The
Associative Base
AIFO
is a grass root, popular and democratic organization. The democratic
and participatory organizational model of AIFO is rare among
non-governmental development organizations, where members’
participation is linked with professionalism of its structures.
The
basic peripheral unit of AIFO is an AIFO
Group. AIFO groups can be very different, some with a few members
or very large with hundreds of members. Some groups are recognized non-profit
organizations in their own right, registered with local
governments of their areas, while many other groups are more informal. The group
members, also called AIFO volunteers because all must work without any
financial remuneration
for AIFO, come from different backgrounds including
office workers, housewives, retired persons, priests, etc.
AIFO
groups are organized in Regional Assemblies
and Regional Coordination offices and elect their regional delegates and regional
coordinators. Delegates to AIFO’s National
Assembly come from both individual groups as well as from the
regional assemblies. AIFO’s National Assembly meets at least once
every year and is the supreme organ of the organization, deciding the organizational
strategies.
At present there are 65 official groups of AIFO with 1020 group members
(data from end of November, 2010).
Board
of Directors
Every
three years, National Assembly of AIFO elects the Board
of Directors. At present, AIFO’s Board of Directors is composed
of 7 persons. Dr Anna Maria
Pisano is the President of Board of Directors and Ms. Anna
Maria Bertino is the vice-president. Other board members are: Ms.
Simona del Re, Prof. Antonio Landolfi, Mr. Antonio Lissoni, Dr
Francesco Colizzi and Dr Enrico Pupulin. The
Board takes all the decisions about use of funds according to the
strategies approved by National Assembly.
The Board meets periodically, though major financial decisions are
mainly taken in November and June of each year. Last elections for
AIFO’s Board of Directors were held in May 2011 and the next
elections are due in May 2014.
AIFO’s
Offices
in Bologna
AIFO's head-office is located
in Bologna. Mr. Maurizio Maldini is Director of AIFO.
AIFO is organised in different
offices including International Projects office (under Ms. Francesca Ortali),
Administration (under Mr. Nicola Negrelli), General Secretariat (under Ms.
Tiziana raisa), Development Education (under Ms. Monica Tassoni), Scientific &
Medical support (under Dr Sunil Deepak), information
technology (under Mr. Luca Dalla Rossa), Project Accounting (under Ms.
Ebe Albini), Website and Communication (Mr. Davide Saquegna), etc. The
image below shows the staff at AIFO head-office in May 2010. (Updated
January 2011)
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