CESVI is a Participatory Foundation, NGO and Third Sector Organisation.

Founded as an Association on 18 January 1985, CESVI was recognised as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on 14 September 1988 under the terms of art. 28 of Italian law 49/1987.

It was registered in the list of CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) as per art. 26 of Italian law 125/2014 with the decree n. 2016/337/000155/5 of 4 April 2016.

Since 21 December 2006, Cesvi is a Participatory Foundation.

CESVI ETS is a legal entity registered as Third Sector Organisation at the RUNTS since 16 February 2024 with Decree Number 337 Reg. Determinations of the Province of Bergamo – registration provision REP. No. 129104, pursuant to Article 22, paragraph 1-bis of Legislative Decree No. 117 of 3 July 2017 and Article 17 of Ministerial Decree No. 106 of 15/09/2020. The full legal name is CESVI Fondazione – ETS.

Download the Statute (in Italian, updated on 5 December 2023).

In the governance of CESVI, responsibility for orientation and control lies with the social organization, which is mainly composed of volunteers and is run on the principle of democracy. Practical management is entrusted to the operative organization according to responsibility levels: this organization is composed of professionals with support from volunteers.

Board of Directors

Ilaria Dallatana (President), Maria Berrini, Tommaso Fumagalli, Vittorio Meloni, Massimo Olivotti, Gianluigi Pellegrini, Gloria Zavatta.

Assembly of ad honorem Members

Maria Berrini, Silvia Bignamini, Cristina Bombassei, Barbara Carsana, Filippo Cavalli, Ilaria Dallatana, Francesca D’Angelo, Chiara Ferrari, Massimo La Rosa, Gianvito Martino, Vittorio Meloni, Cristina Parodi, Giulia Pessina, Gigi Riva, Debora Rosciani, , Rossella Sobrero, Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, Laura Viganò, Riccarda Zezza.

Assembly of Founders

Walter Arcari, Gianluca Belotti, Maria Luisa Bruzzolo, Paolo Walter Caroli, Maurizio Carrara, Roberto Caselli, Gabriella (Lella) Costa, Piersilvio Fagiano, Tommaso Fumagalli, Mario Mazzola, Gianangelo Milesi, Roberto Moretti, Massimo Olivotti, Ferdinando Pagnoncelli, Gianluigi Pellegrini, Stefano Piziali, Dino Pozzato, Sergio Vicario, Gloria Zavatta.

Control Body

Dino Pozzato (Presidente), Paolo Cattini, Alberto Finazzi, Ahmed Laroussi (alternate member), Federico Russo (alternate member).

Statutory Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers S.p.A. (PwC Italia).

Supervisory Body

Papa Abdoulaye Mbodj e Dino Fumagalli.