WHERE WE COME FROM
punto.sud HISTORY
punto.sud History
- 1998 – a group of graduated students and professional humanitarian aid workers – after having attended the first edition of the International Master Program in Cooperation and Development at the Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia – starts cooperating for the creation of a new organisation, namely punto.sud.
- 1999 – a first research program on the development and cooperation activities managed by relevant stakeholders based in Regione Lombardia is commissioned to punto.sud by the NGO Fratelli dell’Uomo and the research institute IRER (Istituto Regionale di Ricerca della Lombardia).
- 2000 – punto.sud is registered in Milan as a non-profit association on the 3rd of March. Headquarters is opened in Via Lazzaro Papi, Milan, shared with the Cooperativa Cuccagna.
- 2001 – The causes and dynamics of social exclusion among immigrants in Europe. Analysis of three cases: Denmark, Italy and Spain is the first project financed by the European Commission – DG Employment and Social Affairs to punto.sud. The research program is implemented in partnership with El Sur Piccola Società Cooperativa a Resposabilità Limitata (leading agency), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), Centre d’Estudis Africans (CEA), Training, Education & Development (TED), Federico Caffé Centre – Dept. Of Social Sciences, Roskilde University.
- 2003 – Le migrant marocain en Italie comme agent de développement et d’innovation dans les communautés d’origine is an innovative 2-year co-development program financed by the European Commission – DG Justice and Home Affairs to punto.sud. The project is implemented in Italy and Morocco in partnership with Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI – leading agency), El Sur Piccola Società Cooperativa a Resposabilità Limitata, Association Marocaine et de Recherches sur le Migrations (AMERM).
- 2003 – punto.sud starts its long-lasting cooperation with the European Commission, DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, participating to two capacity development projects (2003-2004 – Monitoring and Evaluation in Humanitarian Aid: Quality Procedures; 2004-2005 – Development of integrated project and financial management tools in conformity with the 2003 FPA) promoted by Solint Forum, a consortium of Italian NGOs (CISP, COOPI, COSV, Intersos and Movimondo).
- 2005 – punto.sud takes part in 3 European projects financed by the European Commission (DG Justice, Freedom and Security, DG Justice and Home Affairs, DG for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities) on issues related to migration phenomena. The projects are implemented in partnership with European CSOs and Local Authorities from Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Holland, Portugal, Finland, Austria (2005-2006 – I3 Immigrants integration indicators; 2006-2008 Integration through participation; 2007-2009 Building inclusion).
- 2005 – punto.sud starts cooperating with the Italian Civil Protection Department in Sri Lanka after the 26th December 2004 tsunami disaster, implementing the 6-year program punto.sud helpdesk for the Tsunami Disaster Program (2005-2010). The punto.sud helpdesk aimed to monitor a total of 34 projects for a total value of 32.104.923 €.
- 2005 – Spreading of immigration’s positive contribution to the European Society: comics on immigrants’ real life histories in Italy, Spain, Hungary and Denmark is the first 2-year awareness program (2005-2006) financed by the European Commission – DG Justice and Home Affairs to punto.sud as leading agency. The program is implemented in Italy, Denmark, Spain and Hungary in partnership with El Sur Piccola Società Cooperativa a Resposabilità Limitata, Centre d’Estudis Africans (CEA), Training, Education & Development (TED), Aid 24 – Hungarian Baptist Aid.
- 2005 – punto.sud continues its support to the European Commission, DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection implementing three consecutive capacity development projects (2005-2006 – Supporting the quality approach in humanitarian aid: creation of an helpdesk and development of PCM based tools relating to the application of the FPA; 2006-2007 – Quality partnership in humanitarian aid: provision and consolidation of the punto.sud-helpdesk website and supporting activities; 2008 – Building capacity of DG-ECHO Partners through the punto.sud helpdesk website – phase out FPA 2003-2007) to the benefit of the DG-ECHO and the DG-ECHO Partners.
- 2008 – the 2-year project Helpdesk platform and support to New Member State Non State Actors/Local Authorities in the Development sector is awarded to punto.sud as leading agency by the European Commission – EuropeAid. The project is implemented in Italy, Hungary, Check Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Poland and contributes to the strengthening of Civil Society Organisations in developing multi-actor partnerships and in dealing with the EC Institutions. The web-site platform specifically designed for the management of EuropeAid-funded projects by Non-State Actors and Local Authorities and the helpdesk are still open to all non-profit organisations.
- 2008 – the call for tender Provision of Training and Support Services for the Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) is awarded to punto.sud in partnership with MDF (Belgium) and ISPI (Italy). The first phase of the program lasted 5 years. In 2013 a new call for tender is launched and awarded to the Consortium (including the new partner Particip) for four more years (2013-2017). The web-site platform specifically designed for the management of DG ECHO-funded projects, the helpdesk and the training sessions (training and distance training) are open to all the DG-ECHO Partners.
- 2008 – a fruitful cooperation with Fondazione Cariplo starts in 2008 through the award of the contract for the evaluation of the 4-year Cooperation Program in Northern Uganda (2009-2014) financed by Fondazioni4Africa, a pool of bank and private foundations working together to assist uprooted people in northern Uganda.
- 2008 – punto.sud changes its legal status into a non-profit Foundation on the 5th of May. The legal addess of the Foundation is established in Trento, with the opening of a branch office.
- 2008 – Within the framework of the punto.sud helpdesk for the Tsunami Disaster Program, commissioned to punto.sud by the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) in Sri Lanka, the punto.sud Team members are conferred the “benemerenza” at the presence of the President of the Italian Republic.
- 2009 – punto.sud is recognised as Foundation by the Commissariato per il Governo della Provincia di Trento on the 5th of January.
- 2009 – punto.sud starts cooperating with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), implementing the 6-year support program (8 projects financed by FAO and implemented by punto.sud from 2009 until 2015), with the objective of facilitating the cooperation between the FAO and the EU.
- 2010 – the evaluation of the Country Programs in India, Sri Lanka and Ecuador (2010-2012) is awarded to punto.sud by Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Peppino Vismara.
- 2011 – within the joint initiative Jeunes Filles pour l’Agro, financed by Fondazione Milano per EXPO 2015 and implemented in Togo by two technical partners (the Italian NGOs Ricerca e Cooperazione and MLFM), two projects are commissioned to punto.sud in Togo (2011-2012 – Antenna Togo; 2014-2015 – Jeune Filles pour l’Agro – follow up Togo) to support the initiative and elaborate a follow-up strategy, in partnership with all stakeholders involved.
- 2012 – after having contributed to the establishment of the Environment Forum in Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia & Hezegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo and Turkey (2009-2012), punto.sud strengthens its cooperation with the West Balkans and Turkey implementing, as leading agency, the 4-year program Development of the ENV.net in West Balkans and Turkey: giving citizens a voice to influence the environmental process reforms for closer EU integration (2012-2016). The program, financed by the European Commission – DG Enlargement / DG Near, is implemented in partnership with 5 CSOs from the Western Balkans (Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro), 1 from Turkey and 1 from Belgium.
- 2013 – punto.sud opens a branch office in Swaziland to implement the 4-year program Fostering communication and cooperation among Non State Actors for the benefit of Swazi Civil Society (2013-2016). The project, financed by the European Commission – DG EuropeAid, is implemented in partnership with the Italian NGO COSPE (leading agency) and the support of the Coordinating Assembly of NGOs in Swaziland (CANGO), aiming at developing and consolidating a framework for open, independent information and joint contribution on CSOs’ actions in Swaziland, through the reinforcement of networks, participation to advocacy activities and the availability of capacity building services.
- 2013 – punto.sud starts working in Ethiopia implementing the 2-year project Strengthening the agriculture capacity and development of sustainable and environmental friendly practices for the benefit of the most vulnerable households living in Siraro, Oromia, Ethiopia (2013-2015), in partnership with the Italian NGO CIAI (leading agency). The project is financed by Regione Lombardia / Fondazione Cariplo. Within the framework of the project, an impact evaluation exercise (randomised evaluation) is carried out by punto.sud.
- 2014 – punto.sud legal address is transferred from Trento to Milan. The Foundation is recognised by the Prefettura di Milano.
- 2014 – punto.sud starts cooperating with the Italian NGO VIS in the implementation of the 4-year project Co-partners in development: building up and enhancing multi-actor partnerships and synergies for the mainstreaming of effective, participatory and human rights based development strategies addressed to vulnerable youth in 36 ACP countries (2014-2018), financed by the European Commission – DG EuropeAid.
- 2014 – the evaluation of the Country Program in Burkina Faso (2014-2017) is awarded to punto.sud by the Associazione di Fondazione e Casse di Risparmio spa (ACRI).
- 2015 – punto.sud starts cooperating with Associazione Trentino con i Balcani and Consorzio Associazioni con il Mozambico (CAM) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their intervention in the Balkan Region and Mozambique financed by the Provincia Autonoma di Trento (PAT).
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