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ANNUALREPORTAVSI FOUNDATION
The Annual Report is edited by Elisabetta Ponzone, Maria Teresa Gatti, Giampaolo Silvestri, Marco Sangiorgio.
In collaboration with Maria Ricci, Dania Tondini, Aldo Gianfrate,
Andrea Nebuloni, Luca Giacomini, Nada Perovic, Paola Ferrari, Marco Andreolli,
Paola Pellegrini, Anna Zamboni. Translations coordinated by: Sheila Berti
Photo courtesy byBrett Morton, Roberto Masi,
Marina Lorusso, Pablo Castellani,Alessandro Grassani, AVSI Staff
On the cover: Burundi,MEO educational Center by Brett Morton
Graphic Design by Accent on Design, Milan
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Certified financial statement at www.avsi.org-----------------------
AVSIQuality CertificationOffice in Milan-----------------------
Balance Sheet Oscar 2004Non Profit category-----------------------
AVSI is affiliated toCdO Opere Sociali
4 INTRODUCTION 6 IDENTITY AND VALUES 8 PRESENCE AND INVOLVEMENT 10 STAKEHOLDERS 11 EU AFFAIRS 12 NETWORK AND CONSTITUENCY 14 GOVERNANCE 15 ORGANIZATION CHART 16 AREAS OF INTERVENTION 28 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 30 FUNDRAISING AND EFFICIENCY 31 ECONOMIC DATA 34 FINANCIAL AUDIT 36 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
“There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity” @pontifex
AVSI ANNUAL REPORT 20134
INTRODUCTION
A NEW GAZE
2013 has been a year of profound transformations
for AVSI: new strategies, new projects, new partners
and a new governance. Since July 2013 most of the board
of directors has been renewed, including the President
and the Secretary-General, and eminent and experienced
persons have joined the board. These new members will
certainly help strengthen AVSI’s identity and provide solid
grounds to meet the challenges of the future with even
greater vigor. The organization chart has been modified
and simplified, new positions have been created, others have
been redesigned in order to optimize the operational stage
of our work, the one in the field, in contact with the people
and their needs.
The collaboration with the European Union has become
paramount: the EU is an important player when it comes to
cooperation policies, and its projects represent an essential
component of AVSI’s work nowadays.
Within the relationship between AVSI and the private
for-profit sector, the partnerships have grown in number
and stature over the last year. Our experiences of synergy
in action, some of which have now been going on for
more than a decade, represent success stories to replicate,
concrete chances of development.
AVSI has shown an ongoing commitment in education
and nutrition projects, as well as in new areas, such as
energy and human rights. From the “stoves project”, as we
nicknamed the distribution of 15 thousand high-energy
efficiency cooking stoves in Mozambique, to supporting
the APACs, one of the best cases of human rights
promotion in Brazil, aimed to improve the living conditions
of detainees. These correctional facilities with no guards or
weapons became a model of an efficient, practical and more
humane method. They represent such a great improvement
that Brazilian authorities decided to adopt that method in
every state of the federation. It might work in Italy, as well,
and contribute to a more humane detention regime: we
have tried to propose it to the Senate, the Secretary and
the Commission, following the great appreciation at the
European Development Days in Brussels.
2013 has been a year of emergencies and refugee crisis.
Lives changed by the terrible events of war in Syria, South
Sudan, Myanmar, DR of the Congo or by the destructive
force of the typhoon in the Philippines. These people
are often forced to start again somewhere else, away
from home, often without a roof on their head, food and
education for their children. AVSI has been on the frontline
in supporting those affected by conflicts and in providing
rescue and shelter to the refugees, starting from Lebanon
and Jordan, crucial countries for the Syrian migrations,
where we plan on providing shelter for 33 thousand people.
We are on the verge of a new vision of cooperation.
Attention has shifted from the Millennium Goals to the
Rio+20 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
have made climate change a priority. A new model is taking
shape in which development must be sustainable and the
economic value of locally operating companies
must be shared.
The financial and economic crisis has caused a change
that would have been inevitable anyway. From the old-
fashioned concept of “donation” to complex projects that
can bring long-term benefits, the step has long been taken.
Today, in order to bring employment and growth in the
most vulnerable environments, the European Union (re)
discovers the importance of loans (though mixed with
donations) and synergy between the public, the private and
the not-for-profit sectors. In a time when the public slice
of development aid represents the minority, the for-profit
private sector necessarily becomes a protagonist of global
development strategy making, an essential player in the
fight on poverty.
This does not imply that the role of civil society organizations
must be downsized. Quite the opposite, in fact. That last
mile between common effort and single person that we
have been trying to cover with our work for years now
takes on a new meaning. We are given an additional task,
that of bridging the gap between communities, enterprises
and public authorities, with the purpose of creating value
that can be shared by everybody. We will do so with our
deep knowledge of needs and countries, in order to keep
the person and their dignity as a human being at the center,
so that the person can be the protagonist of their
own development.
by Giampaolo SilvestriSecretary-General of AVSI Foundation
Creating development and making it shareable by as many people as possible, in difficult, unsafe, emergency environments. Keeping the person at the center of every intervention, protagonist of their own story. That’s the tough challenge AVSI intends to address in a future with major changes in sight for the world of development cooperation.
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AVSI is a non-governmental organization (Onlus) founded in 1972 and currently operating in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia on several areas of intervention with a network of over 60 organizations. This is an informal network of private social welfare institutions that work together to carry out projects and to promote reflection on development issues by sharing methods and experiences. The network includes founding members as well as partners.
AVSI has been recognized since 1973 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-governmental organization for international cooperation (NGO); it is registered as an International Organization with the Agency for International Development of the United States (USAID) and has held General Consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 1996 and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) both in New York; it is an accredited participant in the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development (UNIDO) based in Vienna; it is included in the special list of non-governmental organizations of the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) based in Geneva; it is part of the UN Global Compact; it is officially listed as a not-for-profit entity eligible for pre-tax donations as per the Italian law “5 per 1000”; it is affiliated to CDO Opere Sociali; AVSI is licensed by the Italian government for international adoptions.
LearningorganizationIn order to address the challenges of this time of change, which brings crisis but also great potentials for the “base of the pyramid”, AVSI has decided to raise staff awareness at all levels on the need to learn from experience, to value the best practices and to understand the causes of failure. To this purpose, AVSI has created a system of focal points, a system of permanent training through webinars and meetings, and has strengthened its intranet platform. The method is about learning from experience, sharing and expressing a judgment, which is a process managed by the Knowledge Center.
AVSI’s view is that the challenge of development is about allowing the person to latch on to services that match the real needs. As this link inevitably depends upon personal initiative, it proves to be the point of weakness for those who are most vulnerable and living in informal areas, cut off from the system. AVSI calls this connection “the last mile”, fundamental to bridge the gap between the person and the infrastructure. The need arises, then, to strengthen civil society organizations through projects that are focused on the person so that the individual, once educated, becomes the protagonist of his or her own development.
THE MISSION OF AVSI FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE THE DIGNITY OF THE PERSON THROUGH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ACTIVITIES, WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EDUCATION, ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THE PERSON AT THE CENTER The person is seen as a unique being in their fundamental relationships, family and society. The person cannot be reduced to a social category or a limitation such as poverty, disease, disability or war.
IDENTITY AND VALUES
Last mileAVSI’s guiding values
Certification, quality and transparencyAVSI’s financial statement is audited by one of the most prominent auditors and is published on its website. AVSI is also certified UNI EN ISO 9001:2008 for development cooperation and aid in collaboration and to the benefit of the major institutional, national and international donors.
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STARTING FROM THE POSITIVE Every person and every community, however limited, represent a resource. This means valuing and strengthening all that has been made by people and also helping them to understand their own value and dignity.
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND SUBSIDIARITY Development projects must favor association, acknowledge and value the establishment of intermediate bodies along with responsible and engaged social fabric. The implementation of development projects means to facilitate the associative abilities, to acknowledge the role of civil society and of a social fabric nurtured by involvement and joint responsibility.
PARTNERSHIP Creation of partnerships among all the actors in the field in order to facilitate synergy and optimize available resources.
DOING WITH Starting from a relationship with the people to whom the project is directed and building with them along their path to development.
staff
4,000,000
resources
28,531
136
700
37
AVSIPOINTA network of 272 coordinators and over 1,000 volunteers
Local partners (government, education, healthcare institutions, NGOs, faith-based organizations)
beneficiaries people
countries
projects1,280
worldwide
children and adolescents worldwide
57%private
funding
43%public funding
distance support
€27,307,164
ALBANIA
SWITZERLANDAUSTRIA
GERMANY
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
RUMANIA
KOSOVOITALY
SAN MARINO
JORDANPALESTINIAN TERRITORY
LEBANON
LITHUANIA
POLAND
PHILIPPINES
ANGOLA
UGANDA
MOZAMBIQUE
SIERRA LEONE
IVORY COAST
NIGERIA
D.R. OF CONGO
KENYA
ETHIOPIA
RWANDA
BURUNDI
SOUTH SUDAN
VENEZUELA
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
PERU
ECUADOR
CHILE
CANADARUSSIA
KAZAKHSTAN
THAILAND
HAITI
PARAGUAY
MEXICO
UNITED STATESOF AMERICA
COLOMBIA
MYANMAR
CONGOBRAZAVILLE
HONDURAS
TANZANIA
Countries where AVSIis promoting activities
PRESENCE AND INVOLVEMENT
PUBLIC FUNDING
PRIVATE FUNDING
Countries where AVSIis implementing projects
37countries
136active projects
28,531children in the Distance Support Program
Financial statementAVSI Italy
27,307,164 euros
Consolidated financial statement
45,355,277 euros
AVSI IN THE WORLD FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE PERSON
57%43%
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ALBANIA
SWITZERLANDAUSTRIA
GERMANY
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
RUMANIA
KOSOVOITALY
SAN MARINO
JORDANPALESTINIAN TERRITORY
LEBANON
LITHUANIA
POLAND
PHILIPPINES
ANGOLA
UGANDA
MOZAMBIQUE
SIERRA LEONE
IVORY COAST
NIGERIA
D.R. OF CONGO
KENYA
ETHIOPIA
RWANDA
BURUNDI
SOUTH SUDAN
VENEZUELA
ARGENTINA
BRAZIL
PERU
ECUADOR
CHILE
CANADARUSSIA
KAZAKHSTAN
THAILAND
HAITI
PARAGUAY
MEXICO
UNITED STATESOF AMERICA
COLOMBIA
MYANMAR
CONGOBRAZAVILLE
HONDURAS
TANZANIA
AFRICA 5 6 3 10 4 2 6 9 30 75
ASIA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 8
MIDDLE EAST 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 7 15
EASTERN EUROPE 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5
LATIN AMERICA 3 2 3 0 2 6 0 9 8 33AND THE CARIBBEAN
TOTAL 8 10 7 11 6 9 11 24 50 136
PRIVATE FUNDING emergency human work healthcare urban energy and migrations water, agriculture, social
rights development environment food security and educational TOTAL PROJECTS
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Stakeholders are bearers of interests. This term denotes anyone who exerts some degree of influence on an organization. These include staff, local partners, international partners and sponsors.
STAKEHOLDERS
human resources
1,280 people all around the world-------
donors at least one donation in the year
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local partners 700
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AVSI Point Network
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AVSI Staff in Italy: 85 people
(60 employees, 3 consultants, 15 volunteers, 7 interns)
AVSI staff abroad: 1,195 people
(1,056 locally hired people, 93 expatriates, 35 consultants, 11 free collaborations)
992 Companies
582 Schools
26 Foundations
25,474 Natural persons of which
24,691 people
Distance Support Sponsors
272 coordinators and over 1,000
volunteers
within AVSI Network: government, education,
healthcare institutions, NGOs, faith-based organizations,
local authorities
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In 2013 AVSI increased its involvement within the European institutions, paying special attention to some areas.
EU AFFAIRS in Europe for the world
The role of civil society organizations both at the local level and in EuropeThe support to these organizations: in a perspective
of authentic subsidiarity, they can contribute
to the decision-making process and the control
of government action, by virtue of their commitment
to addressing the real needs of people (healthcare,
nutrition, education, work…). AVSI contributed to
the report on civil society organizations and local
authorities that was written by the European
Parliament Committee on Development;
it interacted with the European Commission
and the European Service of External Action within
the new timeline 2014-2015. In particular, AVSI set
up an event on May 14th, at the European Economic
and Social Committee in Brussels: the event
was called “The last mile”. On that occasion, Rose
Busingye presented the personal and revolutionary
experience of the women with AIDS of the Meeting
Point International based in Kampala, Uganda.
Nutrition, food security, agriculture Experience in the field shows that hunger is often
found in contexts where just a bit more effort would
ensure food availability and that actions based on
education achieve surprising and sustainable results.
AVSI took part in the consultations and in the
experts group of the European Commission and set
forth an approach where personal dignity serves as a
motivational drive to practice agriculture in order to
feed oneself,
one’s children and one’s community.
New framework agreement for humanitarian aid (ECHO FPA)In light of its ongoing involvement in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo as well as in Lebanon and
Jordan with activities to help the Syrian refugees,
AVSI joined an NGOs work group on the framework
agreement which called for simpler and more flexible
ways to promptly and adequately address emergencies.
Human rights Consistent with its own guiding principles – valuing
the positive and drawing attention to the best
practices and the positive examples – AVSI promoted
the model of the APACs in Brazil (an alternative
correctional system supported by AVSI through
European projects, too). The model was presented
on November 26 within the European Development
Days (organized by DG DEVCO-EuropeAid, which is
the European Commission Development Cooperation
Directorate) in collaboration with the EU delegation
to Brazil, and was the only event promoted by
an Italian organization; the purpose was to present
an innovative method that can be replicated in other
countries and contexts and that addresses an urgent
need within Europe as well.
Post-2015 AgendaWith a view to 2014, an extremely important year
for the European Union, and in consideration
of the new Millennium Development Goals,
AVSI contributed to the debate on the Post-2015
Development Agenda with a number of documents
and by actively participating in meetings, conferences
and consultations: the debate focused on
development cooperation and its implementation –
for instance how financial support to third countries
(one of the major tools employed by the European
development cooperation) can really benefit the
population – and how involvement of the private
sector within genuine corporate social responsibility
can serve as a prominent and positive factor
of development.
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AVSI is expression of a network of actors bound by a mission and guiding values, in Italy and worldwide. This network is made up by the partner organizations in the countries where AVSI operates: 67 organizations now make up the informal AVSI network, which works systematically on the implementation of projects, common reflection on development, to share methods and experiences.
NETWORK AND CONSTITUENCY
Founding Member: 35
Partner: 32
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Italy
Fondazione
Sacro Cuore
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Italy
SHIS - Shoqata
Internacionale
per Solidaritetin
Albania
CODESC – Institutode Cooperaçãoe Desenvolvimento SocialBrazil
AVSI NORDESTE
Associação de Voluntários
Para o Serviços
Internacional
Brazil
CDM Cooperação parao Desenvolvimentoe Morada HumanaBrazil
SALUS-CRENAssociacao para
a Saude NucleoSalus Paulita
BrazilAVSI Canada
CanadaFundación DOMUS
Chile
Fundación Sembrar
EcuadorSupport International
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Germany
COWA
Companionship
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Kenya
Cardin
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Mexico
Khandlelo - Associação Para
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Mozambique
The Seed
Registered Trustee
Nigeria
AVSI Polska
Organizacja Pozytku
Publicznego
Poland
VIDA Voluntariado
Internacional para
o Desenvolvimento
Africano
Portugal
AVSISan Marino
Republic of San Marino
FDP - Fundatia Dezvoltarea Popoarelor Rumania
MAKSORA
Agency for Cultural-Social ServiceRussia
CESAL
CooperaciÓn al
Desarrollo Spain
AVAID - Association
de Volontaires pour
l’Aide au Développement
Switzerland
COWA – Com
panionship
of Works Association
Uganda
Meeting Point
International
Uganda
PCE – P
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for Education
Uganda
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Italy
FOE – Federa
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Italy
CEDUC
Brazil
Fondazione Umano
Progresso
Italy
Obra del Padre
Mario Pantaleo
Argentina
A Semente do futuro
Angola
Obras EducativasPadre Giussani BrazilEscola Agricola Rehinados Apostolos di Manaus
BrazilCentro Educational
Cantinho Da Natureza
BrazilCUET - Cooperativa
Universitaria Educacion
y TrabacoEcuador
UNDH Université
Notre Dame d’Haiti
HaitiComm
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Nationale Justice et Paix
Haiti
St. Kizito V
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Kenya
CSJ – Centro de Solid
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San Rafael
Paraguay
UCCS -Universidad
Catolica Sedes
SapientiaePeru
S.C.PROIECT
MOZAIC S.R.L.
Rumania
FHM FamilyHomes Movement
Sierra Leone
St. Mary UniversitySouth Sudan
St. Kizito School
South Sudan
St.Theresa ClinicSouth Sudan
Luigi Giussani
High SchoolUganda
Meeting Point Hoim
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UgandaSt. Joseph
Hospital Kitgum
Uganda
FundaciÓn
San Antonio
Venezuela
Effetà
Palestine
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CODESC – Institutode Cooperaçãoe Desenvolvimento SocialBrazil
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bodies members
BOARD OF FOUNDERS
It gathers twice a year, approves and defines
the activities of the foundation as suggested
by the Board of Directors: it appoints the
Directors, the President of the Foundation,
the Board of Auditors, votes on status
amendments, and approves both the budget
and the final financial statement.
49 founding members:
• 35 Agencies of which:
10 NGOs from developed countries
24 NGOs from developing and
transition countries
1 Italian foundation
• 14 natural persons
BOARD OF PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
It gathers at least once a year, summoned
and headed by the President of the
Foundation; it suggests one or two
representatives of which the Board
of Founders appoints a member of the
Board of Directors. It provides non-binding
opinions and proposals concerning the
activities of the Foundation.
136 participating members:
• 4 Agencies of which:
2 NGOs from developing countries
2 Italian associations
• 132 natural persons
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
It has all the powers of ordinary and
extraordinary administration of the
Foundation. Its term is three years;
the number of members (always an odd
number) can vary from 7 to 11 according
to the Board of Founders. It prepares the
final and the budget financial statements,
suggests statute amendments, appoints
the Secretary-General, and draws
guidelines for the activities.
In 2013, AVSI Board of Directors was
renewed.
President: Alberto Piatti
Secretary-General: Giampaolo Silvestri
Vice-President: Alda Vanoni, a former
judge of the Milan court
Lorenzo Ornaghi, a former dean
of Milan Università Cattolica
Patrizia Savi, CFO of a multi-utiliy
company
Michele Faldi, head of the
Advanced Training of the
Milan Università Cattolica
Alessio Bonaldo, researcher for the
Department of Medical Veterinary
Sciences of the Bologna University
PRESIDENT The President represents the Foundation
and monitors the execution of approved
decisions.
Alberto Piatti
VICE-PRESIDENT The vice-president replaces the president
in case of absence or impediment.
Alda Vanoni
SECRETARY-GENERAL
The Secretary-General is responsible for the
operational direction of the Foundation and
exercises all the ordinary and extraordinary
powers conferred to him by the Board of
Directors. His/her term is three years and
renewable.
Giampaolo Silvestri
BOARD OF AUDITORS
It monitors the activities of the Foundation
and is made up of three members.
The board term is three years and
its members can be renewed.
Michele Grampa, President
Delia Gatti
Alfredo Tradati
AVSI Foundation operates through
the following bodies.
GOVERNANCE
ComunicationOfficer
Anna ZamboniAldo Gianfrate
Knowledge CenterOfficer
Lorna Beretta
Communication and Knowledge Center
DirectorMaria Teresa Gatti
Sponsors Area
Elena RicciStefania ZavalloniClaudia Tabanelli
Annamaria Comandini
CommunicationArea
Valeria PresciuttiGloria Lorenzoni
Samuel MontanariMaria Nella Lippi
Angela SavelliElena Zondini
Distance Support
ManagerFranco Argelli
AVSI POINT Network
Tents Campaign
ManagerMarco AndreolliLorenzo Franchi
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ORGANIZATION CHART
Administration and Financial Reporting
Financial DirectorMarco Sangiorgio
Relations with USAID, UN system, WB and IDB
Jackie AldretteEzio Castelli
Timothy Herrmann
Management Committee
Relations with EUDania Tondini
Human ResourcesNada Perovic
PresidentAlberto Piatti
Assistant Cristina Passero
Board of Directors
Secretary GeneralGiampaolo Silvestri
Technical operative
committeeManager:
Maria Teresa GattiMembers: Country Representatives,
Area Managers/Desk OfficersCTO Secretariat: Sheila Berti
Fundraising Coordinator Maria Ricci
Secretariat Luisella BonariJasna Draca, Anna Murazzo
Database Area
Rita FaggiCecilia Stifanelli
Payments Area
Primo ZanaboniAlessandra Casadei
CountryRepresentative
CountryRepresentative
CountryRepresentative
CountryRepresentative
MilanMarco Rossin
Cesena Martina Gennari
Naples Mario Berretta
SecretariatGiuseppina Pezzino
Projects AreaCoordinator and Quality System
Nada PerovicSecretariat Paola Pellegrini
International Adoptions
ManagerMartina Gennari
LogisticsProcurement
Manager Luca GiacominiGabriele Bonello
Annamaria ComandiniCarlo MambelliMarco Baiardi
AfricaDesk Area
Sara PedersiniChiara SavelliLibero Buzzi
Andrea MandelliGiorgio Capitanio
Eastern EuropeAsia
Desk AreaAnna Difonzo
Latin America and Caribbean
Desk AreaAndrea BianchessiGiorgio Capitanio
Middle EastDesk Area
Anna TramontiAndrea Mandelli
Decentralised CooperationPierpaolo Bravin
Private Partnership
ManagerPaola FerrariChiara Grassi
Special DonorManager
Sandro Cappello
General Accounting and Finance
OfficePaola Painini
Chiara Mornatta
Project Accounting
and Reporting Office
Andrea NebuloniValeria Speranza
Local Offices Management
SupervisorFederico Berto
PersonnelAnna De Nicolo
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AREAS OF INTERVENTION
136ongoing projects
37countries
28,531distance support
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highlights EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: about 10,000 children• nursery schools: in Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone;
• home-based preschool program in Ecuador -
PelCa Program - Prescolar en la Casa;
• protected areas and centers for children in
refugee and emergency camps in the DRC
and Rwanda.
PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION: over 20,000 children and adolescents• school management support in Sierra Leone,
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda;
• educational interventions (DSP – Distance
Support Program, school vouchers…).
INFORMAL EDUCATION: over 20,000 children and adolescents• afterschool program with academic and
recreational activities (Ivory Coast, Uganda,
Albania, Mozambique, Mexico, Haiti, Ecuador,
Argentina, Burundi, Myanmar, South Sudan).
VOCATIONAL AND TRAINING SCHOOLS: over 5,000 youth• Brazil, Haiti, Peru, Uganda, South Sudan,
Kenya, Mozambique, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Rwanda.
TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS: (present within other programs/sectors):• advanced centers of excellence: PCE Uganda
and other countries, e.g. Albania (SHIS);
• significant projects: Mexico (CEI), Palestine
(Custody of the Holy Land), Lebanon (CEI),
Kenya (Dadaab refugee camp).
EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY:• school renovation, protected spaces for
children in Burundi, Democratic Republic
of the Congo;
• psychosocial resilience in South Sudan, Haiti,
Rwanda, Northern Uganda.
The social and educational field is the largest for AVSI Foundation. It includes activities of sheltering, family support, education, childhood care and protection, civil society organizations and solidarity networks support, restoration of intra-community relations in conditions of vulnerability and post-war scenarios, and special attention to people with disabilities.
The person is at the center of these activities, along with their family and community network.A special focus is addressed to educational interventions: pre-school education, school education, informal education, vocational training. These activities fall within the frame of “education for all”. AVSI’s approach to education revolves around the unique and unrepeatable value of every person, the importance of the educator whose task is to maintain a proactive relationship with children, educational quality, a crucial point for all mankind: as 38% of compulsory school children do not acquire basic education.
In collaboration with the Kampala PCE, Permanent Center for Education, AVSI contributes to the training of educators in a number of African countries, and to the qualification of some private not-for-profit schools in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Uganda, Lebanon, Palestine. It also favors the schooling of vulnerable children through a so-called holistic approach that is not focused on performance, but on enhancement of everyone’s talents.
50 projects around the world 30 in Africa, 8 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2 in Asia, 7 in the Middle East,3 in Eastern Europe Funding partners UNICEF, UNHCR, EU, CEI (Italian Bishops’ Conference), MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs), IDB, USAID, UNOPS, ENI, Fondation D’Harcourt, Cariplo Foundation, Cariparma Foundation, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation, Humano Progresso Association, Global Communities (formerly CHF International), Standbic Bank, Province of Bolzano, Engelhard Foundation, Dutch Embassy to Italy, private donors
social and educational
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Distance Support is a way to share knowledge and experiences through a constant and continuous contribution made by an individual, a family, a groups of friends, a company and so on and directed to a child, an adolescent or a community.The children included in the Distance Support Program are provided with food, medical and health care, schooling as well as recreational and educational activities.
The distinctive feature of the personalized distance support program is the educational support that ensures the delivery of material as well as the presence of adults as guides for the children. The activities also involve their families and communities, so that they become a factor of economic development and change for the society around them.
highlights In 2013, AVSI introduced the new DSP 100 € sponsorship formula: the contribution will not go to a specific child, but to a group of children and adolescents within their communities. AVSI educators or staff from partner organizations guide and support them through all the services included in the program: payment
of school fees, purchase of school
supplies, medical care, food aid,
afterschool and recreational activities.
Upon registration, the sponsor is given
name and photograph of one of the
children along with the description
of the context and the project. Once a year, the sponsor receives
a document that shows the activities
carried out and tells the stories of the
little protagonists, their difficulties
and achievements.
Sponsored children by age
age 0-5 9,84 %
age 6-12 43,95 %
age 13-16 28,59 %
age 17-18 9,79 %
age 19 and over 7,83 %
Sponsors:24,691
Children and adolescents included:28,531
distance support program
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highlights APACs: alternative prison – recidivism rate under 15% - human dignityBrazil: The “Além dos muros (Beyond the Walls)”
program, developed with the APACs (Associations for
Protection and Assistance of Prisoners, not-for-profit
entities from civil society with 40 years of experience),
is intended to make prison conditions more humane,
by promoting human rights and using alternative
correctional facilities.
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 970 youthHaiti: 970 youth over the last 6 years. Educational and
professional activities for adolescents involved with
armed gangs, starting from their desire of a better life.
Post War RECONCILIATIONIvory Coast: common paths, reinforcement of
democracy within civil society for a debate in favor of
4,500 people (farmers and breeders) and involvement
of over 4,000 Abobo youth.
CHILDHOOD PROTECTIONBurundi: child labor prevention through schooling
programs, from school reintegration to literacy and
training programs. Community awareness activities;
reinforcement of civil society; meetings and information
sessions on children’s rights. Juvenile legal aid.
Throughout all of AVSI’s projects, human rights stay at the core of our concerns. AVSI’s mission, in fact, is to promote the dignity of the person through development cooperation activities with special attention to children (food, family, education) and vulnerable people (the poor, the sick and disabled, the refugees). The purpose of human rights is the promotion of the person in its entirety. When some specific conditions, (war, violence, poverty or sickness) infringes human rights, the approach of the intervention should be global and not fragmented into social groups and classes.
10 projects worldwide 6 in Africa, 2 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1 in Asia, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners UNICEF, USAID, EU, WFP, Lebanese/Italian governments, CBAU, Fondation d’Harcourt
human rights
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As far as agriculture is concerned, the good news is that the Earth can provide food for all. The bad news is that in order to produce that food, we need to change the way we practice agriculture, or the environmental impact would be unsustainable. As of today, agriculture is the cause of 14% of greenhouse emissions. This notwithstanding, almost 10,000 children die of hunger-related causes every day.
Today, the International community devotes a great deal of attention to the stunting, severe malnutrition that affects the normal development of the child; it affects over 165 million children under the age of 5, thereby showing that the crucial point is not only access to food, but also the level of nutrition provided.
Therefore, interventions in the agricultural and nutritional sector are needed to sustainably address this demand for food items.AVSI works on a wide range of projects: from nutrition centers to rural development, from training schools to supply chain projects, to food security interventions in emergency response.
As far as the nutritional aspect is concerned, AVSI’s method is primarily educational, focused on the mothers and the community. Breast-feeding, focus on the early 1,000 days, pilot intervention to produce fortified food items for the stages of weaning and early childhood.
In agriculture, the interventions are still focused on the nutritional aspect, but they also significantly address the need for technical and farming training, through the farmer field schools.Eventually, some interventions on supply chain reinforcement: cassava, cacao, rice, vegetables.Such experiences contribute to the debate about the EXPO 2015 topic “Feed the planet, energy for life”.
highlights NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION: Nutritional centers, school meals, kitchen gardens Burundi Meo Lino Lava Center 400 children;
105 community kitchen gardens in 5 towns;
Brazil CREN nutritional education,
demonstrative cooking and school
meals for 400 children + replication
of the method in other countries;
Rwanda Humure Center 350 children;
Mexico Crecer 400 children;
Nigeria St. Kizito Clinic in cooperation with
a nutritional center for 250 mothers and
children, prevention, therapy, follow-up,
training;
South Sudan St Theresa Clinic, nutritional
center in cooperation with the clinic,
prevention, follow-up, training, nutritional
education;
Myanmar boarding schools-hostels and
kitchen garden school;
Haiti nutritional centers, screening,
follow-up, food items distribution;
Albania stable and kitchen gardens
for 2 community centers.
AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS/SUPPLY CHAINS Peru – Criollo Cacao and Coffee; Kosovo –
Milk; Myanmar - Rice; Haiti - Cassava.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: Uganda-SCORE, Haiti-AQUAPLUS (with
Expo), Lebanon – Marjayoun plain.
FOOD SECURITY: EMERGENCY AND POST-EMERGENCY DR of the Congo and South Sudan: distribution, vouchers, fairs, production
support.
FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS and FARMING SCHOOLSFAO methodology, schools, seedling nurseries, training in Brazil, DR of the Congo,
Haiti, Uganda, Lebanon, Rwanda, Burundi,
South Sudan.
24 projects worldwide 9 in Africa, 9 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 in Asia, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners EU, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs), EXPO/ROTARY, FAO, UNICEF, WFP, Municipality
of Milan, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Dutch Cooperation, Edegel, Milpo, private donors
agriculture, food security and water
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highlights Mozambique: 7,000 families had their
traditional cooking stoves replaced with
15,000 low-impact cooking stoves with
an 80% reduction in CO2 and a 50%
reduction of home coal consumption,
with a saving of 15 $ a month per family.
Haiti towards EXPO 2015 with Rotary, EU, IDB and private donors: support to a rural
community of more than 10,000 people for
water, training, supply chains, technology,
reforestation, climate change, carbon credits.
Brazil: energy efficiency for 134 communities
and 240,000 families, training and assistance
with NeoEnergia Group, Celpe, Coelba.
Uganda: EXPO 2015 travelling across
Italy, Senegal, Uganda with De Agostini
Foundation.
Lebanon: environmental promotion and
community management in the Al Shouf
Cedar Nature Reserve.
To AVSI, the challenge is about re-establishing what Pope Benedict XVI has called “the alliance between man and nature”, because energy dependence can decrease if energy need is reduced through energy saving and resource efficiency policies, activities and interventions.
AVSI has an operational partnership with a number of companies to improve energy supply efficiency, and access to renewable energy on the part of the poorer communities.
9 projects worldwide 2 in Africa, 6 in Latin American and the Caribbean, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners Rotary, IDB, De Agostini Foundation, NeoENERGIA Group, Celpe, Coelba,
CEPF, Treedom, Cloros, private donors
energy and environment
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In over 20 years of experience in Brazilian metropolises, AVSI has developed a know-how and a specific urban upgrading method. This method has been exported to informal urban settlements of Mozambique and presented at many international summits. AVSI’s approach is to build infrastructures and ensure house maintenance along with healthcare, educational, social activities to support the person, involving the local communities and favoring a partnership among institutions and organizations.
highlights Mozambique: Three-sided
cooperation for urban,
environmental, social and
economic upgrading in
Maputo to the benefit
of 27,000 people.
Brazil: Technical and
methodological assistance
to local institutions on poverty
reduction activities in favela
areas in Salvador, Bahia, Olinda,
Pernambuco: 120,000 families
and over 60 local partners
involved.
6 projects worldwide 4 in Africa, 2 in Latin America
Funding partners MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs), EU, World Bank,
Government of Mozambique, Prefecture of the Contagem Municiplaity (Brazil)
urban development
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AVSI’s healthcare projects are mainly focused on Africa and include public healthcare initiatives to support healthcare facilities, building new hospitals and clinics, granting access to treatment, developing programs for endemic diseases prevention and cure and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, in addition to specific interventions on nutrition where technical competence has been acquired.
Special attention has been dedicated to the training and ongoing formation of the staff as well as the involvement of the communities through awareness campaigns on the disease and finally the use of mobile medical teams capable of reaching patients in remote or inaccessible areas where no other medical assistance is available.
highlights South Sudan: health promotion,
access to infrastructure, medical
assistance, water for over 8,000
people (Eastern Equatoria
County, Ikotos Torit).
Uganda: water and sanitation,
nutrition, healthcare, access
to infrastructure, prevention
of AIDS/HIV with a focus on
women and children (more than
1 million children and 330,000
mothers).
Democratic Republic of the Congo: support to social and
health care infrastructure
in the Minembwe area.
Nigeria: improvement of life
conditions of the Egun people
in the Ikorodu/Lagos rural area.
Kosovo: construction of the
“Hub Guariamoli” to provide
treatment in Italy for children
whose pathologies are
considered incurable in their
home country.
11 projects worldwide 10 in Africa, 1 in Eastern Europe
Funding partners: UNICEF, UNHCR, EU, USAID, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs),
CEI (Italian Bishops’Conference), DFID (UK Department for International Development),
HPF-Crown Agency, Health Pooled Fund, Guariamoli NGO, private donors
healthcare
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AVSI Foundation vocational projects are focused on support and promotion of youth and vulnerable women work, by facilitating the creation of groups, workshops and micro-enterprises to fight the crisis and youth social exclusion. Through education on work and cohabitation, people can find their way to development. Along with technical orientation, programs include a personal follow-up to support full development of one’s talents.
highlights Peru: enhancing
competitiveness for 15 textile
micro-enterprises, training
and work placement of 300
youth and women.
Rwanda: training of youth
and women.
Mozambique: training and
new job opportunities for
the youth in the informal
settlements of Maputo.
7 projects worldwide 3 in Africa, 3 in Latin America, 1 in Eastern Europe
Funding partners EU, USAID, Education Development Center, PATTEM
(Proyectos Asociativos De Transferencia Tecnologica para Microimpresas)
work
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AVSI intervenes in chronic crises, conflict and post-conflict, never losing contact with all the local actors. Living conditions of vulnerable people in emergency situations can get even worse.AVSI’s interventions are conceived to limit the consequences of these breakdowns, by taking action on healthcare, infrastructures, education and family income generation. AVSI’s approach is to rebuild the human starting from the affirmation of life notwithstanding the emergency.
highlights Democratic Republic of the Congo:
post-conflict refugee emergency,
nutrition, agricultural aid, education
and protection of children and
adolescents in North and South Kivu.
Kenya: education in the Dadaab
refugee camp, schooling for 4,700
children and adolescents and training
of 350 teachers and educators.
Haiti: emergency and childhood
support in the informal settlements
of Port-au-Prince, to the benefit
of 3,000 children from 5 to
16 years of age.
8 projects worldwide 5 in Africa, 3 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Funding partners UNICEF, FAO, UNDP, CEI (Italian Bishops’ Conference), MINUSTAH (UN mission in Haiti)
humanitarian emergency
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Entire peoples are forced to flee from their own native countries. Some relocate abroad temporarily due to war or regimes that make it impossible to live a decent life.In 2013 AVSI’s interventions were focused on the Syrian refugee emergency.
highlights Lebanon and Jordan: 9,150 families
supported on their farming activities,
2,400 Syrian refugees provided with
winter kits, 1,000 refugees sheltered
in camps in Lebanon, 500 children
provided with literacy courses, 500
children enrolled in Lebanese and
Jordan schools, 960 youth provided
with psycho-social support.
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
emergency support to a number
of refugees in Kivu (nutrition,
childhood protection,
basic food necessities).
Kenya: support and reinforcement
of education and infrastructures
in Dadaab and the proximities.
11 projects worldwide 6 in Africa, 5 in the Middle East
Funding partners UNICEF, EU, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs),
OCHA, U.S. Department, U.S. Embassy in Nairobi
migrations
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The main steps in the adoption process with AVSI:
GROUP INFORMATION MEETINGSFor qualified and unqualified
couples alike.
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION PREPARATION CLASSLed by a psychologist with the
participation of AVSI staff and families
with adoption background.
IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW AND CHOICE OF THE COUNTRY
The social team meets the couple
to further discuss adoption plan,
motivation, and to identify the country.
PREPARATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ALL DUE DOCUMENTS TO THE FOREIGN COUNTRYExplanation, preparation and delivery
of adoption requests to the foreign
country authorities.
WAITING STAGE AND MATCHING PROPOSALAt this stage, several meetings and
interviews are held with the couple.
The technical team dedicates these
specific meetings to the matching
proposal and the couple’s consent.
JOURNEY AND STAY ABROAD
After the couple’s consent the journey(s)
and stay(s) in the foreign country are
arranged. During this stage, the couple
is always accompanied by the AVSI
contact person.
POST ADOPTIONFor 2 years or longer the couple will have
to keep regular contact with the social
services and with AVSI: post-adoption
reports will have to be transmitted
to the foreign country authorities.
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Through all of its projects and activities in the world, AVSI Foundation meets many orphaned children every day. International adoption then may represent a concrete chanceof love for these children.
AVSI Foundation has been recognized by the International Adoptions Commission of the Italian Government. It currently operates in Brazil, Mexico, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and Colombia. Thanks to an agreement with Nidoli Foundation, it also operates in Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Bulgaria, the Russian Federation and Haiti.
Adoptions completed:27 children for 21 families
266From 2003 to 2013adoptions completed
370children adopted
29Total assignments
15children for
11families
1children for
1family
1children for
1family
7children for
6families 3
children for
2families
BRAZIL COLOMBIA MEXICO BULGARIA LITHUANIA
Adoptions by AVSI office
2NAPLES
12CESENA
international adoptions
7MILAN
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PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
MAJOR DONORSAssiteca supports AVSI
in South Sudan on the
educational emergency:
it sponsors the construction of two schools
and a teacher training center.
“Eradicating hunger and thirst in the world”: this is the goal
of AQUAPLUS, a project of
the “Water, Energy for Life”
Department created by Expo 2015 S.p.A. and Rotary International – District 2040, within the Milano per Milano Rotary Club Foundation. The University of Studies of Milan, AVSI, MLFM, Unicredit Foundation are all partners
in the project.
Teddy supported AVSI
through the earthquake
relief effort in Haiti and has recently sponsored
a restoration and supply project for the Cardinal
Otunga Secondary School in Nairobi, Kenya.
On June 27th, 2013, in Maputo,
AVSI set up a workshop organized
by ENI on “The challenges of urban
development in Mozambique, in connection
with project sustainability”.
The complexity of the challenges of sustainable development and of humanitarian aid in the world calls for a wider involvement of all the actors affected. This is where the public sector, the private sector and civil society should be brought to bear together.
To AVSI, the enterprise is a crucial factor for development per se as it generates employment, income and knowledge. In order to create shared value between businesses and society, a strong interdependence is necessary. The principal actor of every action and strategy of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has to be the person. The person becomes the protagonist of the development process when they are directly involved in the initiatives. In the emerging or developing contexts, the involvement of the so-called “base of the pyramid” - the poor and vulnerable people – is a crucial element as it represents a more and more relevant part of society.
AVSI’s experiences can be grouped into two categories:
In Italy, AVSI promotes CSR and fundraising activities through a network of incredibly involved volunteers (AVSI Points). The final goal is to maximize the creation of shared value between businesses and society through the development of products or services to address social needs or the participation in the development process.
Donors at least one donation in 2013
AVSI Point Network
25,474natural persons
24,691distance support
sponsorsof which
992businesses
582schools
26foundations
272coordinators
over
1,000volunteers
8 tents abroad (2 Switzerland, 1 Chile, 3 France, 1 Germany, 1 Luxembourg)
highlights
interventions in partnership with companies in a certain area where they operate or have core business -related interests;
initiatives carried out in areas where companies have no specific interests.
AVSI Tents Campaign EVENTS
802 events(120 for Distance Support)
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CONDUCTOR MUTI FOR AVSI July 2013Rehearsal of the Ravenna Festival for AVSI and the children of Little Prince School, in Kenya.
A ROCK TENTS CAMPAIGN The Sun for AVSI December 2013From the effort in Syria, to the Tents campaign, to the Distance Support Program: the commitment of the Italian rock band. http://www.thesun.it/
EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING Make a Difference DayNovember 20th, 2013On the International Day for Children’s Rights AVSI involved 7 large corporations – Kpmg, ABB, Illumia, Sas Institute, Federlegno Arredo, Italtel, Telecom – in Milan and Rome on employee volunteering activities to the benefit of Syrian children fleeing from war.
THEATER From Treviso to Palermo, Franco Branciaroli and Gli Incamminati on a tour of 18 theaters for fundraising and world handicrafts.
FILANTHROPYFondation D’Harcourt and St Foundation Two large foundations in support of AVSI in the world.
CHRISTMAS CONCERT December 15th 2013Music at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, in support of AVSI.
CEVOLI FOR AVSIJune 26th, 2013 Organized by AVSI Point Brescia at the Vittoriale (additional shows were staged in Lodi, Gallarate, Pesaro, Milan and Limbiate).
Following
the 2010
earthquake, the Trevi Group and its staff supported the construction of the
Cité Soleil nutrition center in Haiti and are currently financing its operations.
DIGITAL FUNDRAISING10 for SyriaFrom June to October 2013An entirely online campaign to support the Syrian refugees that raised 300,000 €.
CROWDFUNDING Platform il mio dono From December 2013UniCredit gives 200,000 € to the NGOs with the most clicked websites: with AVSI to support the Syrian refugees.
LEGACIES A hospital on the lake TanganyikaA hospital was built in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in memory of Mario Maiani from Grosseto.
highlights
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1,152,738FUNDRAISING
COSTS
2011 | 27,252,000 2012 | 27,962,445 2013 | 27,307,164
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
0,07 0,06 0,07 0,09 0,10
from 2009 to 2013
average on 5 years: 0,08
FUNDRAISING AND EFFICIENCY
Funds raised from private and public sourcesvalue in euros
How your money is spentvalue in euros
Fundraising efficiency ratiovalue in euros
61%PRIVATE
65%PRIVATE
39%PUBLIC
35%PUBLIC
11,127,798FUNDRAISING PROCEEDS
9%MANAGEMENT
4%FUNDRAISING
1%SERVICE
86%PROJECT
43%PUBLIC
57%PRIVATE
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ASSETS as of 31.12.2013 as of 31.12.2012
INTANGIBLE ASSETSSoftware 14,837 27,352 Quality certification 2,606 2,897Trademark registration 475 950Improvements to third parties' goods 8,323 17,116
26,241 48,315TANGIBLE ASSETSLand and buildings 1,832,199 1,721,880 Plant and machinery 6,874 10,228 Office furniture 10,915 13,549 Electronic office equipment 17,853 20,642
1,867,841 1,766,299 FINANCIAL ASSETSInterests in other businesses 85,704 85,554
85,704 85,554
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 1,979,786 1,900,168
RECEIVABLESFrom private donors 436,959 384,552 From customers on collateral activities 705,377 45,368 From social security 9,755 11,463From Treasury 114 114 Other receivables 8,087 8,294 Receivables from institutional donors_ Projects funded by the Italian Government 1,775,048 3,064,018 _ Projects funded by the European Union 7,695,533 5,197,663 _ Projects funded by international organizations/other bilateral donors 5,356,012 6,330,884 _ Projects funded by CEI 395,218 283,832_ Projects funded by local administrations 354,008 389,135
15,575,819 15,265,532Receivables from related entities_ due within next year – –_ due after next year _ _ Receivables from foreign subsidiaries_ due within next year 637,912 553,114_ due after next year 637,912 553,114
FINANCIAL ASSETS OTHER THAN FIXED ASSETS
Other securities 68,055 66,881
CASH AND BANK DEPOSITSBank and post office deposits 3,316,491 3,426,010 Cash and values in hand 39,905 3,356,396 33,124 3,459,134
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 20,798,474 19,794,452
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS 13,374 14,754 TOTAL ASSETS 22,791,634 21,709,374
ECONOMIC DATA Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012Profit and loss account: assetsAll amounts in Euros
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ECONOMIC DATA Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012Profit and loss account: liabilitiesAll amounts in Euros
LIABILITIES as of 31.12.2013 as of 31.12.2012
Membership fees 40,918 40,918
Fundation's fund 859,028 859,028
Changes in foundation's fund
_ Adjustment to foundation's fund (885,604) (677,891)
_ Membership fees paid during this year
_ Result of the year 90,655 (794,949) (207,713) (885,604)
NET EQUITY 104,997 14,341
EMPLOYEES SEVERANCE INDEMNITY 797,113 687,880
MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES
_ Payable loans 144,244 175,258
TOTAL MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES 144,244 175,258
PAYABLES TO BANKS
_ due within next year 1,743,843 436,429
_ due after next year 1,743,843 436,429
PAYABLES TO PROJECTS
_ By the Italian Government 1,117,172 2,752,570
_ By the European Union 7,841,655 5,100,382
_ By International Agencies 4,889,908 5,856,355
_ By local administrations - 221,142
_ By CEI 546,307 412,632
_ International adoptions 23,933 31,386
_ Private donors 299,669 759,128
_ Distance Support 3,859,877 18,578,521 3,922,039 19,055,635
PAYABLES TO SUPPLIERS
_ due within next year 338,173 500,469
_ due after next year 338,173 500,469
PAYABLES TO PROJECTS-RELATED STAFF
_ due within next year 248,983 12,577
_ due after next year 248,983 12,577
PAYABLES TO HEADQUARTERS STAFF
_ due within next year 523,579 395,762
_ due after next year 523,579 395,762
PAYABLES TO TAX AUTHORITIES
_ due within next year 85,434 74,391
_ due after next year 85,434 74,391
PAYABLES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCIES
_ due within next year 125,059 102,535
_ due after next year 125,059 102,535
PAYABLES TO THIRD PARTIES
_ due within next year 101,451 253,861
_ due after next year 101,451 253,861
TOTAL PAYABLES 21,745,043 20,831,659
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS 237 237
TOTAL NET EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 22,791,634 21,709,374
MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS as of 31.12.2013 as of 31.12.2012
GUARANTEES RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES
_ Guarantees issued by banks 1,287,954 528,190
_ Commitments towards third parties
COMMITMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS
_ Own commitments in respect of projects 1,052,565 (358,915)
TOTAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS 2,340,519 169,275
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ECONOMIC DATA Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012Profit and loss accountAll amounts in Euros
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 2013 2012Contributed Income from Italian Government 1,747,583 2,346,266
Contributed Income from the European Union 5,108,850 3,795,695
Contributed Income from international agencies 2,454,256 2,601,963
Contributed Income from local administrations 540,775 721,914
Contributed Income from CEI 232,259 92,124
Contributed Income from private donors 4,975,447 6,505,743
Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects 7,061,305 7,315,252
Contributed Income to DSP management 878,337 978,261
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS 22,998,812 24,357,218
Contributed Income from Italian Government 197,302 459,760
Contributed Income from the European Union 398,590 269,293
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors 1,016,770 703,715
Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI 0 0
Contributed Income from private donors 781,916 816,603
Contributed Income from DSP 868,865 913,712
Contributed Income from International Adoptions 129,740 115,775
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS 3,393,183 3,278,857
Consultancy services 785,669 240,869
Sponsorship services 62,500 52,500
Transfer of membership fees 67,000 33,000
PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES 915,169 326,369
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME 27,307,164 27,962,445
PROJECTS' COSTS
Projects funded by the Italian Government (1,190,644) (1,666,021)
Projects funded by the European Union (4,626,350) (3,514,748)
Projects funded by international organizations/other bilateral donors (2,833,962) (2,436,678)
Projects funded by local administrations (180,070) (368,370)
Projects funded by CEI (206,481) (103,741)
Projects funded by DSP (875,736) (973,583)
Projects funded by private donors (8,919,251) (18,832,494) (10,835,621) (19,898,762)
COST OF STAFF ON PROJECTS (3,906,046) (4,176,613)
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS (22,738,540) (24,075,375)
COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS (3,034,977) (2,925,522)
OTHER ORGANIZATION COSTS
_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods (119,887) (141,499)
_ Costs of services (763,839) (901,577)
_ Travel and transportation (162,196) (151,409)
_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods (109,744) (127,393)
_ Other management costs (19,480) (1,175,146) (32,622) (1,354,500)
DEPRECIATION AND DEVALUATION
_ Depreciation of intangible assets (40,840) (38,634)
_ Depreciation of tangible assets (76,205) (75,476)
_ Appropriations and devaluations 0 (117,045) 0 (114,110)
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO PROJECTS MANAGEMENT 321,973 596,286
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT 332,810 77,117
TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS (3,672,385) (3,720,729)
COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
_ Costs for staff (665,397) (275,270)
_ Costs for services (25,456) (7,228)
_ Costs of consumption goods (76,062) (391)
_ Travel and transportation (16,356) (38,198)
_ Funds transfers (72,124) 0
TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES (855,395) (321,088)
OPERATING RESULT 40,844 (154,747)
Other financial revenues
From securities included in current assets 1,606 2,913
Revenues other than above 24,324 25,930 64,865 67,778
Interest and other financial costs (109,525) (21,373)
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS (83,595) 46,405
Extraordinary revenues 131,594 5,330
Extraordinary costs (17,146) (65,470)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS 114,448 (60,140)
Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) 245,899 175,190
Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables 0 0
Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) (209,748) (195,910)
ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS 36,151 (20,720)
RESULT BEFORE TAXES 107,848 (189,201)
Taxes for the year (17,193) (18,511)
RESULT FOR THE YEAR 90,655 (207,713)
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Auditor’s report
AVSI ANNUAL REPORT 201334
In consideration of the growing importance of all the activities implemented by its local subsidiaries and in order to provide as much information as possible on the company performance, over the past few years AVSI Foundation has started to present a consolidated financial statement.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Amount by country
Consolidated financial statement amount by sponsor
Public 28,118,725 > 62%Private 17,236,552 > 38%
Sierra Leone
Congo Brazaville
Peru
Jordan
Myanmar
Mexico
Ecuador
Nigeria
Albania
Iraq
Burundi
Palestine
Mozambique
Rwanda
Brazil
South Sudan
Lebanon
Kenya
Ivory Coast
Haiti
Uganda
DR of the Congo
Solidarity
Other
286,097,28
358,075,88
401,770,23
401,563,28
425,448,39
497,593,79
502,620,42
514,789,78
515,520,96
591,138,66
699,327,93
785,303,46
797,080,19
1,086,425,03
1,593,061,34
1,721,479,37
2,299,934,67
2,310,439,25
2,472,392,82
3,068,161,17
10,253,964,56
10,545,360,90
1,322,854,70
1,904,873,08
USAID/BANKS/OTHER BILATERAL DONORS
9,846,958,92 21,71%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME FROM ITALIAN LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS
564,864,71 1,25%
UN(UNICEF, FAO, WFP, UNHCR,
TRUST FUNDS, UNDP)9,458,059,56
20,85%
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS PRIVATE SPONSORS
135,519,48 0,30%
MAE/DAS AND 0.8% TAX /IAC
2,366,563,27 5,22%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME FROM LOCAL
ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRIES
OF OPERATIONS129,500,29
0,29%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME FROM ANCILLARY
OR MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE ACTIVITIES
955,936,702,11%
EUROPEANUNION
5,752,777,94 12,68%
PRIVATE DONORS 6,013,834,17
13,26%
DISTANCE SUPPORT PRIVATE SPONSORS
9,200,897,42 20,29%
PRIVATE DONORS IN THE COUNTRIES
OF OPERATIONS687,759,32
1,52%
CEI242,605,36
0,53%
The total amount raised by the AVSI-system in the world is € 45,355,277.
Following are AVSI’s foreign subsidiaries included in the consolidated statement sheet: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, Burundi, Jordan, Lebanon, Ecuador, Thailand, Myanmar, Kosovo, Haiti, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Palestine.
The single assets and liabilities statements and the profit and loss statements included in the consolidated financial statement were provided by the respective foreign subsidiaries.
Such statement is not subject to audit even though the Italian headquarters’ and all the foreign subsidiaries’ statements were audited by important auditing agencies.
AVSI ANNUAL REPORT 201336
2013 2012CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES 17,724,427 15,782,865
Contributed Income from Italian Government 1,747,583 2,346,266
Contributed Income from the European Union 5,108,850 3,795,695
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors 2,454,256 2,601,963
Contributed Income from local administrations 540,775 721,914
Contributed Income from CEI 232,259 92,124
Contributed Income from private donors 4,826,290 6,505,743
Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects 7,061,305 7,315,252
Contributed Income to DSP management 878,337 978,261
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS 22,849,655 24,357,218
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES 472,842 388,078
Contributed Income from Italian Government 197,302 459,760
Contributed Income from the European Union 398,590 269,293
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors 1,016,770 703,715
Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI 0 0
Contributed Income from private donors 781,916 816,603
Contributed Income from DSP 868,865 913,712
Contributed Income from International Adoptions 129,740 115,775
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS 3,393,183 3,278,858
Consultancy services 785,669 240,869
Transfer of membership fees 62,500 52,500
Sponsorship services 67,000 33,000
PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES 915,169 326,369
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME 45,355,276 44,133,388
PROJECTS COSTS IN ITALY AND ABROAD (30,148,535) (26,996,892)
COST OF STAFF ON PROJECTS (10,165,196) (11,561,018)
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS (40,313,731) (38,557,910)
COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS (4,069,549) (3,390,716)
OTHER ORGANIZATION COSTS
_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods (265,405) (265,936)
_ Costs of services (1,560,945) (1,448,511)
_ Travel and transportation (239,627) (199,786)
_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods (392,772) (202,130)
_ Other management costs (7,897) (2,466,646) (201,032) (2,317,395)
DEPRECIATION AND DEVALUATION
_ Depreciation of intangible assets (41,887) (40,918)
_ Depreciation of tangible assets (200,452) (239,000)
_ Appropriations and devaluations 0 (242,339) 0 (279,918)
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO PROJECTS MANAGEMENT 1,112,501 596,286
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT 332,811 77,117
TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS (5,333,222) (5,314,626)
COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
_ Costs for staff (665,397) (443,630)
_ Costs for services (25,456) (60,203)
_ Costs of consumption goods (76,062) (391)
_ Travel and transportation (16,356) (48,381)
_ Funds transfer (72,124) 0
TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES (855,395) (552,605)
OPERATING RESULT (1,147,072) (291,753)
Other financial revenues
From securities included in current assets (1,419) 2,913
Revenues other than above 30,071 28,652 64,865 67,778
Interest and other financial costs (125,180) (23,791)
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS (96,528) 43,987
Extraordinary revenues 501,682 305,809
Extraordinary costs (33,904) (65,470)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS 467,778 240,339
Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) 245,899 494,050
Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables 0 0
Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation) (209,748) (237,179)
ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS 36,151 256,871
RESULT BEFORE TAXES (739,671) 249,444
Taxes for the year (17,194) (18,511)
RESULT FOR THE YEAR (756,865) 230,933
ECONOMIC DATA Consolidated financial statement as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012Profit and loss accountAll amounts in Euros
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