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SECTION III – SOCIAL REPORT
THE CESAR FOUNDATION
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The Cesar Foundation – European Research Centre for the
Social Economy and Insurance – was founded in 1990 by
Unipol Assicurazioni. The mission of the Foundation is to
“develop a culture of solidarity and social involvement, to
spread the culture of the Social Economy and Co-opera-
tives and to promote lawful behaviour, road safety and ac-
cident prevention”. Its role is to stimulate discussion and
debate in the insurance world, with consumer associations
and academic research institutions in Italy and the rest of
Europe.
It has four main areas of activity:
1. Insurance area: mainly in relation to social security
and supplementary health payments, the reform of
TPL, the role of institutions, consumer relations and
consumerism;
2. the Social Economy: the Foundation promotes re-
search, studies and cultural initiatives in the Service
Sector, maintaining links with co-operatives and as-
sociations with a social mission;
3.
Safety and Lawfulness: the promotion of a culture of
safety and lawfulness, giving rise to two separate asso-
ciations:
‘Sicurstrada’ – committed to accident prevention, road
safety and compliance with the Highway Code, in Italy
and the rest of Europe;
‘SicurEuropa’ – Observatory on Lawfulness – dealing
with issues of legality and criminality in its many forms,
for the purposes of educating the young and promoting
a sense of civil responsibility and the rules of the social
solidarity;
4. Social Projects: numerous initiatives in various sectors, such as women’s
employment issues, new forms of employment, youth employment, and so
on. Projects include ‘The other Europe’, ‘Penelope and Ulysses’, ‘Living in the
City’ and many more.
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