About - Cottino Social Impact Campus

Organizations and individuals interested in building a better, fairer, more sustainable and more inclusive future, need to become part of a new knowledge-building effort where social impact driven contents are the core of a new transformative cultural framework, well beyond the traditional professional training currently available.

Transformative means a culture that can enable a person to develop his/her ability to interpret and act in ways that aim at changing current reference models.

To contribute to the world-making effort of interpretation and creation of a new systemic sustainability, we need new instruments, languages and practices, referred to the the most advanced social impact thoughts and experimentations. A new education & learning offer aggregating individuals and organizations that are already contributing to the development of a global vision aligned with a social impact mission.

Experts, academics, practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and businessmen converge on the Campus to share their thoughts, know-how and experiences, building new ecosystems and thought leadership to interpret the challenge of social impact culture.

Social impact culture to shape a new vision of the world and the skills we need to build it

Cottino Social Impact Campus is the place of world-makers for social impact, powered by the cutting-edge entrepreneurial action of Fondazione Cottino

Only a social capacity with renewed competencies can aim at bringing people together to tackle the challenge of a more sustainable and inclusive future.

Our mission is to sustain and reinforce the capacity of communities, organizations and individuals with new, advanced professional skills relevant for social impact, envisioning a future that is sustainable, inclusive and fair.

Cultural change occurs through learning and exposure to new theoretical and practical contents and experiences, successful and unsuccessful, national and international: that is the founding vision of Cottino Social Impact Campus. Thanks to the entrepreneurial and illuminated approach of a unique philanthropist, Mr. Giovanni Cottino, Turin, where the Campus is located, becomes the European hub of advanced education on social impact, activating and pooling together national and international experts and academics.

Our team

The beating heart of the project of the Fondazione Cottino.
For the Campus she makes his experience available to face this great challenge in an entrepreneurial way.

Cristina Di Bari

CEO

International, grass-roots experience: doing with and not just for… She integrates the social impact perspective in its generative potential and radical implementation

Laura Orestano

Co-founder & Social Impact Strategist

Social impact and innovation expert, an international leader in the defense of radicality of impact.

Mario Calderini

Scientific Advisor

The Director of Fondazione Cottino brings his managerial and organizational expertise to the Campus. He oversees the Campus as Foundation’s flagship project, keeping continuity and consistency

Giuseppe Dell’Erba

Business Advisor

Sowing and cultivating the culture of social impact, through formative and transformative experiences. Expert in impact program management and dissemination events, she believes in the winning link between vision, action and impact.

Caterina Soldi

Development & Program Manager

Expert in EU projects, women’s & gender studies. She believes in empowerment and sharing knowledge to improve persons’ lives. From her point of view social impact and common wellbeing go hand in hand.

Giulia Chinnici

Project & Operation Coordinator

Digital storytelling expert, she believes that “online spaces” are the right place to tell positive stories and to create culture. For the Campus she pursues this challenge and philosophy with the aim of disseminating the issues of social impact.

Sara Perro

Communication Manager

Expert in communication and digital content. For the Campus she pursues the objective of disseminating the themes and culture of social impact through integrated and multi-channel communication.