Redesigning the Future programme
The Programme – promoted under line of mandate 4 “Creating the enabling conditions for strengthening of communities” – provides for a multi-year structure to respond incrementally to organisations’ requirements of strengthening and organisational development.
It began in 2022 and was designed on the basis of the lessons learned from various capacity building programs promoted by the individual philanthropic areas over time, culminating in the cross-sectoral and multi-level Cariplo Social Innovation programme launched in 2017, which combined innovation, capacity building and social finance.
The working guidelines and support for non-profit organisations taking part in the Redesigning the Future programme are as follows:
- Distance learningThrough Cariplo Social Innovation Lab, aimed at providing organisations that sign up on the platform with a digital location hosting a broad catalogue of training resources and insights. In particular:
- a section focusing on issues relevant to the non-profit world (strategy, design, digital, fundraising and regulations)
- a section entirely dedicated to Fondazione Cariplo’s own themes/content (e.g. Minimum Environmental Criteria, Reporting, Member area for organisations)
- a section of best practices, including video interviews with organisations recounting their experiences of organisational change, some implemented with the assistance of Fondazione Cariplo
- a ‘self-assessment questionnaire’ that users fill in when registering on the platform, aimed at identifying the macro-areas of skills to be strengthened (and at providing the Foundation with an overview of the ‘starting-point’ skills).
- MentorshipExpert creation of support and mentorship pathways, aimed at acquiring greater mastery and working tools for improved performance in:
- initial organisational analysis (needs analysis) for improved guidance of decisions when making changes
- monitoring and impact assessment in an organisational transformation project.
Video recordings of the online workshops have been made available, for free and on demand, on the Cariplo Social Innovation Lab platform.
- Call for proposals The call is intended to support the organisational development of non-profit organisations working in the environmental, cultural and human services fields, to strengthen their role as a major lever of resilience and cohesion in our communities, by increasing the effectiveness of their work, leveraging their human capital and expanding their respective communities.
To date, three calls have taken place, in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Among the objectives, extra attention was paid to promoting and facilitating change within organisations and to encouraging a leading role for young people at those organisations.