The Fondazione » History
The Fondazione Zancan was founded in 1964 in the memory of social worker Emanuela Zancan, assistant manager at the Padova School for High Studies in Social Services. She died on a young age leaving her retirement bonus to the School in order to start a new social initiative. Her legacy was the first building stone for the Fondazione.
Since 1964 the Fondazione has been running relevant research activities on social themes, and nowadays it is listed among the most relevant cultural institutions. In 1983 obtained legal recognition through a decree of the President of the Republic (Decree nr. 243, 12th March 1983). Its activity has also been officially acknowledged by the Veneto Region through a specific law (nr. 51/1984). The Minister for Internal Affairs, Central Department for civil services, has for a long while given the Foundation the same titles.
The approval of the President of the Republic Decree nr. 460/97, implemented through regulations nr. 135 on 20th March 2003, has included the Fondazione in the list of no-profit institutions, running research activities of relevant social interest. This act gave a more precise definition of its legal status, along with better a definition of the different actions on human services and policies in the social, health and educational fields which are carried out. (In 2004 the Veneto Regional Department of the Taxes Agency confirmed the inclusion of the Foundation in the Onlus Registry.)
- 1964 - Establishment of the Fondazione in Padova and acquisition of the Malosco centre
- 1970 - Enlargement of the Malosco centre
- 1983 - President of the Republic´s acknowledgment of the Fondazione as "Moral Institution"
- 1987 - The Chart of Rights for non self-sufficient elderly people
- 1989 - The Malosco Chart
- 1991 - National civil service
- 1992 - The Training Manifesto
- 1995 - The Manifesto of Educators
- 1996 - Where is volunteering going?
- 2004 - The Ethics Chart of professions