We work with the utmost transparency to achieve our goals
We work with the utmost transparency to achieve our goals
Our strength is people
The Paolo Chiesi Foundation applies policies to ensure maximum transparency for its stakeholders. The governance of the Foundation is carried out by the Management Board, the Scientific Committee and the Coordinator.
The Management Board administers the Foundation and is responsible for approving the budget and the activity plan. Furthermore, it elects the President from among its members. The President of the Management Board, legal representative of the Institution, is Dr. Maria Paola Chiesi.
At the Paolo Chiesi Foundation, we have a Technical Advisor Group (TAG) that guides the Foundation team in implementing the long-term strategy, builds and maintains relationships with the global neonatal and respiratory community, and provides technical support to partners in defining and overseeing the NEST and GASP models.
Mission report
Every year a report is drawn up on the projects started and the objectives achieved. In addition, an economic balance sheet is drawn up to promptly highlight income and expenses. The Board of Auditors, with the task of supervising the correct accounting and administrative management, in accordance with the statute, issues a report each year which is attached and becomes an integral part of the report.
President of the Foundation
The Chairman of the Management Board and the Vice Chairman are elected from among the Board Members.
The President is the legal representative of the Foundation, convenes and chairs meetings of the Management Board, and ensures the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the latter.
The President, in exceptional and specific cases, may adopt measures he deems urgent and non-deferrable, subject to their ratification during the first available session.
In the event of absence or impediment, the President’s functions are assumed and carried out by the Vice President.
Coordinator
The Foundation’s Coordinator oversees its activities, ensuring its day-to-day management and implementing the guidelines established by the Bylaws and the decisions of the Board of Directors. The Coordinator is selected by the Board of Directors from among its members and serves a three-year term.
The Coordinator raises awareness among the Management Board, suggesting one or more specific types of intervention, also based on their operational experience.
- arranges the monitoring and technical-economic reporting of the activity programs
- implements the resolutions of the Management Board
- prepares management reports
- formulates proposals, subject to resolution by the Management Board if necessary, concerning the hiring of staff and the assignment of professional tasks.
The Coordinator’s work is performed completely voluntary, in accordance with the Foundation’s institutional objectives. The Board of Directors may, taking into account specific needs and the pursuit of the Foundation’s objectives, assign the Coordinator a market-based salary.
To pursue the foundation’s activities, the Coordinator may avail himself of an operational team.
Management Board
The Management Board is composed of no fewer than five and no more than nine Directors and manages the Foundation.
The members of the Management Board hold office for three management terms. The Management Board meets, at the initiative of the President and at the Foundation’s headquarters, at least three times a year or upon reasoned request addressed to the President by at least four Directors, or by one Director and the Coordinator.
The Board of Directors is responsible, in particular, for: appointing the members of the Supervisory Body; appointing the Foundation Coordinator, assigning him operational responsibilities; approving the Management Report, both budget and final; and approving the Foundation’s business plan and strategic guidelines.
The work of the Directors of the Management Board is carried out, in accordance with the institutional objectives pursued by the Foundation, completely free of charge.
Technical Advisors
Technical Advisors may be appointed by the Management Board if particular activities of the Foundation require such support.
The Foundation benefits from the scientific support of three Technical Advisors with expertise in the neonatal field, for the part relating to the NEST Model, and expertise in the respiratory field, for the GASP Model.
The Technical Advisors act independently and responsibly, but in harmony with the Foundation Coordinator, taking into account the Foundation’s non-profit and solidarity mission.
The Technical Advisors’ work is performed free of charge, in accordance with the institutional objectives pursued by the Foundation. Travel expenses, duly documented, may be reimbursed. In exceptional and specific cases, which the Board itself must recognize as such after obtaining the opinion of the Supervisory Body, reimbursement may be granted for mere expenses incurred by members.
Board of Auditors
