The multidisciplinary Research Centre on Non Profit Organizations (CENPRO) at the University of Genoa, Italy is supported by academics from the disciplines of Economics, History, Management and Organization, and Law.  CENPRO undertakes teaching for and research about non-profit organizations with a focus on social economy.

 Teaching was initiated with seminars on civil economy, which subsequently lead to the development of advanced courses on managerial skills and organization as  a joint endeavour of CENPRO and the Centre of Services for Voluntary Organizations (CELIVO). On this background, CENPRO in 2004 created a Masters Degree on legal, managerial and organizational problems of social enterprises.

 CENPRO conducts research on non-profit organizations that addresses human resources management, social economy and the Italian welfare system. Since 2002, research has focused on social enterprises with the objective of contributing to the debate on the legal status of social enterprises. The results have been discussed at seminars and were presented at an international conference in 2004 that was held in relation to the "2004 Genoa European Capital of Culture".

Contact Details 

Address:

University of Genoa – CENPRO –

Centro di ricerca sulle organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro

Via Vivaldi 5                                                          

I-16126 Genoa

ITALY

Tel.:

+ 39 01 0209 5554 

Fax.:

+ 39 01 0209 5579  

E-mail:

giorget@economia.unige.it

Web-page:

www.cenpro.unige.it

About Giorgio Giorgetti

From University of Genoa  

Giorgio Giorgetti is Professor of Business Organization, Faculty of Economics and Head of the Research Centre on Non Profit Organizations (CENPRO) at the University of Genoa (Italy). He is in charge of a Post-graduate Degree course on Management of Non-Profit Organizations and responsible for the research projects on Social enterprise, environment and market: organization, strategy, management and development problems and People raising and fund raising for Non Profit Organizations at the University of Genoa.

 Giorgio Giorgetti is in charge of the “NON SOLO PROFIT” book collection (De Ferrari Editor, Genoa). He is member of the local Board of Directors of the Italian Red Cross; Vice President of CARIGE Bank and of the Foundation "Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia". Moreover, he is Head of the Liguria Economics and Social Research Institute (ILRES) and of its review (Studi e notizie ILRES). Giorgio Giorgetti is Scientific Advisor at the Environmental Division of University of Bocconi and President of the Scientific Committee of the Genoa Research Consortium.

 In recent years, he has published on the role and status of the social enterprise, deregulation of public services and issues related to the evolving Italian welfare state.