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Paola Pellegrini, Anna Zamboni.
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4INTRODUCTION
6 IDENTITY AND VALUES
8 PRESENCE AND INVOLVEMENT
10 STAKEHOLDERS
11 EU AFFAIRS
12 NETWORK AND CONSTITUENCY
14 GOVERNANCE
15 ORGANIZATION CHART
16 AREAS OF INTERVENTION
28 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
30 FUNDRAISING AND EFFICIENCY
31 ECONOMIC DATA
34 FINANCIAL AUDIT
36 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
INTRODUCTION
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
A NEW GAZE
by Giampaolo Silvestri
Secretary-General of AVSI Foundation
Creating development and making it shareable
by as many people as possible, in difficult,
unsafe, emergency environments. Keeping
the person at the center of every intervention,
protagonist of their own story. That’s the tough
challenge AVSI intends to address in a future
with major changes in sight for the world
of development cooperation.
2013 has been a year of profound transformations
for AVSI: new strategies, new projects, new partners
and a new governance. Since July 2013 most of the board
of directors has been renewed, including the President
and the Secretary-General, and eminent and experienced
persons have joined the board. These new members will
certainly help strengthen AVSI’s identity and provide solid
grounds to meet the challenges of the future with even
greater vigor. The organization chart has been modified
and simplified, new positions have been created, others have
been redesigned in order to optimize the operational stage
of our work, the one in the field, in contact with the people
and their needs.
The collaboration with the European Union has become
paramount: the EU is an important player when it comes to
cooperation policies, and its projects represent an essential
component of AVSI’s work nowadays.
Within the relationship between AVSI and the private
for-profit sector, the partnerships have grown in number
and stature over the last year. Our experiences of synergy
in action, some of which have now been going on for
more than a decade, represent success stories to replicate,
concrete chances of development.
AVSI has shown an ongoing commitment in education
and nutrition projects, as well as in new areas, such as
energy and human rights. From the “stoves project”, as we
nicknamed the distribution of 15 thousand high-energy
efficiency cooking stoves in Mozambique, to supporting
the APACs, one of the best cases of human rights
promotion in Brazil, aimed to improve the living conditions
of detainees. These correctional facilities with no guards or
weapons became a model of an efficient, practical and more
humane method. They represent such a great improvement
that Brazilian authorities decided to adopt that method in
every state of the federation. It might work in Italy, as well,
and contribute to a more humane detention regime: we
have tried to propose it to the Senate, the Secretary and
the Commission, following the great appreciation at the
European Development Days in Brussels.
2013 has been a year of emergencies and refugee crisis.
Lives changed by the terrible events of war in Syria, South
Sudan, Myanmar, DR of the Congo or by the destructive
force of the typhoon in the Philippines. These people
are often forced to start again somewhere else, away
from home, often without a roof on their head, food and
education for their children. AVSI has been on the frontline
in supporting those affected by conflicts and in providing
rescue and shelter to the refugees, starting from Lebanon
and Jordan, crucial countries for the Syrian migrations,
where we plan on providing shelter for 33 thousand people.
We are on the verge of a new vision of cooperation.
Attention has shifted from the Millennium Goals to the
Rio+20 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
have made climate change a priority. A new model is taking
shape in which development must be sustainable and the
economic value of locally operating companies
must be shared.
The financial and economic crisis has caused a change
that would have been inevitable anyway. From the oldfashioned concept of “donation” to complex projects that
can bring long-term benefits, the step has long been taken.
Today, in order to bring employment and growth in the
most vulnerable environments, the European Union (re)
discovers the importance of loans (though mixed with
donations) and synergy between the public, the private and
the not-for-profit sectors. In a time when the public slice
of development aid represents the minority, the for-profit
private sector necessarily becomes a protagonist of global
development strategy making, an essential player in the
fight on poverty.
This does not imply that the role of civil society organizations
must be downsized. Quite the opposite, in fact. That last
mile between common effort and single person that we
have been trying to cover with our work for years now
takes on a new meaning. We are given an additional task,
that of bridging the gap between communities, enterprises
and public authorities, with the purpose of creating value
that can be shared by everybody. We will do so with our
deep knowledge of needs and countries, in order to keep
the person and their dignity as a human being at the center,
so that the person can be the protagonist of their
own development.
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IDENTITY AND VALUES
THE MISSION OF AVSI FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE THE DIGNITY OF THE
PERSON THROUGH DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ACTIVITIES, WITH SPECIAL
ATTENTION TO EDUCATION, ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
AVSI is a non-governmental organization (Onlus)
founded in 1972 and currently operating in Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe,
Middle East, Asia on several areas of intervention
with a network of over 60 organizations. This is
an informal network of private social welfare institutions
that work together to carry out projects and to promote
reflection on development issues by sharing methods
and experiences. The network includes founding
members as well as partners.
AVSI has been recognized since 1973 by the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a non-governmental
organization for international cooperation (NGO);
it is registered as an International Organization with
the Agency for International Development of the United
States (USAID) and has held General Consultative status
with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
since 1996 and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) both in
New York; it is an accredited participant in the United
Nations Organization for Industrial Development
(UNIDO) based in Vienna; it is included in the special
list of non-governmental organizations of the UN
International Labor Organization (ILO) based in Geneva;
it is part of the UN Global Compact; it is officially listed
as a not-for-profit entity eligible for pre-tax donations
as per the Italian law “5 per 1000”; it is affiliated to
CDO Opere Sociali; AVSI is licensed by the Italian
government for international adoptions.
Learning
organization
In order to address the challenges of this time
of change, which brings crisis but also great potentials
for the “base of the pyramid”, AVSI has decided
to raise staff awareness at all levels on the need
to learn from experience, to value the best practices
and to understand the causes of failure. To this purpose,
AVSI has created a system of focal points, a system
of permanent training through webinars and meetings,
and has strengthened its intranet platform. The method
is about learning from experience, sharing and
expressing a judgment, which is a process managed
by the Knowledge Center.
Certification, quality
and transparency
AVSI’s financial statement is audited by one of
the most prominent auditors and is published on its
website. AVSI is also certified UNI EN ISO 9001:2008
for development cooperation and aid in collaboration
and to the benefit of the major institutional, national
and international donors.
Last mile
AVSI’s guiding values
AVSI’s view is that the challenge of development
is about allowing the person to latch on to services
that match the real needs. As this link inevitably
depends upon personal initiative, it proves to be the
point of weakness for those who are most vulnerable
and living in informal areas, cut off from the system.
AVSI calls this connection “the last mile”,
fundamental to bridge the gap between the person and
the infrastructure. The
need arises, then, to
strengthen civil society
organizations through
THE PERSON
projects that are
AT THE CENTER
focused on the person
The person is seen as
so that the individual,
a unique being in their
once educated,
fundamental relationships,
becomes the
family and society. The person
protagonist of his or
cannot be reduced to a social
her own development.
category or a limitation
such as poverty, disease,
disability or war.
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
beneficiaries
4,000,000
people
staff
projects
37 136
1,280
worldwide
countries
distance support
AVSI
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A network of
272 coordinators
and over 1,000
volunteers
28,531
children
and adolescents worldwide
resources
43%
public
funding
€ 27,307,164
57%
private
funding
700
Local partners
(government,
education, healthcare
institutions,
NGOs, faith-based
organizations)
STARTING
FROM THE POSITIVE
Every person and every
community, however
limited, represent a resource.
This means valuing and
strengthening all that has
been made by people and also
helping them to understand
their own value and dignity.
DOING WITH
Starting from
a relationship
with the people
to whom the
project is directed
and building
with them along
their path to
development.
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY
AND SUBSIDIARITY Development
projects must favor association, acknowledge
and value the establishment of intermediate
bodies along with responsible and engaged
social fabric. The implementation of
development projects means to facilitate
the associative abilities, to acknowledge
the role of civil society and of a social fabric
nurtured by involvement and joint responsibility.
PARTNERSHIP
Creation
of partnerships
among all the
actors in the
field in order
to facilitate
synergy and
optimize available
resources.
PRESENCE
AND INVOLVEMENT
AVSI IN THE WORLD
FOR THE DIGNITY
OF THE PERSON
CANADA
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
MEXICO
HAITI
HONDURAS
NIGERIA
VENEZUELA
SIERRA LEONE
IVORY COAST
COLOMBIA
37
ECUADOR
countries
136
PERU
active projects
28,531
PARAGUAY
children in the
Distance Support Program
BRAZIL
CHILE
Consolidated
financial
statement
45,355,277
euros
Financial
statement
AVSI Italy
27,307,164
Countries where AVSI
is implementing projects
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
ARGENTINA
PUBLIC
FUNDING
euros
Countries where AVSI
is promoting activities
43%
57%
PRIVATE
FUNDING
RUSSIA
LITHUANIA
GERMANY
POLAND
AUSTRIA
SWITZERLAND
ITALY
SAN MARINO
SPAIN
RUMANIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KOSOVO
ALBANIA
PORTUGAL
LEBANON
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
JORDAN
MYANMAR
THAILAND
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH SUDAN
PHILIPPINES
KENYA
UGANDA
RWANDA
CONGO
BRAZAVILLE
BURUNDI
D.R. OF CONGO
TANZANIA
ANGOLA
MOZAMBIQUE
AFRICA
5 6 3 10 42
6
9
30
75
ASIA
0 1 0 0 00
0
5
2
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0 1 0 0 01
5
1
7
15
EASTERN EUROPE 0 0 1 1 00
0
0
3
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AND THE
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9
8
33
3 2 3 0 26
emergency
human
work
healthcare urban
energy and migrations
rights
development environment
water, agriculture,
food security
social
and educational
TOTAL
810 7 11 69 11
24
50
TOTAL
PROJECTS
136
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STAKEHOLDERS
Stakeholders are bearers of interests. This term denotes anyone who exerts some degree of
influence on an organization. These include staff, local partners, international partners and
sponsors.
AVSI Staff in Italy:
85 people
(60 employees, 3 consultants,
15 volunteers, 7 interns)
AVSI Point
Network
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human resources
272 coordinators
and over 1,000
volunteers
1,280 people all around the world
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AVSI staff abroad:
1,195 people
(1,056 locally hired people, 93 expatriates,
35 consultants, 11 free collaborations)
donors
at least one donation in the year
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992 Companies
582 Schools
26 Foundations
25,474 Natural persons of which
local partners
700
-------------within AVSI Network:
government, education,
healthcare institutions, NGOs,
faith-based organizations,
local authorities
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
24,691 people
Distance Support Sponsors
EU AFFAIRS
in Europe for the world
In 2013 AVSI increased its involvement within the European institutions, paying special
attention to some areas.
Human rights
The role of civil society organizations
both at the local level and in Europe
The support to these organizations: in a perspective
of authentic subsidiarity, they can contribute
to the decision-making process and the control
of government action, by virtue of their commitment
to addressing the real needs of people (healthcare,
nutrition, education, work…). AVSI contributed to
the report on civil society organizations and local
authorities that was written by the European
Parliament Committee on Development;
it interacted with the European Commission
and the European Service of External Action within
the new timeline 2014-2015. In particular, AVSI set
up an event on May 14th, at the European Economic
and Social Committee in Brussels: the event
was called “The last mile”. On that occasion, Rose
Busingye presented the personal and revolutionary
experience of the women with AIDS of the Meeting
Point International based in Kampala, Uganda.
Nutrition, food security, agriculture
Experience in the field shows that hunger is often
found in contexts where just a bit more effort would
ensure food availability and that actions based on
education achieve surprising and sustainable results.
AVSI took part in the consultations and in the
experts group of the European Commission and set
forth an approach where personal dignity serves as a
motivational drive to practice agriculture in order to
feed oneself,
one’s children and one’s community.
Consistent with its own guiding principles – valuing
the positive and drawing attention to the best
practices and the positive examples – AVSI promoted
the model of the APACs in Brazil (an alternative
correctional system supported by AVSI through
European projects, too). The model was presented
on November 26 within the European Development
Days (organized by DG DEVCO-EuropeAid, which is
the European Commission Development Cooperation
Directorate) in collaboration with the EU delegation
to Brazil, and was the only event promoted by
an Italian organization; the purpose was to present
an innovative method that can be replicated in other
countries and contexts and that addresses an urgent
need within Europe as well.
Post-2015 Agenda
With a view to 2014, an extremely important year
for the European Union, and in consideration
of the new Millennium Development Goals,
AVSI contributed to the debate on the Post-2015
Development Agenda with a number of documents
and by actively participating in meetings, conferences
and consultations: the debate focused on
development cooperation and its implementation –
for instance how financial support to third countries
(one of the major tools employed by the European
development cooperation) can really benefit the
population – and how involvement of the private
sector within genuine corporate social responsibility
can serve as a prominent and positive factor
of development.
New framework agreement
for humanitarian aid (ECHO FPA)
In light of its ongoing involvement in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo as well as in Lebanon and
Jordan with activities to help the Syrian refugees,
AVSI joined an NGOs work group on the framework
agreement which called for simpler and more flexible
ways to promptly and adequately address emergencies.
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NETWORK AND CONSTITUENCY
Founding Member: 35
Partner: 32
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AVSI is expression of a network of actors bound by a mission and guiding values, in Italy and
worldwide. This network is made up by the partner organizations in the countries where AVSI
operates: 67 organizations now make up the informal AVSI network, which works systematically
on the implementation of projects, common reflection on development, to share methods and
experiences.
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GOVERNANCE
AVSI Foundation operates through
the following bodies.
BOARD
OF FOUNDERS
bodies
members
It gathers twice a year, approves and defines
the activities of the foundation as suggested
by the Board of Directors: it appoints the
Directors, the President of the Foundation,
the Board of Auditors, votes on status
amendments, and approves both the budget
and the final financial statement.
49 founding members:
• 35 Agencies of which:
10 NGOs from developed countries
24 NGOs from developing and
transition countries
1 Italian foundation
• 14 natural persons
BOARD OF
PARTICIPATING
MEMBERS
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
It gathers at least once a year, summoned
and headed by the President of the
Foundation; it suggests one or two
representatives of which the Board
of Founders appoints a member of the
Board of Directors. It provides non-binding
opinions and proposals concerning the
activities of the Foundation.
It has all the powers of ordinary and
extraordinary administration of the
Foundation. Its term is three years;
the number of members (always an odd
number) can vary from 7 to 11 according
to the Board of Founders. It prepares the
final and the budget financial statements,
suggests statute amendments, appoints
the Secretary-General, and draws
guidelines for the activities.
In 2013, AVSI Board of Directors was
renewed.
Director
Maria Teresa Gatti
Comunication
Officer
Anna Zamboni
Aldo Gianfrate
Knowledge
Center
Officer
Lorna Beretta
President: Alberto Piatti
Secretary-General: Giampaolo Silvestri
Vice-President: Alda Vanoni, a former
judge of the Milan court
Lorenzo Ornaghi, a former dean
of Milan Università Cattolica
Patrizia Savi, CFO of a multi-utiliy
company
Michele Faldi, head of the
Advanced Training of the
Milan Università Cattolica
Alessio Bonaldo, researcher for the
Department of Medical Veterinary
Sciences of the Bologna University
The President represents the Foundation
and monitors the execution of approved
decisions.
Alberto Piatti
VICE-PRESIDENT
The vice-president replaces the president
in case of absence or impediment.
Alda Vanoni
SECRETARYGENERAL
The Secretary-General is responsible for the
operational direction of the Foundation and
exercises all the ordinary and extraordinary
powers conferred to him by the Board of
Directors. His/her term is three years and
renewable.
Giampaolo Silvestri
It monitors the activities of the Foundation
and is made up of three members.
The board term is three years and
its members can be renewed.
Michele Grampa, President
Delia Gatti
Alfredo Tradati
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Communication and
Knowledge Center
• 132 natural persons
PRESIDENT
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OF AUDITORS
14
136 participating members:
• 4 Agencies of which:
2 NGOs from developing countries
2 Italian associations
Distance
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Franco Argelli
Sponsors
Area
Elena Ricci
Stefania Zavalloni
Claudia Tabanelli
Annamaria Comandini
AVSI POINT
Network
Tents
Campaign
Manager
Marco Andreolli
Lorenzo Franchi
Communication
Area
Valeria Presciutti
Gloria Lorenzoni
Samuel Montanari
Maria Nella Lippi
Angela Savelli
Elena Zondini
President
Alberto Piatti
Assistant Cristina Passero
ORGANIZATION
CHART
Board
of Directors
Relations
with USAID,
UN system,
WB and IDB
Secretary General
Management
Committee
Giampaolo Silvestri
Jackie Aldrette
Ezio Castelli
Timothy Herrmann
Relations with EU
Dania Tondini
Technical
operative
committee
Manager:
Maria Teresa Gatti
Members: Country Representatives,
Area Managers/Desk Officers
CTO Secretariat: Sheila Berti
Human Resources
Nada Perovic
Administration
and Financial Reporting
Financial Director
Marco Sangiorgio
General
Accounting
and Finance
Office
Paola Painini
Chiara Mornatta
Project
Accounting
and Reporting
Office
Andrea Nebuloni
Valeria Speranza
Personnel
Anna De Nicolo
Local Offices
Management
Supervisor
Federico Berto
Logistics
Procurement
Manager Luca Giacomini
Gabriele Bonello
Annamaria Comandini
Carlo Mambelli
Marco Baiardi
International
Adoptions
Manager
Martina Gennari
Secretariat
Giuseppina Pezzino
Fundraising
Projects Area
Coordinator Maria Ricci
Secretariat Luisella Bonari
Jasna Draca, Anna Murazzo
Coordinator and Quality System
Nada Perovic
Secretariat Paola Pellegrini
Private
Partnership
Manager
Paola Ferrari
Chiara Grassi
Special
Donor
Manager
Sandro Cappello
Database
Area
Rita Faggi
Cecilia Stifanelli
Payments
Area
Primo Zanaboni
Alessandra Casadei
Milan
Marco Rossin
Africa
Desk Area
Sara Pedersini
Chiara Savelli
Libero Buzzi
Andrea Mandelli
Giorgio Capitanio
Eastern Europe
Asia
Desk Area
Anna Difonzo
Latin America
and Caribbean
Desk Area
Andrea Bianchessi
Giorgio Capitanio
Middle East
Desk Area
Anna Tramonti
Andrea Mandelli
Country
Representative
Country
Representative
Country
Representative
Country
Representative
Cesena
Martina Gennari
Naples
Mario Berretta
Decentralised
Cooperation
Pierpaolo Bravin
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AREAS
OF INTERVENTION
136
ongoing projects
37
countries
28,531
distance support
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social and educational
50 projects around the world 30 in Africa, 8 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2 in Asia, 7 in the Middle East,
3 in Eastern Europe Funding partners UNICEF, UNHCR, EU, CEI (Italian Bishops’ Conference), MAE (Italy’s Ministry for
Foreign Affairs), IDB, USAID, UNOPS, ENI, Fondation D’Harcourt, Cariplo Foundation, Cariparma Foundation, Compagnia di
San Paolo Foundation, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation, Humano Progresso Association, Global Communities (formerly
CHF International), Standbic Bank, Province of Bolzano, Engelhard Foundation, Dutch Embassy to Italy, private donors
The social and educational field is the largest for AVSI
Foundation. It includes activities of sheltering, family
support, education, childhood care and protection, civil
society organizations and solidarity networks support,
restoration of intra-community relations in conditions of
vulnerability and post-war scenarios, and special attention
to people with disabilities.
The person is at the center of these activities, along with
their family and community network.
A special focus is addressed to educational interventions:
pre-school education, school education, informal
education, vocational training. These activities fall within
the frame of “education for all”.
AVSI’s approach to education revolves around the unique
and unrepeatable value of every person, the importance
of the educator whose task is to maintain a proactive
relationship with children, educational quality, a crucial point
for all mankind: as 38% of compulsory school children do
not acquire basic education.
In collaboration with the Kampala PCE, Permanent Center
for Education, AVSI contributes to the training of educators
in a number of African countries, and to the qualification
of some private not-for-profit schools in Nigeria, Sierra
Leone, Kenya, Uganda, Lebanon, Palestine. It also favors
the schooling of vulnerable children through a so-called
holistic approach that is not focused on performance, but
on enhancement of everyone’s talents.
highlights
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
about 10,000 children
•nursery schools: in Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria,
Sierra Leone;
•home-based preschool program in Ecuador PelCa Program - Prescolar en la Casa;
•protected areas and centers for children in
refugee and emergency camps in the DRC
and Rwanda.
PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION:
over 20,000 children and adolescents
•school management support in Sierra Leone,
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda;
•educational interventions (DSP – Distance
Support Program, school vouchers…).
INFORMAL EDUCATION:
over 20,000 children and adolescents
•afterschool program with academic and
recreational activities (Ivory Coast, Uganda,
Albania, Mozambique, Mexico, Haiti, Ecuador,
Argentina, Burundi, Myanmar, South Sudan).
VOCATIONAL AND TRAINING SCHOOLS:
over 5,000 youth
• Brazil, Haiti, Peru, Uganda, South Sudan,
Kenya, Mozambique, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Rwanda.
TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS:
(present within other programs/sectors):
•advanced centers of excellence: PCE Uganda
and other countries, e.g. Albania (SHIS);
•significant projects: Mexico (CEI), Palestine
(Custody of the Holy Land), Lebanon (CEI),
Kenya (Dadaab refugee camp).
EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY:
•school renovation, protected spaces for
children in Burundi, Democratic Republic
of the Congo;
•psychosocial resilience in South Sudan, Haiti,
Rwanda, Northern Uganda.
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distance support program
Distance Support is a way to share knowledge and
experiences through a constant and continuous contribution
made by an individual, a family, a groups of friends,
a company and so on and directed to a child, an adolescent
or a community.
The children included in the Distance Support Program
are provided with food, medical and health care, schooling
as well as recreational and educational activities.
The distinctive feature of the personalized distance
support program is the educational support that ensures
the delivery of material as well as the presence of adults
as guides for the children. The activities also involve their
families and communities, so that they become a factor
of economic development and change for the society
around them.
Sponsors:
24,691
Children and
adolescents
included:
28,531
Sponsored children by age
age 0-5
9,84 %
age 6-12
43,95 %
age 13-16
28,59 %
age 17-18
9,79 %
age 19 and over
7,83 %
highlights
In 2013, AVSI introduced the new
DSP 100 € sponsorship formula:
the contribution will not go to
a specific child, but to a group of
children and adolescents within their
communities. AVSI educators or staff
from partner organizations guide and
support them through all the services
included in the program: payment
of school fees, purchase of school
supplies, medical care, food aid,
afterschool and recreational activities.
Upon registration, the sponsor is given
name and photograph of one of the
children along with the description
of the context and the project.
Once a year, the sponsor receives
a document that shows the activities
carried out and tells the stories of the
little protagonists, their difficulties
and achievements.
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human rights
10 projects worldwide 6 in Africa, 2 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1 in Asia, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners UNICEF, USAID, EU, WFP, Lebanese/Italian governments, CBAU, Fondation d’Harcourt
Throughout all of AVSI’s projects, human rights
stay at the core of our concerns. AVSI’s mission,
in fact, is to promote the dignity of the person
through development cooperation activities
with special attention to children (food, family,
education) and vulnerable people (the poor,
the sick and disabled, the refugees). The purpose
of human rights is the promotion of the person
in its entirety. When some specific conditions,
(war, violence, poverty or sickness) infringes
human rights, the approach of the intervention
should be global and not fragmented into
social groups and classes.
highlights
APACs: alternative prison – recidivism rate under 15%
- human dignity
Brazil: The “Além dos muros (Beyond the Walls)”
program, developed with the APACs (Associations for
Protection and Assistance of Prisoners, not-for-profit
entities from civil society with 40 years of experience),
is intended to make prison conditions more humane,
by promoting human rights and using alternative
correctional facilities.
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
970 youth
Haiti: 970 youth over the last 6 years. Educational and
professional activities for adolescents involved with
armed gangs, starting from their desire of a better life.
Post War RECONCILIATION
Ivory Coast: common paths, reinforcement of
democracy within civil society for a debate in favor of
4,500 people (farmers and breeders) and involvement
of over 4,000 Abobo youth.
CHILDHOOD PROTECTION
Burundi: child labor prevention through schooling
programs, from school reintegration to literacy and
training programs. Community awareness activities;
reinforcement of civil society; meetings and information
sessions on children’s rights. Juvenile legal aid.
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agriculture,
food security and water
24 projects worldwide 9 in Africa, 9 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 in Asia, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners EU, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs), EXPO/ROTARY, FAO, UNICEF, WFP, Municipality
of Milan, Region of Emilia-Romagna, Dutch Cooperation, Edegel, Milpo, private donors
highlights
As far as agriculture is concerned, the good news is that the Earth
can provide food for all. The bad news is that in order to produce
that food, we need to change the way we practice agriculture, or the
environmental impact would be unsustainable. As of today, agriculture
is the cause of 14% of greenhouse emissions. This notwithstanding,
almost 10,000 children die of hunger-related causes every day.
Today, the International community devotes a great deal of attention
to the stunting, severe malnutrition that affects the normal
development of the child; it affects over 165 million children under
the age of 5, thereby showing that the crucial point is not only access
to food, but also the level of nutrition provided.
Therefore, interventions in the agricultural and nutritional sector
are needed to sustainably address this demand for food items.
AVSI works on a wide range of projects: from nutrition centers to rural
development, from training schools to supply chain projects, to food
security interventions in emergency response.
As far as the nutritional aspect is concerned, AVSI’s method is
primarily educational, focused on the mothers and the community.
Breast-feeding, focus on the early 1,000 days, pilot intervention
to produce fortified food items for the stages of weaning and
early childhood.
In agriculture, the interventions are still focused on the nutritional
aspect, but they also significantly address the need for technical and
farming training, through the farmer field schools.
Eventually, some interventions on supply chain reinforcement:
cassava, cacao, rice, vegetables.
Such experiences contribute to the debate about the EXPO 2015
topic “Feed the planet, energy for life”.
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NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION: Nutritional
centers, school meals, kitchen gardens
Burundi Meo Lino Lava Center 400 children;
105 community kitchen gardens in 5 towns;
Brazil CREN nutritional education,
demonstrative cooking and school
meals for 400 children + replication
of the method in other countries;
Rwanda Humure Center 350 children;
Mexico Crecer 400 children;
Nigeria St. Kizito Clinic in cooperation with
a nutritional center for 250 mothers and
children, prevention, therapy, follow-up,
training;
South Sudan St Theresa Clinic, nutritional
center in cooperation with the clinic,
prevention, follow-up, training, nutritional
education;
Myanmar boarding schools-hostels and
kitchen garden school;
Haiti nutritional centers, screening,
follow-up, food items distribution;
Albania stable and kitchen gardens
for 2 community centers.
AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS/SUPPLY CHAINS
Peru – Criollo Cacao and Coffee; Kosovo –
Milk; Myanmar - Rice; Haiti - Cassava.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:
Uganda-SCORE, Haiti-AQUAPLUS (with
Expo), Lebanon – Marjayoun plain.
FOOD SECURITY: EMERGENCY
AND POST-EMERGENCY
DR of the Congo and South Sudan:
distribution, vouchers, fairs, production
support.
FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS and FARMING
SCHOOLS
FAO methodology, schools, seedling
nurseries, training in Brazil, DR of the Congo,
Haiti, Uganda, Lebanon, Rwanda, Burundi,
South Sudan.
energy and environment
9 projects worldwide 2 in Africa, 6 in Latin American and the Caribbean, 1 in the Middle East
Funding partners Rotary, IDB, De Agostini Foundation, NeoENERGIA Group, Celpe, Coelba,
CEPF, Treedom, Cloros, private donors
highlights
Mozambique: 7,000 families had their
traditional cooking stoves replaced with
15,000 low-impact cooking stoves with
an 80% reduction in CO2 and a 50%
reduction of home coal consumption,
with a saving of 15 $ a month per family.
Haiti towards EXPO 2015 with Rotary, EU,
IDB and private donors: support to a rural
community of more than 10,000 people for
water, training, supply chains, technology,
reforestation, climate change, carbon credits.
To AVSI, the challenge is about re-establishing
what Pope Benedict XVI has called “the alliance
between man and nature”, because energy
dependence can decrease if energy need is
reduced through energy saving and resource
efficiency policies, activities and interventions.
AVSI has an operational partnership with a number
of companies to improve energy supply efficiency,
and access to renewable energy on the part of the
poorer communities.
Brazil: energy efficiency for 134 communities
and 240,000 families, training and assistance
with NeoEnergia Group, Celpe, Coelba.
Uganda: EXPO 2015 travelling across
Italy, Senegal, Uganda with De Agostini
Foundation.
Lebanon: environmental promotion and
community management in the Al Shouf
Cedar Nature Reserve.
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urban development
6 projects worldwide 4 in Africa, 2 in Latin America
Funding partners MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs), EU, World Bank,
Government of Mozambique, Prefecture of the Contagem Municiplaity (Brazil)
In over 20 years of experience in Brazilian metropolises, AVSI has
developed a know-how and a specific urban upgrading method.
This method has been exported to informal urban settlements
of Mozambique and presented at many international summits.
AVSI’s approach is to build infrastructures and ensure house
maintenance along with healthcare, educational, social activities
to support the person, involving the local communities and favoring
a partnership among institutions and organizations.
highlights
Mozambique: Three-sided
cooperation for urban,
environmental, social and
economic upgrading in
Maputo to the benefit
of 27,000 people.
Brazil: Technical and
methodological assistance
to local institutions on poverty
reduction activities in favela
areas in Salvador, Bahia, Olinda,
Pernambuco: 120,000 families
and over 60 local partners
involved.
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healthcare
11 projects worldwide 10 in Africa, 1 in Eastern Europe
Funding partners: UNICEF, UNHCR, EU, USAID, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs),
CEI (Italian Bishops’Conference), DFID (UK Department for International Development),
HPF-Crown Agency, Health Pooled Fund, Guariamoli NGO, private donors
AVSI’s healthcare projects are mainly focused on Africa and
include public healthcare initiatives to support healthcare
facilities, building new hospitals and clinics, granting access
to treatment, developing programs for endemic diseases
prevention and cure and prevention of mother-to-child
transmission of HIV, in addition to specific interventions
on nutrition where technical competence has been acquired.
Special attention has been dedicated to the training
and ongoing formation of the staff as well as the involvement
of the communities through awareness campaigns on the
disease and finally the use of mobile medical teams capable
of reaching patients in remote or inaccessible areas where
no other medical assistance
is available.
highlights
South Sudan: health promotion,
access to infrastructure, medical
assistance, water for over 8,000
people (Eastern Equatoria
County, Ikotos Torit).
Uganda: water and sanitation,
nutrition, healthcare, access
to infrastructure, prevention
of AIDS/HIV with a focus on
women and children (more than
1 million children and 330,000
mothers).
Democratic Republic of the
Congo: support to social and
health care infrastructure
in the Minembwe area.
Nigeria: improvement of life
conditions of the Egun people
in the Ikorodu/Lagos rural area.
Kosovo: construction of the
“Hub Guariamoli” to provide
treatment in Italy for children
whose pathologies are
considered incurable in their
home country.
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work
7 projects worldwide 3 in Africa, 3 in Latin America, 1 in Eastern Europe
Funding partners EU, USAID, Education Development Center, PATTEM
(Proyectos Asociativos De Transferencia Tecnologica para Microimpresas)
AVSI Foundation vocational projects are focused on support
and promotion of youth and vulnerable women work, by facilitating
the creation of groups, workshops and micro-enterprises to fight
the crisis and youth social exclusion. Through education on work
and cohabitation, people can find their way to development.
Along with technical orientation, programs include a personal
follow-up to support full development of one’s talents.
highlights
Peru: enhancing
competitiveness for 15 textile
micro-enterprises, training
and work placement of 300
youth and women.
Rwanda: training of youth
and women.
Mozambique: training and
new job opportunities for
the youth in the informal
settlements of Maputo.
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humanitarian emergency
8 projects worldwide 5 in Africa, 3 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Funding partners UNICEF, FAO, UNDP, CEI (Italian Bishops’ Conference), MINUSTAH (UN mission in Haiti)
highlights
AVSI intervenes in chronic crises, conflict and post-conflict,
never losing contact with all the local actors. Living conditions
of vulnerable people in emergency situations can get even worse.
AVSI’s interventions are conceived to limit the consequences
of these breakdowns, by taking action on healthcare,
infrastructures, education and family income generation.
AVSI’s approach is to rebuild the human starting from
the affirmation of life notwithstanding the emergency.
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
post-conflict refugee emergency,
nutrition, agricultural aid, education
and protection of children and
adolescents in North and South Kivu.
Kenya: education in the Dadaab
refugee camp, schooling for 4,700
children and adolescents and training
of 350 teachers and educators.
Haiti: emergency and childhood
support in the informal settlements
of Port-au-Prince, to the benefit
of 3,000 children from 5 to
16 years of age.
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migrations
11 projects worldwide 6 in Africa, 5 in the Middle East
Funding partners UNICEF, EU, MAE (Italy’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs),
OCHA, U.S. Department, U.S. Embassy in Nairobi
Entire peoples are forced to flee from their own native countries.
Some relocate abroad temporarily due to war or regimes that make it impossible to live a decent life.
In 2013 AVSI’s interventions were focused on the Syrian refugee emergency.
highlights
Lebanon and Jordan: 9,150 families
supported on their farming activities,
2,400 Syrian refugees provided with
winter kits, 1,000 refugees sheltered
in camps in Lebanon, 500 children
provided with literacy courses, 500
children enrolled in Lebanese and
Jordan schools, 960 youth provided
with psycho-social support.
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
emergency support to a number
of refugees in Kivu (nutrition,
childhood protection,
basic food necessities).
Kenya: support and reinforcement
of education and infrastructures
in Dadaab and the proximities.
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international adoptions
Adoptions completed:
27 children for 21 families
15
children for
The main steps
in the adoption
process with
AVSI:
11
7
families
children for
6
3
families
children for
2
1
children for
families
1
1
children for
1
family
BRAZIL
MEXICO
BULGARIA
AVSI Foundation has been recognized by the International
Adoptions Commission of the Italian Government.
It currently operates in Brazil, Mexico, Lithuania, Kazakhstan
and Colombia. Thanks to an agreement with Nidoli Foundation,
it also operates in Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Bulgaria, the Russian
Federation and Haiti.
Adoptions by AVSI office
2
3
IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW AND CHOICE
OF THE COUNTRY
The social team meets the couple
to further discuss adoption plan,
motivation, and to identify the country.
4
PREPARATION AND TRANSMISSION
OF ALL DUE DOCUMENTS TO THE
FOREIGN COUNTRY
Explanation, preparation and delivery
of adoption requests to the foreign
country authorities.
5
WAITING STAGE AND MATCHING
PROPOSAL
At this stage, several meetings and
interviews are held with the couple.
The technical team dedicates these
specific meetings to the matching
proposal and the couple’s consent.
6
JOURNEY AND STAY ABROAD
After the couple’s consent the journey(s)
and stay(s) in the foreign country are
arranged. During this stage, the couple
is always accompanied by the AVSI
contact person.
LITHUANIA
Through all of its projects and activities in the world,
AVSI Foundation meets many orphaned children every day.
International adoption then may represent a concrete chance
of love for these children.
NAPLES
2
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION
PREPARATION CLASS
Led by a psychologist with the
participation of AVSI staff and families
with adoption background.
family
COLOMBIA
7
1
GROUP INFORMATION MEETINGS
For qualified and unqualified
couples alike.
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MILAN
CESENA
From 2003 to 2013
adoptions completed
Total
assignments
29
266
370
children adopted
7
POST ADOPTION
For 2 years or longer the couple will have
to keep regular contact with the social
services and with AVSI: post-adoption
reports will have to be transmitted
to the foreign country authorities.
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highlights
PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE PRIVATE SECTOR
AND CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
MAJOR DONORS
Assiteca supports AVSI
in South Sudan on the
educational emergency:
it sponsors the construction of two schools
and a teacher training center.
The complexity of the challenges of sustainable development and
of humanitarian aid in the world calls for a wider involvement of
all the actors affected. This is where the public sector, the private
sector and civil society should be brought to bear together.
To AVSI, the enterprise is a crucial factor for development per
se as it generates employment, income and knowledge. In order
to create shared value between businesses and society, a strong
interdependence is necessary. The principal actor of every action
and strategy of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has to be the
person. The person becomes the protagonist of the development
process when they are directly involved in the initiatives.
In the emerging or developing contexts, the involvement of the
so-called “base of the pyramid” - the poor and vulnerable people
– is a crucial element as it represents a more and more relevant
part of society.
AVSI’s experiences can be grouped into two categories:
interventions in partnership with companies
in a certain area where they operate or
have core business -related interests;
initiatives carried out in areas
where companies have
no specific interests.
In Italy, AVSI promotes CSR and fundraising activities through a
network of incredibly involved volunteers (AVSI Points). The
final goal is to maximize the creation of shared value between
businesses and society through the development of products
or services to address social needs or the participation in the
development process.
Donors
“Eradicating hunger and thirst
in the world”: this is the goal
of AQUAPLUS, a project of
the “Water, Energy for Life”
Department created by Expo
2015 S.p.A. and Rotary International – District
2040, within the Milano per Milano Rotary Club
Foundation. The University of Studies of Milan,
AVSI, MLFM, Unicredit Foundation are all partners
in the project.
at least one donation in 2013
992
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businesses
On June 27th, 2013, in Maputo,
AVSI set up a workshop organized
by ENI on “The challenges of urban
development in Mozambique, in connection
with project sustainability”.
foundations
582
schools
24,691
25,474
natural
persons
distance support
sponsors
of which
AVSI Point Network
272
coordinators
AVSI Tents
Campaign
EVENTS
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over
1,000
volunteers
802 events
(120 for Distance Support)
8 tents abroad
(2 Switzerland, 1 Chile, 3 France,
1 Germany, 1 Luxembourg)
Teddy supported AVSI
through the earthquake
relief effort in Haiti and has recently sponsored
a restoration and supply project for the Cardinal
Otunga Secondary School in Nairobi, Kenya.
Following
the 2010
earthquake, the Trevi Group and its
staff supported the construction of the
Cité Soleil nutrition center in Haiti
CONDUCTOR MUTI
FOR AVSI July 2013
Rehearsal of the Ravenna Festival
for AVSI and the children of Little
Prince School, in Kenya.
FILANTHROPY
Fondation D’Harcourt and
St Foundation Two large foundations
in support of AVSI in the world.
and are currently financing its operations.
DIGITAL FUNDRAISING
10 for Syria
From June to October 2013
An entirely online campaign
to support the Syrian refugees
that raised 300,000 €.
A ROCK TENTS
CAMPAIGN
The Sun for AVSI
December 2013
From the effort in Syria, to the
Tents campaign, to the Distance
Support Program: the commitment
of the Italian rock band.
http://www.thesun.it/
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
December 15th 2013
Music at Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory
in Milan, in support of AVSI.
CROWDFUNDING
Platform il mio dono
From December 2013
UniCredit gives 200,000 € to
the NGOs with the most clicked
websites: with AVSI to support
the Syrian refugees.
LEGACIES
A hospital on the lake
Tanganyika
A hospital was built in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
in memory of Mario Maiani
from Grosseto.
EMPLOYEE
VOLUNTEERING
Make a Difference Day
November 20th, 2013
On the International Day for
Children’s Rights AVSI involved
7 large corporations – Kpmg, ABB,
Illumia, Sas Institute, Federlegno
Arredo, Italtel, Telecom – in
Milan and Rome on employee
volunteering activities to the
benefit of Syrian children
fleeing from war.
CEVOLI FOR AVSI
June 26th, 2013 Organized by
AVSI Point Brescia at the Vittoriale
(additional shows were staged
in Lodi, Gallarate, Pesaro, Milan
and Limbiate).
THEATER
From Treviso to Palermo, Franco
Branciaroli and Gli Incamminati on
a tour of 18 theaters for fundraising
and world handicrafts.
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FUNDRAISING AND EFFICIENCY
Funds raised from private and public sources
value in euros
35%
39%
PUBLIC
61%
65%
PUBLIC
57%
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
PRIVATE
2011
43%
PUBLIC
| 27,252,000
2012
| 27,962,445
2013
| 27,307,164
How your money is spent
value in euros
9
%
MANAGEMENT
86%
4
%
FUNDRAISING
PROJECT
1
%
SERVICE
Fundraising efficiency ratio
value in euros
from 2009 to 2013
2009
1,152,738
FUNDRAISING
COSTS
2010
2011
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2013
11,127,798
FUNDRAISING
PROCEEDS
0,070,060,070,090,10
average on 5 years: 0,08
30
2012
ECONOMIC DATA
Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012
Profit and loss account: assets
All amounts in Euros
ASSETS
as of 31.12.2013
as of 31.12.2012
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Software
Quality certification
Trademark registration
Improvements to third parties' goods
14,837
27,352
2,606
2,897
475
950
8,323
17,116
26,241
48,315
TANGIBLE ASSETS
Land and buildings
Plant and machinery
1,832,199
1,721,880
6,874
10,228
Office furniture
10,915
13,549
Electronic office equipment
17,853
20,642
1,867,841
1,766,299
FINANCIAL ASSETS
Interests in other businesses
85,704
85,554
85,704
85,554
1,979,786
1,900,168
From private donors
436,959
384,552
From customers on collateral activities
705,377
45,368
9,755
11,463
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS
RECEIVABLES
From social security
From Treasury
Other receivables
114
114
8,087
8,294
Receivables from institutional donors
_ Projects funded by the Italian Government
1,775,048
_ Projects funded by the European Union
7,695,533
3,064,018
5,197,663
_ Projects funded by international organizations/other bilateral donors
5,356,012
6,330,884
_ Projects funded by CEI
395,218
283,832
_ Projects funded by local administrations
354,008
389,135
15,575,819
15,265,532
Receivables from related entities
_ due within next year
–
–
_
_ due after next year
_
Receivables from foreign subsidiaries
_ due within next year
637,912
_ due after next year
553,114
637,912
553,114
68,055
66,881
FINANCIAL ASSETS OTHER THAN FIXED ASSETS
Other securities
CASH AND BANK DEPOSITS
Bank and post office deposits
Cash and values in hand
3,316,491
39,905
3,426,010
3,356,396
33,124
3,459,134
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
20,798,474
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS
13,374
14,754
22,791,634
21,709,374
TOTAL ASSETS
19,794,452
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ECONOMIC DATA
Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012
Profit and loss account: liabilities
All amounts in Euros
LIABILITIES
as of 31.12.2013
as of 31.12.2012
Membership fees
40,918
40,918
Fundation's fund
859,028
859,028
Changes in foundation's fund
_ Adjustment to foundation's fund
(885,604)
(677,891)
_ Membership fees paid during this year
_ Result of the year
90,655
(794,949)
(207,713)
(885,604)
NET EQUITY
104,997
14,341
EMPLOYEES SEVERANCE INDEMNITY
797,113
687,880
MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES
_ Payable loans
144,244
TOTAL MEDIUM AND LONG TERM LIABILITIES
175,258
144,244
175,258
PAYABLES TO BANKS
_ due within next year
1,743,843
_ due after next year
436,429
1,743,843
436,429
PAYABLES TO PROJECTS
_ By the Italian Government
1,117,172
2,752,570
_ By the European Union
7,841,655
5,100,382
_ By International Agencies
4,889,908
5,856,355
_ By local administrations
_ By CEI
_ International adoptions
_ Private donors
_ Distance Support
-
221,142
546,307
412,632
23,933
31,386
299,669
759,128
3,859,877
18,578,521
3,922,039
19,055,635
PAYABLES TO SUPPLIERS
_ due within next year
338,173
_ due after next year
500,469
338,173
500,469
PAYABLES TO PROJECTS-RELATED STAFF
_ due within next year
248,983
_ due after next year
12,577
248,983
12,577
PAYABLES TO HEADQUARTERS STAFF
_ due within next year
523,579
_ due after next year
395,762
523,579
395,762
PAYABLES TO TAX AUTHORITIES
_ due within next year
85,434
_ due after next year
74,391
85,434
74,391
PAYABLES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCIES
_ due within next year
125,059
_ due after next year
102,535
125,059
102,535
PAYABLES TO THIRD PARTIES
_ due within next year
_ due after next year
TOTAL PAYABLES
101,451
253,861
101,451
253,861
21,745,043
20,831,659
ADJUSTMENT ACCOUNTS
TOTAL NET EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS
237
237
22,791,634
21,709,374
as of 31.12.2013
as of 31.12.2012
GUARANTEES RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES
_ Guarantees issued by banks
1,287,954
528,190
1,052,565
(358,915)
2,340,519
169,275
_ Commitments towards third parties
COMMITMENTS IN RESPECT OF PROJECTS
_ Own commitments in respect of projects
TOTAL MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
ECONOMIC DATA
Financial statements as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012
Profit and loss account
All amounts in Euros
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
2013
2012
Contributed Income from Italian Government
1,747,583
Contributed Income from the European Union
5,108,850
3,795,695
Contributed Income from international agencies
2,454,256
2,601,963
Contributed Income from local administrations
540,775
721,914
Contributed Income from CEI
232,259
92,124
Contributed Income from private donors
4,975,447
6,505,743
Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects
7,061,305
7,315,252
Contributed Income to DSP management
878,337
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS
Contributed Income from Italian Government
Contributed Income from the European Union
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors
Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI
2,346,266
978,261
22,998,812
24,357,218
197,302
459,760
398,590
269,293
1,016,770
703,715
0
0
Contributed Income from private donors
781,916
816,603
Contributed Income from DSP
868,865
913,712
Contributed Income from International Adoptions
129,740
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS
Consultancy services
115,775
3,393,183
785,669
3,278,857
240,869
Sponsorship services
62,500
52,500
Transfer of membership fees
67,000
33,000
PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME
915,169
326,369
27,307,164
27,962,445
PROJECTS' COSTS
Projects funded by the Italian Government
(1,190,644)
Projects funded by the European Union
(4,626,350)
(3,514,748)
Projects funded by international organizations/other bilateral donors
(2,833,962)
(2,436,678)
Projects funded by local administrations
(180,070)
(368,370)
Projects funded by CEI
(206,481)
(103,741)
Projects funded by DSP
(875,736)
(973,583)
Projects funded by private donors
(8,919,251)
COST OF STAFF ON PROJECTS
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS
COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS
(1,666,021)
(18,832,494)
(10,835,621)
(19,898,762)
(3,906,046)
(4,176,613)
(22,738,540)
(24,075,375)
(3,034,977)
(2,925,522)
OTHER ORGANIZATION COSTS
_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods
_ Costs of services
_ Travel and transportation
_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods
_ Other management costs
(119,887)
(141,499)
(763,839)
(901,577)
(162,196)
(151,409)
(109,744)
(19,480)
(127,393)
(1,175,146)
(32,622)
(1,354,500)
DEPRECIATION AND DEVALUATION
_ Depreciation of intangible assets
_ Depreciation of tangible assets
_ Appropriations and devaluations
(40,840)
(38,634)
(76,205)
0
(75,476)
(117,045)
0
(114,110)
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO PROJECTS MANAGEMENT
321,973
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT
332,810
77,117
(3,672,385)
(3,720,729)
TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS
596,286
COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
_ Costs for staff
_ Costs for services
_ Costs of consumption goods
_ Travel and transportation
_ Funds transfers
(665,397)
(275,270)
(25,456)
(7,228)
(76,062)
(391)
(16,356)
(38,198)
(72,124)
TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
OPERATING RESULT
0
(855,395)
(321,088)
40,844
(154,747)
Other financial revenues
From securities included in current assets
Revenues other than above
1,606
24,324
Interest and other financial costs
2,913
25,930
64,865
67,778
(109,525)
(21,373)
46,405
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS
(83,595)
Extraordinary revenues
131,594
5,330
Extraordinary costs
(17,146)
(65,470)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS
Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation)
Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables
Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation)
ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS
114,448
245,899
(60,140)
175,190
0
0
(209,748)
(195,910)
36,151
(20,720)
RESULT BEFORE TAXES
107,848
(189,201)
Taxes for the year
(17,193)
(18,511)
90,655
(207,713)
RESULT FOR THE YEAR
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Auditor’s report
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AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
In consideration of the growing importance of all the activities implemented by its local subsidiaries
and in order to provide as much information as possible on the company performance, over the
past few years AVSI Foundation has started to present a consolidated financial statement.
Amount by country
Sierra Leone
286,097,28
Congo Brazaville
358,075,88
The total amount raised by the AVSI-system in the world
is € 45,355,277.
Peru
401,770,23
Jordan
401,563,28
Myanmar
425,448,39
Mexico
497,593,79
Ecuador
502,620,42
Nigeria
514,789,78
Albania
515,520,96
Iraq
591,138,66
Burundi
Following are AVSI’s foreign subsidiaries included in the
consolidated statement sheet: Rwanda, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Nigeria, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, Burundi, Jordan,
Lebanon, Ecuador, Thailand, Myanmar, Kosovo, Haiti, Kenya,
Ivory Coast, Palestine.
The single assets and liabilities statements and the profit and loss
statements included in the consolidated financial statement were
provided by the respective foreign subsidiaries.
699,327,93
Palestine
785,303,46
Mozambique
797,080,19
Rwanda
1,086,425,03
Brazil
1,593,061,34
South Sudan
1,721,479,37
Lebanon
2,299,934,67
Kenya
2,310,439,25
Ivory Coast
Such statement is not subject to audit even though the Italian
headquarters’ and all the foreign subsidiaries’ statements were
audited by important auditing agencies.
2,472,392,82
Haiti
3,068,161,17
Uganda
10,253,964,56
DR of the Congo
10,545,360,90
Solidarity
1,322,854,70
Other
1,904,873,08
Consolidated financial statement amount by sponsor
Private 17,236,552 > 38%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME FROM
ITALIAN LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS
564,864,71
1,25%
INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
PRIVATE SPONSORS
135,519,48
0,30%
USAID/BANKS/OTHER
BILATERAL DONORS
9,846,958,92
21,71%
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Public 28,118,725 > 62%
AVSI ANNUAL RE POR T 2 01 3
MAE/DAS
AND 0.8% TAX /IAC
EUROPEAN
UNION
2,366,563,27
5,22%
5,752,777,94
12,68%
UN
(UNICEF, FAO, WFP, UNHCR,
TRUST FUNDS, UNDP)
9,458,059,56
20,85%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME
FROM ANCILLARY
OR MISCELLANEOUS
PRIVATE ACTIVITIES
955,936,70
2,11%
PRIVATE DONORS
6,013,834,17
13,26%
CONTRIBUTED INCOME
FROM LOCAL
ADMINISTRATIONS
IN THE COUNTRIES
OF OPERATIONS
129,500,29
0,29%
CEI
242,605,36
0,53%
DISTANCE SUPPORT
PRIVATE SPONSORS
9,200,897,42
20,29%
PRIVATE DONORS
IN THE COUNTRIES
OF OPERATIONS
687,759,32
1,52%
ECONOMIC DATA
Consolidated financial statement as of 31.12.2013 and 31.12.2012
Profit and loss account
All amounts in Euros
2013
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
Contributed Income from Italian Government
2012
17,724,427
15,782,865
1,747,583
2,346,266
Contributed Income from the European Union
5,108,850
3,795,695
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors
2,454,256
2,601,963
Contributed Income from local administrations
540,775
721,914
Contributed Income from CEI
232,259
92,124
Contributed Income from private donors
4,826,290
6,505,743
Contributed Income from DSP to institutional projects
7,061,305
7,315,252
Contributed Income to DSP management
878,337
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS – FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES
Contributed Income from Italian Government
Contributed Income from the European Union
Contributed Income from international organizations/other bilateral donors
Contributed Income from local administrations and CEI
978,261
22,849,655
24,357,218
472,842
388,078
197,302
459,760
398,590
269,293
1,016,770
703,715
0
0
781,916
816,603
Contributed Income from DSP
868,865
913,712
Contributed Income from International Adoptions
129,740
Contributed Income from private donors
CONTRIBUTED INCOME ALLOCATED TO ORGANIZATION COSTS
Consultancy services
115,775
3,393,183
785,669
3,278,858
240,869
Transfer of membership fees
62,500
52,500
Sponsorship services
67,000
33,000
PROCEEDS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES
915,169
326,369
45,355,276
44,133,388
PROJECTS COSTS IN ITALY AND ABROAD
(30,148,535)
(26,996,892)
COST OF STAFF ON PROJECTS
(10,165,196)
(11,561,018)
TOTAL PROJECTS COSTS
(40,313,731)
(38,557,910)
(4,069,549)
(3,390,716)
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED INCOME
COST OF STAFF AT HEADQUARTERS
OTHER ORGANIZATION COSTS
_ Costs of raw, accessory, consumption materials and goods
(265,405)
(265,936)
(1,560,945)
(1,448,511)
_ Travel and transportation
(239,627)
(199,786)
_ Costs for the use of third parties' goods
(392,772)
_ Costs of services
_ Other management costs
(7,897)
(202,130)
(2,466,646)
(201,032)
(2,317,395)
DEPRECIATION AND DEVALUATION
_ Depreciation of intangible assets
_ Depreciation of tangible assets
_ Appropriations and devaluations
(41,887)
(40,918)
(200,452)
(239,000)
0
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO PROJECTS MANAGEMENT
(242,339)
0
1,112,501
COSTS TRANSFERRED TO COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT
TOTAL ORGANIZATION COSTS
(279,918)
596,286
332,811
77,117
(5,333,222)
(5,314,626)
COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
_ Costs for staff
(665,397)
(443,630)
_ Costs for services
(25,456)
(60,203)
_ Costs of consumption goods
(76,062)
(391)
_ Travel and transportation
(16,356)
(48,381)
_ Funds transfer
(72,124)
TOTAL COSTS OF OTHER ACTIVITIES
OPERATING RESULT
0
(855,395)
(552,605)
(1,147,072)
(291,753)
Other financial revenues
From securities included in current assets
(1,419)
Revenues other than above
30,071
2,913
28,652
64,865
67,778
Interest and other financial costs
(125,180)
FINANCIAL REVENUES AND COSTS
(96,528)
43,987
Extraordinary revenues
501,682
305,809
Extraordinary costs
(33,904)
(65,470)
EXTRAORDINARY REVENUES AND COSTS
467,778
Adjustments of payables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation)
Appropriation for the devaluation of projects' receivables
Adjustments of receivables for projects in currencies other than Eur (Projects appreciation)
ADJUSTMENTS ON PROJECTS
RESULT BEFORE TAXES
Taxes for the year
RESULT FOR THE YEAR
245,899
(23,791)
240,339
494,050
0
0
(209,748)
(237,179)
36,151
256,871
(739,671)
249,444
(17,194)
(18,511)
(756,865)
230,933
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