On Friday 21 June 2019 at 5 p.m., the hall of honour of Palazzo Leti Sansi (Via Arco di Druso, 37) will host the presentation of “La forza della società – Comunità intermedie e organizzazione politica”, a book by Giovanni Quaglia, president of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, and Michele Rosboch (Nino Aragno Editore): a reflection on a current theme, also in consideration of the debate on institutional reforms.
Starting from an analysis of the function of mediation between politics and community carried out over time by various subjects, this publication proposes new models and new channels of comparison. In particular, the text analyses how the specific contribution that Foundations are called upon to offer today must increasingly be seen in the direction of strengthening their function of collective value between State and community, capable of generating usefulness in the form of social investments, solutions for inclusion and innovation. A visible function, for example, in mobilizing “patient capital” to encourage sustainability rather than short-term profitability of projects, and in supporting financially the risks of innovation by promoting initiatives with a positive social and environmental impact.
This book is therefore intended to be an in-depth analysis of the work of Foundations, as new “intermediate” articulations of the social fabric, promoting the growth of the territory and a new welfare of the community.
GIOVANNI QUAGLIA, president of the CRT Foundation, born in Cuneo in 1947, a graduate in Literature, professor of Economics and Business Management at the University of Turin (Department of Management – Section of Economics and Business Management), Official Auditor of Accounts, journalist and publicist, has a consolidated experience at the top of companies, including listed companies, bodies, institutions, cultural associations and non-profit organizations. President of the companies OGR-CRT, REAM SGR, Autostrada Torino-Savona, Professor Quaglia has also been vice-president of both the Fondazione CRT (1994-2000 and 2004-2012) and the Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita CRT (2007-2012). He was a member of the Board of Directors of Unicredit until 2015, with the role of member of the Committees “Corporate Governance, HR and Nomination”, “Related Parties and Investments in Equity” and the Supervisory Body. In ACRI (the association of Italian foundations) he was a member of the Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Chairman’s Office (2004-2012).
