Status Art.1 Establishment Herewith is established in accordance to the art.14 and following of the Civil Code, the Foundation “Marisa Bellisario” Art.2 Objectives The objective of the Foundation is the promotion of appropriate initiaves in favour of specific and collective social subjects. The main objective is to promote surveys on social and on certain sectors of the society; training and cultural activities, research and environmental analisys, feasability studies, marketing research, technical consultancy, articles focused on the conditions of women, of family, of the elderly, of foreign residents and non-residents people, handicapped/disabled people, urban planning, instruction and the inherent themes of the civil and social co-existence.  Study, research and consultancy will refer to the following domains: social policy, economy and labor policy,legal and financial matters, communication and media, advertisement and services industry, environment and earth, the evolution of age-related psycology.  A secundary objective of the Foundation is the promotion of the consultancy services needed for selection and evaluation of the potential and career planning within the context of corporate organization. Moreover, the Foundation organizes meetings, conferences, seminars, refresher courses, publishes a magazine and monogaphic printings with a view to increase the awareness on the above issues.  The Foundation can also produce goods and services which it may trade for its own benefit or of a tird partner. Therefore the Foundation stimulates: a) the organization and the development of the Marisa Bellisario Prize awarded to women outstanding in their private or public entrepreneurial activity;  b) the commitment to monitor through initiatives of a high social value , the evolution of women in the labour market and society. c) appropriate contacts with statal authorities and both private and public firms interested in the Foundation’s activities. d) The development and organization of various training courses, the promotion of its members to further integration into the working society, professionsal updating and management of related activities and structures necessary to obtain the objective .