott, Luca
Cordero di Montezemolo, Francesco Rutelli, Giovanni Moro, Giuseppe Cotturri, Mauro
Magatti, Emilio Dalmonte and even Lord Nat Wei, the chief adviser on big society to Prime
Minister David Cameron, were amongst the personalities whose contributions enhanced the
debate during the first two conferences organised by the Foundation in November 2010 and
February 2011.
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The Project Welfare 2020, established in a partnership between the Catholic University of
Milan and Fondazione Roma, focuses on the issue of renewing the welfare system through the
involvement of civil society. The project suggests an intervention in the Nations social security
system in three phases: collection and analysis of information concerning domestic and
international best practices; institution of training courses to promote an integrated concept of
welfare; establishment of organised territorial centres and opening of several investigational
laboratories for the purpose of creating local prototypes of a welfare community. The intent of
this project is to create an experimental and sustainable welfare model in various social fields.
Rome, 25th November 2010. The conference The world crisis and consequences for our country. The need for a Big Society in Italy
To the right, the Chairman, Professor Emmanuele F.M. Emanuele opens the conference
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Having concluded an evaluation process performed by the Foundations advisory committee
for Education and Training, the Fondazione Roma decided to combine these fields and launch
a large project whereby schools were offered a chance to improve the quality of teaching methods
by expanding their technological equipment.
The project started in 2007 with an advertising campaign 8FXPVMEMJLFBXPSMEJOXIJDI
TDIPPMTBSFBTUFQBIFBEBOEXFXPVMEMJLFUPFOTVSFUIJTUBLFTQMBDF. Three-hundred and thirteen
State secondary schools in the Lazio Region (221 in the Province of Rome, 47 in Frosinone and
45 in Latina) received a substantial grant for technological modernisation.
Since the Foundation no longer calls for proposals, all the secondary schools in the three
provinces of Lazio were individually invited to submit a project describing their specific
Information Technology requirements and relative form of implementation. Consequently, each
school received a grant ranging between five thousand Euro and one-hundred and twenty
thousand Euro, according to the number of pupils. A total of eighteen million Euro was issued.
The Foundations grants enabled schools to equip multimedia classrooms, create language and
IT labs and to purchase mobile multimedia stations, to be moved from one classroom to another
according to need. Special equipment was also acquired for the accomplishment of BEIPD
projects, such as music education and specific aids and software for disabled students.
Personal computers, printers, video projectors, interactive whiteboards, DVD readers and
various types of software and equipment for technical, linguistic and scientific laboratories were
amongst the most frequently requested equipment.
The Foundations commitment to education was subsequently extended to the areas twohundred and sixty seven secondary high schools (190 in Rome, 42 in Frosinone and 35 Latina).
A total of fifteen million Euro was allocated to these schools which, within the first six months
of 2010, purchased advanced technology equipment and created multimedia teaching
laboratories.
In order to ensure that educational offerings be improved at all levels of teaching, in the second
half of 2010 the Foundations project was extended to the four-hundred and forty one primary
schools in the area (315 in the Province of Rome, 65 in Latina and 61 in Frosinone).
With this latter grant of twelve million Euro issued to primary schools, the total allocation to
state schools at all levels amounted to forty five million Euro.
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The Foundations commitment to Education includes undergraduate and post graduate
university courses by supporting, as established by the Chairman, Professor Emanuele, the most
important universities in Rome that provide integral education according to the traditional
Catholic principles, such as the Pontificia Universit Lateranense, Pontifical Gregorian
University, Libera Universit Maria Ss. Assunta, Universit Europea and St. Johns University.
Subsidised by the Fondazione Roma, in January 2008 the Pontificia Universit Lateranense
opened the new course on the Ethics of Taxation, included in the syllabus for a Masters degree
in Law. This chair holds a topical and advanced course in Public Finance and Tax Law, which
is unique in Italy. Seminars have been organised and attended by students, lectures from other
universities and professionals in this field.
The Foundation also fosters the Masters degree course for Experts in Politics and International
Relations held in the Libera Universit Maria Ss. Assunta (LUMSA). The purpose of this course
is to engage youths in national, international and diplomatic politics and to train professionals
who are capable of meeting the needs of modern society by implementing rational strategies.
The syllabus includes theoretical classes, seminars and workshops, followed by on the job
training in private and public institutions such as Parliament, Central Government offices,
Ministries, political parties headquarters, trade unions and international organizations. Subjects
include notions and investigation of history, economics, public institutions, political analyses,
media development and even oratory techniques. The members of the academic staff are
national and international university professors, experts and researchers of politics. Visiting
lecturers include personalities from the institutional political environment and representatives
of financial and intermediate organizations in civil society. As from the academic year
2009/2010, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recognised this course as suitable training
for the entrance examination for a career in the Diplomatic Corps. Part of the Foundations
contribution has been allocated to student scholarships.
In 2010, an agreement was entered into with the Rome Campus of St. John's University
whereby the Foundation shall issue scholarships to students attending the Masters degree course
in Business Administration held in this University.
By means of grants issued directly by the Fondazione Roma Mediterraneo, the Foundation also
contributes to the two-year Masters degree course on the Theology of Religions specialising in
Mediterranean Religions and Cultures organised by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies
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of Religions and Cultures in the Pontifical Gregorian University.

The purpose of this course is to train students for future professional appointments as cultural
mediators, journalists, public managers and diplomats, with a deep knowledge of the
Mediterranean region, its values and spiritual identity.
The Foundations most recent post-graduate project fosters, in association with the IULM
(Libera Universit di Lingue e Comunicazione), the Masters degree course in Management of
Artistic and Cultural resources that opened in February 2011 in the Roman branch of this
University. This project was established for the purpose of training qualified managers and
professionals in the field of artistic and cultural resources by providing a broad education even
in classical and social subjects and encouraging the development of specific managerial skills.
Rome, 22nd April 2010, conference room in the LUMSA University. Graduates receive their Masters degree in Politics and International Relations
in the presence of the President of the Senate, Rt Hon. Renato Schifani and the Chairman of the Fondazione Roma
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In 2010, just over ten years from the establishment of the historical Museo del Corso (now
Museo Fondazione Roma), the Fondazione Roma opened a new Museum in Palazzo Sciarra.
However, the additional galleries involved a greater effort in organising the exhibitions. Thus,
for the purpose of efficiency, the Foundation decided to establish a new foundation specialised
in the field of Arts and Cultural Heritage and Activities, named Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei
(in brief Musarte), which would initially manage the exhibitions and museums and,
subsequently, further undertakings in such field.
Since the Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo and Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore have similar
institutional purposes and may potentially interact, they became founding members of the
Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei. Incorporated in 2011, the Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei is
classified as an open foundation therefore other parties, such as individuals and public and
private organisations, who wish to share the aims, may join the Foundation beside the three
founders.
The original idea was to gather all the Muses of culture into one foundation. Indeed, the
Fondazione Roma Arte-Musei operates in five cultural fields which correspond to five different
Muses: Visible Arts, Poetry, Music, Drama and Publishing. The Foundation operates in these
fields either independently or in partnership with national and international, private and public
bodies and institutions pursuing the same objectives. Fondazione Roma Arte-Musei is a nonprofit institution that has the purpose of promoting and accomplishing artistic and cultural
projects in order to contribute to the socio-economic and moral development of the community.
The projects include both new artistic and cultural schemes and those successfully launched by
Fondazione Roma or its specialised Foundations (Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo and
Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore).
Hence, in the year in which Italy celebrated the 150th anniversary of National Unity, the
Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei contributed to the 54th Venice Biennale by participating in the
Biennial Project in the Regions, held in the Lazio Region Pavilion, where the central hall in
Palazzo Venezia in Rome, that hosted works by fourteen highly valued artists, many of which
from the San Lorenzo school and other qualified centres in Lazio, was arranged according to the
scientific and critical project performed by the Foundation, connoting the exhibition as an
original indication of the Foundations attention to the future of culture.
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The Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei has been entrusted with the organisation of the temporary
exhibitions promoted by Fondazione Roma and held in the two museums located in Palazzo
Sciarra and Palazzo Cipolla: an authentic cultural centre, in which the journey into art runs
along a double track, classical art in the former and contemporary art in the latter.
In the field of Music, Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei pursues two important partnerships entered
into by Fondazione Roma: one with Fondazione Arts Academy which led to the establishment
of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma in 2002 and the other with the Associazione Rsonnance
Italia for the accomplishment of the Rsonnance project.
Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei has also inherited Fondazione Romas commitment to poetry, for
which the main project is the annual review entitled 3JUSBUUJEJ1PFTJB (Portraits of Poetry).
In the theatrical field, this Foundation cooperates with the Quirino, a leading Italian playhouse
with the largest audience, in a series of projects with an artistic, social, philanthropic and edifying
purpose that aim to encourage integral personal development by means of culture and solidarity.
Publishing is the fifth field in which the Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei operates. The
Foundation contributes to the publication of catalogues, discs, cultural books and artistic
multimedia products.
The Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei plans to be an authoritative cultural think tank strictly
engaging in topical issues. For this purpose the Foundation organises seminars, training courses
and research, educational, touristic and popular projects, even in cooperation with other
prestigious national and international, private and public institutions and organisations.
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The galleries in the Fondazione Roma-Museo are an exciting, enthralling and engrossing journey
to discover art and culture. Advocated by Professor Emanuele, the Museum was established, in
1999, as the Museo del Corso situated in Palazzo Cipolla on the central Via del Corso and has
since opened to the public over thirty five temporary exhibitions which have marked the gradual
development of an original artistic identity, occasionally anticipating future trends, so as to be
distinguished as one of the most authoritative and dynamic museums in the Roman, national
and international qualified museum circuit.
Prestigious exhibitions have told the story of numerous important stages, starting from the
maiden exhibition 6OB$PMMF[JPOFEBTDPQSJSF $BQPMBWPSJEBMBMEFMM&OUF$BTTBEJ
3JTQBSNJPEJ3PNB (A collection to be discovered: Masterpieces from the sixteenth to eighteenth
century belonging to the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Roma), which brought the Foundations
conspicuous artistic heritage to light. In time the succeeding exhibitions explored Italian,
European and international art periods and styles from the Macchiaioli to the Impressionists,
Rodin to Hopper and Piranesi to Futurism, pursuing both artistic and educational purposes in
order to edify comparison, exchange and dialogue between different cultures.
Special attention has been paid to civilizations which are distant from that of the West, such as
the Forbidden City in China, to which the exhibition entitled $BQPMBWPSJEBMMB$JUU1SPJCJUB
2JBOMPOHFMBTVB$PSUF (Masterpieces from the Forbidden City. Qianlong and his Court) was
devoted in 2007-2008 and the Japanese Master, Hiroshige, for whom the exhibition )JSPTIJHF
*M.BFTUSPEFMMB/BUVSB (Hiroshige - The Master of Nature) was held in 2009.
During this journey across and inside culture we have been accompanied by some of the most
renowned museums in the world: The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid,
the Russian State Museum and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Puskin Museum of Fine Arts
and the Kremlin State Museum in Moscow, the Louvre in Paris, the Palace Museum in Beijing,
the Gemldegalerie in Berlin, the Honolulu Academy of arts, the Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York and the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The retrospective entitled 3PNBFM"OUJDP3FBMUFWJTJPOFOFM (Rome and Antiquity. Reality
and vision in the eighteenth century), opened a new exhibition area situated on the ground
floor of the Fondazione Romas historical headquarters in Palazzo Sciarra that enabled the
Museum to increase its artistic schedule. The two facing galleries, Palazzo Cipolla and Palazzo
Sciarra, now represent a museum centre with an exhibition surface of over 1.500 square meters
capable of holding exhibitions devoted, respectively, to contemporary and classical art.
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to the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Roma)
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century in Rome. The renaissance of art from Donatello to Perugino)
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The Museum is distinguished both for the peculiarity of its aesthetic offer and the original
cultural investigations accomplished through seminars, conferences, performances, events related
to ongoing exhibitions and educational activities for children, all of which contribute to
enhancing and diversifying the cultural offer in Rome.
Beyond the walls of the Museum, meant as a place where works of art are kept and exhibited
the Museo Fondazione Roma has become a centre in which the community may enjoy a special
artistic experience. Art is a means of union among men (L.N. Tolstoj): such statement has
never been more accurate in describing the Museo Fondazione Roma; an open and versatile
meeting place in which to socialise, familiarise with the beauty of art and enjoy various cultural
events.
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Museo Fondazione Roma, 10th May - 31st July 2011
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From Washington to Beijing, Vienna to Berlin, Rio de Janeiro to Saint Petersburg then home to
the Auditorium della Conciliazione in the Eternal City, where the orchestra performs its regular
programme for the symphonic season. The journey into music, through the Orchestra Sinfonica
di Romas performances, knows no boundaries since, by nature, this is a universal language. The
tours in Italy and abroad, the lessons held in schools and the concerts performed, free of charge,
in the city squares are part of one great project conceived and implemented by the Chairman of
the Fondazione Roma, Professor Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele, who is also the Vice President of
the Orchestra.
The orchestra was established in 2002 with the support of the Fondazione Roma and is managed
by Arts Academy and conducted by Maestro Francesco La Vecchia, who is a highly experienced
artist and former director of many prestigious music corps in Europe, America and Asia. The
Orchestra was created for the purpose of spreading the culture of music, especially amongst youths
and the less fortunate, and providing an occupation to young professors striving to find dignified
employment in the so called field of cultivated music.
Regardless of the countrys music tradition and over eighty conservatories managed by the Ministry
of Education, employment in Italy is indeed limited and it is extremely difficult to join an orchestra.
Thirteen out of the fourteen Public opera bodies are opera houses and only one is a Symphony
Orchestra; the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome. In this context, the idea of establishing an entirely
private Symphony Orchestra, a novelty throughout the continent, may have seemed an impractical
plan. Nevertheless, professor Emanueles intuition proved to be successful and the miracle has been
performed.
With seventy instrumentalists, selected by means of a strict audition, the Orchestra Sinfonica di
Roma went far beyond becoming one of the most important Italian orchestras and is now
renowned and highly esteemed abroad, proving that in times in which the State reduces its
commitment to this field, quality music may be still be performed without public subvention.
The Orchestra enhances and spreads the Italian musical heritage, which is persistently overlooked,
the masterworks of symphonic literature from Martucci and Casella to Respighi and Petrassi and
records albums for paramount international labels, thus broadcasting and preserving the vast
repertoire of great Italian composers throughout the world. Above all, the Orchestra has never lost
sight of its philanthropic vocation - at a local, national and international level - it has, and still mixes
beauty with usefulness and culture with commitment to society, by speaking the chief and
universal language of music.
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The Orchestra is a witness that music may have both artistic and social purposes. In China,
conducted by Maestro La Vecchia, the Symphony Orchestra held five concerts in Beijing, Shanghai
and Dujiangyan located in the Sichuan Province devastated by an earthquake on the 12th May
2008. The proceeds were devolved to the reconstruction of the areas which were affected by the
earthquake.
The project basically aims to provide access to culture: tickets for the approximately 120 regular
concerts per year are reasonable; additional concerts are held for educational purposes in various
venues; symphony music is performed in prisons and hospitals and music lessons are held in
schools.
From the financial and all other points of view this is an ambitious and successful project, an
extraordinary undertaking which has been accomplished merely through the Fondazione Romas
philanthropic spirit and firm commitment.
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The Rsonnance project was created in the second half of 2008 through a partnership with the
non-profit association Rsonnance Italia, a division of the Rsonnance Foundation established
in Switzerland in 1998 by the renowned pianist Elizabeth Sombart, who is still the President.
This is an international Foundation with branches in France, Lebanon, Belgium and Spain
where it fosters pianoforte lessons, free of charge, held by constantly trained tutors, devoid of
exams or a competitive spirit by applying the Rsonnance method of education, which is based
on the knowledge of the phenomenology of music associated with body and breathing selfcontrol.
The purpose of the Rsonnance project is to introduce music into venues in which it is not
usually heard, by holding concerts in prisons, hospitals, retirement homes for senior citizens and
facilities for the assistance of disabled persons and youths with psychosocial difficulties at serious
risk of deviance and marginality.
Why take music where all is needed? Art is therapeutic; a series of scientific investigations have
demonstrated that the beauty of the language of music is capable of lifting human spirits and
soothing discomfort. In this sense, Art inspires brotherliness and sharing and may alleviate
physical pain and spiritual distress.
The concerts held by the Rsonnance project are accurately arranged, both in the choice of the
repertoire and compliance of the performance with the Rsonnance education method, in order
to ensure that the music conveys a feeling of closeness, trust in life, comfort and joy.
During 2011, the Rsonnance project admitted professional singers for whom the first singing
master class, held by the famous countertenor Vincent Aguettant, was organised in the
Rsonnance centre in Rome. The lessons were so successful as to lead to further master classes.
Subsequently the singers performed in Rsonnance centres accompanied by pianists trained by
Elizabeth Sombart.
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Scenes from Elizabeth Sombarts philanthropic concerts held in the Istituto Cottolengo and the retirement home Italia Talenti in Rome
The guests in Romes Boys Town and the Trappist nuns in the Vitorchiano Monastery attending Elizabeth Sombarts exhibition
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Should anyone question the value of poetry today, in the age of mass information and
syncopated language, they may find the answer in history. What idea of World War I would we
have without Ungarettis poetry? How would we reconstruct the cultural fervour in nineteenth
century France without verses by Rimbaud and Verlaine, or in late twentieth century America
without the words of Ginsberg and Corso? How much less would we know of Francos
dictatorship without the pages written by Garcia Lorca or of the Soviet totalitarianism deprived
of Pasternaks verses? Furthermore, what would the Italian language be without Dantes poems
or Russian without the voice of Pukin?
After all, poetry does not have only an artistic and cultural value, nor is it merely aesthetic,
since, as John Keats wrote Beauty is truth. Poetry has an intrinsic ethical meaning. The annual
event, held in January, entitled 3JUSBUUJEJ1PFTJB (Portraits of Poetry) was launched on these
considerations.
The review, based on an idea by professor Emanuele, is one of the most important events held
during the winter in Rome and, reflecting the development of poetry, constantly evolves.
Attention is paid both to contemporaneity and the history of literature, involving authors from
Italy and abroad, young talents, actors and musicians in an original mixture of meetings,
comparisons, readings, ideas, verses and opinions. The Fondazione Roma Ritratti di Poesia
award, assigned to a poet who has promoted Italian culture abroad, and the performance 1PFTJB
F DBO[POF EBVUPSF (Poetry and singer-songwriters) by singer-songwriters such as Roberto
Vecchioni and Lucio Dalla, were amongst the innovations introduced during the most recent
reviews. Roberto Vecchioni explained the meaning of the performance in his own words Every
God of every culture and every religion, from the most ancient to those which have been
revealed, created the world with sound. Sound is the closest thing to God and poetry, which was
born as music with lyrics by Sappho in the seventh century B.C., is the expression of truth.
In times when centres devoted to culture and art have been drastically reduced, Fondazione
Roma has taken a completely opposite direction since, in the Chairmans opinion Poetry and
art do not only search for beauty as they have an ethical and civil significance and enable those
who enjoy these muses to become responsive to the world and bring the value of the Human
Being back to the centre of attention. Amongst all others, poetry is the form of art that is
most capable of allowing people to speak to the Other and thus plays a leading role in a modern
society in which the barriers dividing mankind are yet to be overcome and interaction between
different cultures all too often ends in conflict.
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In the vision of the Muses of the Arts, in whom professor Emanuele has always firmly believed,
drama could not be omitted since the purpose of this art is not purely aesthetical, it is also
social, philanthropic and educational. Having decided to extend subventions in the field of
culture to the Theatre, in 2008 the Fondazione Roma supported the performance with a high
civil value 1JFUSF6SMBOUJ (Screaming Stones) which, together with the concert held by the
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, commemorated the Armenian Genocide. In 2009 the Foundation
contributed to the show devoted to the Native Americans "TDPMUBJMDBOUPEFMWFOUP(Listen to
the song of the wind), played in the Teatro Sistina.
In 2011, the Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei, decided to discontinue VOBUBOUVN grants and

establish a stable commitment by cooperating with the Teatro Quirino, a leading Italian
playhouse with the largest audience (over two thousand spectators per year and an average of
seven hundred per play), for the purpose of encouraging integral personal development by
means of culture and solidarity.
Three projects have been approved. The first continues an initiative launched in 2010 through
a partnership between Fondazione Roma Terzo Settore and the Teatro Quirino entitled *O
TDFOBEJWFSTBNFOUFJOTJFNF (Differently on stage together), which included theatrical workshops
(free of charge) for the less fortunate, immigrants, individuals with a disability, prisoners and
senior citizens, who eventually produced plays. The experience acquired to date has led to a
profitable liaison with public institutions such as the Local Health Services, prisons and nursing
homes as well as actors, workshop directors and experts in acting, dancing and music.
The second project, a Theatre School, consists in a series of plays for children and youths,
staged by directors and actors trained in the Teatro Stabile di Calabria workshop, who are thus
offered employment. The plays are planned according to age range and are performed in parallel
with the adult drama season. This project includes workshops, guided tours to discover theatrical
secrets and meetings with protagonists. Special attention is paid to the relationship with teachers
by means of educational materials, informative meetings and organising assistance.
The third is an entirely new project which enables actors, once they have attained their diploma
in drama, to find career opportunities both in the Teatro Quirino and the various associated
drama companies. The Fondazione Roma-Arte-Musei supports the newly established
Accademia Internazionale dArte Drammatica, directed by Alvaro Piccardi, who was Vittorio
Gassmans chief collaborator in the three-year drama school Bottega Teatrale in Florence, in
which the teachers were the greatest actors on the national and international stages. A maximum
of twenty-five students are accepted in the three-year course which is held in the Teatro Quirino
and Teatro Quirinetta. At the end of each academic year the students perform a display-drama
on the stage of the Quirino.
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di Arte Drammatica in the Teatro Quirino, with the young actors
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The Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo was established in 2008 as advocated by the Chairman,
Professor Emanuele, proving that the mother foundation, Fondazione Roma, had implemented
a functional expansion by creating specific branch foundations for the purpose of providing
solutions to community needs in the fields of Health, Scientific Research, Education, Culture
and Aid to the Underprivileged and centres which propel ideas and proposals in order to meet
the great challenges that involve the cultural roots and future of our society.
Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo operates in the fields of Socio-economic Development,
Education, Arts and Intercultural Dialogue in Mediterranean countries, encouraging and
supporting joint projects with organisations in the region that revive shared values and lead to
the achievement of a common Mediterranean identity.
Though recently established, the Foundation has already accomplished several projects in this
direction all of which are distinguished for their structural and systematic goals. The
International Conference .FEJUFSSBOFP1PSUBE0SJFOUF (The Mediterranean: Gateway to the
East), held in Palermo in May 2010 and attended by Nobel Prize laureates, economists,
sociologists and artists from the Mediterranean region, is amongst the most outstanding projects.
In the field of intercultural dialogue the Fondazione Roma Mediterraneo supports annual
international artistic events such as the Romaeuropa Festival, a variety of musical, dance and
theatre performances held in Rome in autumn, and the Taormina Film Fest, an international
review of the most significant films, held in June.
In the field of education, the Foundation meets youths needs by contributing to the
establishment of innovative training courses, such as a Masters Degree Course in Peace and
Mediterranean Development Cooperation Policies, accomplished in partnership with the
Universit per stranieri Dante Alighieri in Reggio Calabria, and the Masters Degree Course
in Theology of Religions specialising in Mediterranean Religions and Cultures, held in the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
For the purpose of fostering socio-economic growth in the Mediterranean, the Foundation
contributes to the accomplishment of projects such as: the World Day for Cultural Diversity,
established in 2002 when UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
and organised by the Italian National Commission for UNESCO and Fondazione RomaMediterraneo; One more step towards peace, which aims to contribute to the peace process in
the Middle East by investing in the education of the young generations; Appreciation of Sicilian
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A view of the courtyard in the building where the Sicilian Society for
National History Headquarters and the Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneos
representative office are situated. The conference
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artistic traditions and handicrafts pertaining to embroidery and coral artefacts, by means of
vocational training courses for Maghreb and Sicilian women which ensure that they are handed
down whilst creating career opportunities and Look-out, a Web TV that encourages integration
by means of advanced technology.
Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo also supports the accomplishment of essential refurbishment
and restoration projects concerning buildings with a high symbolic value such as the Mar Musa
al-Habashi Monastery, located a few kilometres from Damascus, and the Basilica of Saint
Augustine of Hippo, situated on a hilltop in Annaba, Algeria.
Through the representative offices in Palermo, Valencia and Rabat, the Foundation has
undertaken a cultural path that, crossing Sicily and Spain, reaches the southern shore of the
Mediterranean, using art and culture as an instrument for universal dialogue. This is
accomplished also by promoting and organising prestigious exhibitions, such as that of the
Polish artist Igor Mitoraj which opened in April 2011 in the archaeological and landscaped
Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, arranged along the Sacred Way, in the presence of the UFNQMB,
in a harmonic union between Modern and Ancient times.
Thus, the Fondazione Roma-Mediterraneo is anchored to the most important cultural traditions
that mark the Mediterranean and aspires to contribute to the reinstatement, in our times, of the
greatness of the civilization that originated on the shores of this sea.
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and handicrafts project.
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The conference The Mediterranean: Gateway to the East. The Whirling Dervishes of the Turkish group Konya Tasa Vuff Muzigi Ve Sema
perform in Piazza San Domenico in Palermo during the Conference
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The last chief sector in which the Fondazione Roma performs its activities, Aid to the
Underprivileged, is managed by the Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore. The Fondazione Roma,
as advocated by the Chairman, Professor Emanuele, established this foundation in 2008 by
merging Fondazione Italiana per il Volontariato (FIVOL, founded in 1991) and Fondazione
Europa Occupazione: Impresa e Solidariet (FEO, founded in 1995). As a foundation
specialised in aid to the underprivileged, this Foundation operates according to two main
guidelines:
- support, either independently or by means of calls for proposals, projects of public benefit in
order to encourage the innovation of services and opportunities for employment, with priority
to the sectors which are neglected or risk extinction and to underprivileged citizens. As a result
the Foundation fosters the social value of non-profit organizations and the voluntary sector;
- perform research on topics related to solidarity and voluntary work and promote this culture
by organizing events and attending local and national proceedings. In this way the foundation
aims to transmit messages of high civil value for a wide spread active citizenship.
The Sportello della Solidariet (Help Desk) is the flagship and vital junction of the Fondazione
Roma-Terzo Settore and was created for the purpose of supporting and encouraging the
accomplishment of projects based on the value of mutual assistance, social inclusion and
advancement of the less fortunate classes. Between 2008 and 2010, a total of five-hundred and
fifty grant applications meeting the formal requirements established in the call for proposals were
submitted the Sportello della Solidariet. This number had increased fourfold between the first
and third year. Non-profit organizations operating in the Provinces of Rome (except for
Civitavecchia and surrounding neighbourhood), Frosinone, Latina and LAquila may apply for
a grant for projects in the fields of Health, Education and Training, Art and Culture and
Scientific Research.
The Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore likewise encourages and supports voluntary work of all
kinds and in all fields, according to the principles of social participation, mutual assistance and
pluralism sanctioned by the Italian Constitution. Therefore, the Foundation drives projects
aimed at social progress in order to re-establish community involvement and a sustainable
welfare system and has undertaken to interact with national and international organisations
and institutions having similar purposes so as to form a network and encourage civil society to
assume responsibilities.
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The Foundation is mainly engaged in large self-managed projects involving a considerable

financial commitment in order to ensure solid lasting results, such as the Paralympic Project,
implemented with the rowing club, Circolo Canottieri Aniene, and Wheelchair Fencing,
established in association with Romes fencing club, Club scherma Roma, which have a high
social value.
Labsus, the schools department of Romes district council

and the Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore implement the project
School for a civil maintenance of public goods
Students in the Liceo Righi in Rome cleaning the schools walls
The Fondazione Roma-Terzo Settore is a partner of Smile Train Italia Onlus,

in the project Reception and smiles Children in developing countries
afflicted with serious facial deformities and war-related burns receive
surgical treatment free of charge
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Beijing Paralympic games 2008. On the podium from the left, the two athletes from the Circolo Canottieri Aniene,
Paola Protopapa who won the gold medal in rowing
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In the field of Aid to the Underprivileged, the Fondazione Roma supported the citizens of
LAquila who had been affected by an earthquake on April 6th 2009. Once again, the challenge
of rebuilding had been undertaken by private citizens. Don Luigi Maria Epicopo, vicar apostolic
for cultural heritage, explained that this is a colossal and complex enterprise that aims to retrieve
the practical aspects of the city, especially in the pulsating historical centre.
Within weeks the Fondazione Roma allocated a considerable sum to the restoration of a
monument or building of public interest that had been damaged by the earthquake. The
Foundations experts performed an inspection of the site and, in agreement with the archdiocese
of LAquila, decided to assign Euro 2.9 million to the restoration of the Church of San Biagio
in Amiternum, situated close to the Piazza del Duomo.
In consideration of the historical, social and ecclesiastic significance of this building, which
dates back to the early thirteenth century, the choice was not arbitrary and reflects the principles
behind all of the Foundations projects: concern for spirituality as an incentive for congregation,
protection of local archaeological heritage, enhancement of cultural and artistic activities and
socialisation as a driver of harmony and mutual aid. Indeed, San Biagio in Amiternum is both
a church and a meeting centre for the entire community of LAquila. The works for the
reconstruction of this church commenced in January 2011 and shall be completed at the end
of 2012.
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LAquila, 15th March 2010. A scene from the ceremony marking the
commencement of the restoration works of the Church of San Biagio dAmiterno.
Photo. The Chairman, Professor Emanuele, with ecclesiastical authorities
The Church of San Biagio dAmiterno in LAquila
The interior of the Church of San Biagio dAmiterno. To the right, the funerary monument to the Count Ludovico II (Lalle II) Camponeschi
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The courtyard in Palazzo Sciarra
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