Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Permanent Organisations
Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto
The Collegio Carlo
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HERMES (www.hermesricerche.it). Chaired by Giovanni Fraquelli, HERMES tackles research
activities with a horizontal, cross-sector approach, a trade-off between two ways of increasing
effectiveness and enhancing services, based respectively on competitive mechanisms (tenders) or
on a strict regulatory body (authority). Research in this field is targeted particularly at local transport
systems, energy and water sectors. The Agenzia per il controllo e la qualità dei servizi pubblici locali
del Comune di Roma (Local Public Services Monitoring and Quality Assurance Agency of Rome
Municipality) asked the centre to assess a cost function in the local public transport sector. A project
for the creation of an Italian Regions’ Observatory on local railway services was launched in June in
cooperation with the Veneto region. FINAOSTA entrusted HERMES with the task of studying the
reorganisation of Aosta Valley’s ski lifts.
CSS (www.consiglioscienzesociali.org). Chaired by Sergio Ristuccia, CSS today provides an
independent forum for discussion whose initiatives aim at contributing to the analysis and solution of
serious problems affecting our society. Activities were carried out through the work of the following
specialised committes: “Le fondazioni in Italia - Foundations in Italy” (coordinated by Sergio
Ristuccia); “Tendenze e politiche dello sviluppo locale in Italia - Trends and policies of local
development in Italy” (coordinated By Arnaldo Bagnasco e Carlo Trigilia); “Valutazione dell'attività di
ricerca in Italia - Assessment of Research Activities in Italy” (coordinated by Alberto Zuliani); “Nuove
frontiere della comunicazione e cosmopolitismo - Communication’s new frontiers and
cosmopolitism” (coordinated by Giovanni Bechelloni); “Crisi della grande impresa e nuove forme di
imprenditorialità. Il caso del Piemonte a confronto con le tendenze europee - The crisis of large
enterprises and new forms of entrepreneurship: the case of Piedmont compared to European trends
”(coordinated by Giuseppe Berta and Angelo Pichierri); “Relazioni intergenerazionali -
Intergenerational relations” (coordinated by Gabriele Calvi).
URGE (www.urge.it). Directed by Maurizio Ferrera and coordinated by Stefano Sacchi, URGE
started its activities in 2004 on four fields of interest, ie the relation between social citizenship and the
European integration process, open methods of coordination, public policies in the EU and the study
of the new European governance. The activity highlight was popularised through a series of working
papers which in turn led to several publications which are currently being printed. URGE organised
two meetings: one in April, on EU foreign defence and security policy, the other in June, on
democracy and rights in the new EU, in addition to many open seminars. The outcome was
presented by URGE’s researchers on the international stage. Within the framework of the EU
integrated project on “New Modes of Governance”, coordinated by the Istituto Universitario Europeo
di Fiesole (Fiesole European University), the URGE team is currently carrying out research on the
theme: “Local level concertation and administrative partnerships: what role for public actors?”.
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