Enel Cuore

Enel Cuore Onlus is the Italian non-profit organization created by Enel – the largest electricity company in Italy – created to coordinate and manage company funds for charity and solidarity. The associations funds come primarily from the “generosity” of Enel and other companies managed by Enel. Enel Cuore is thus a supply institution which supports projects related to social welfare, health, education, and sports, favoring those who live in less fortunate conditions, in particular related to infancy, youth, and old age, as well as those who are ill and/or disabled. Onlus operates in Italy and abroad collaborating with people, non-profit organizations, volunteers and institutions.

History

Enel Cuore Onlus was founded in October 2003 by the project, supported by Enel and its subsidiaries, in order to create a non-profit organization separate from the company itself Charitable organization|and able to carry out activities in support of communities, families and individuals while maintaining the ideals of cooperation.

Business

Between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2009, Enel Cuore has put aside, to support initiatives in Italy and throughout the world, 33,520,533 euro with which 317 projects have been financed in Italy and abroad according to the selection criteria defined by its own statute. Enel Cuore interventions cover areas such as social welfare and social services, education, sports, and are designed for people living in difficult conditions: children, the ill, the elderly and people with disabilities. Enel Cuore supports structural interventions such as, the construction and renovation of service centers, shelters, and schools. Furthermore, it purchases essential equipment and materials for the health and psychological well-being those in need, sick or disabled. Benefits of the intervention go directly to individuals in need and their families. Enel Cuore does not finance, however, research projects, training courses, management costs or awareness or information campaigns.

Presence in Italy and throughout the world

Enel Cuore operates in Italy and abroad, particularly in countries where Enel is present. The majority of international interventions regard Asia and Latin America. In Italy, Enel Cuore works to carry out solidarity initiatives promoted by institutions and nonprofit organizations, by funding both national and local projects that arrive throughout the country. The non-profit organization also organizes charitable initiatives in partnership with other foundations and corporate institutions with which it has developed a "network" in order to optimize its own development and social values of the business association. On an international level, Enel Cuore works to carry out solidarity initiatives promoted by different associations, NGOs and by the international community. The work undertaken abroad focuses on the support of communities living in extremely poor areas and concentrate mainly on children and young people living in poverty in areas affected by war or natural disasters in compliance with the International Convention on Children’s Rights (UN Convention 1989) in order to ensure their right to health, education and play.

The non-profit organization is currently present in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Morocco, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, United States of America.

Projects: evaluation criteria and ITER authorization process

Enel Cuore finances solidarity projects that undergo extensive ITER evaluation processes. The non-profit organization requests funding by completing an application form available on the association’s website. Each request for assistance is submitted through a careful and transparent selection, evaluation, and approval process. Specifically, the guidelines adopted by the association observe:

preliminary analysis of the needs of civil society
strong attention to people and the social and environmental contexts;
complete transparency in the disbursement process,
distribution control, and obtained results.

Each initiative is analyzed by the Executive Council in accordance with the criteria specified in the statute, which refer to:

context (social areas, health care and social assistance assisted low)
level of necessity, urgency, severity for the direct beneficiaries and their families,
incidence and singularity of the problem,
social impact of the intervention on the community;
guarantee on behalf of the applicant to fulfill the proposed goals,
access to other forms of financing.

Governance

President of the Assembly: Maria Patrizia Grieco, Presidente of Enel

Managing Director: Francesco Starace, CEO of Enel

Associated Companies: Enel, Enel Distribuzione, Enel Produzione, Enel Trade, Enel Energia, Enel Green Power, Enel Sole

Counselors: Francesco Marzullo, Paolo Sasso

External links

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