Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

The “Cantascuola”
project- classroom
activities
project “On the Flying Carpet” started by the City of Turin in the San Salvario district.
In confirmation of the importance that is increasingly attributed to quality in the education system –
both school and university – and to comparison with international standards, numerous initiatives
have been supported concerning assessment and self-assessment. This goes from confirmation of
support for the institutional activities of the Associazione Treellle of Genoa, engaged in the analysis
and formulation of policy proposals in the educational field, contributions to the assessment project
of the quality of Higher Education in Europe, under the auspices of the Academia Europaea, and to
the REFLEX investigation, promoted in the scope of the E.U. to assess skills and professional routes
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The European School of Management Italia in Turin
L’ESCP (Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris),
established in 1819 as a Grande Ecole de Gestion on the
initiative of the Chambre de Commerce et Industrie de
Paris (CCIP), contributed to teaching the French
economic élite for two centuries. In 1973 the EAP project
(Ecole Européenne des Affaires), was launched, a model
for the Grande Ecole de Gestion, the first Grande Ecole to
establish itself in other European cities (Berlin, Madrid
and Oxford).
In 2004 the ESCP-EAP European School of Management
launched its fifth centre (the European School of
Management Italia – ESMI) with headquarters in Turin,
thanks also to the support of the Compagnia (with a grant
of € 220,000). Turin University (through the Economics
Faculty), the Turin Chamber of Commerce and Chambre
de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris are all founders of the
ESMI.
The ESMI academic year 2004/2005 was inaugurated on
27 September 2004, with the start up of the Master’s
Degree in Management (MiM) and the Master’s Degree in
European Business (MEB). From January 2005 is
implemented also in Turin the prestigious European
Executive MBA. In 2004 the Compagnia awarded grants of
€ 155,000 in favour of the ESMI.