A new paradigm of intervention
The Generative Restitution
Since 2020, we have been bringing a new perspective to the world with Generative Restitution. Listen to the words of our President Francesco Augurusa and become part of the change!
An innovative approach to nonprofit work that originates from the message and vision of Antonio Emanuele Augurusa
Generative Restitution considers the community and territory as both benefactors and beneficiaries of every intervention. It involves building networks of dialogue and collaboration among social actors, from small artisans or farmers to major entrepreneurs and investors, including civil, academic, and ecclesiastical institutions, so that society as a whole participates in its own development and each contributes in proportion to their strategic, financial, and relational capacities in creating shared value.
Restitution, however, does not have a singular effect; it is built collectively to have a multiplying and catalyzing character for new impacts in terms of opportunities, development, and sustainability.
The generativity of the paradigm lies precisely in the capacity and willingness to transform individual positive interventions into virtuous circuits of social impact that are continuous and systemic, self-sustaining and self-reinforcing over time, becoming scalable and replicable.
The objective is to create lasting and sustainable social value for communities through interventions that align the efforts of all territorial stakeholders, from institutions to civil society, toward the common good and equitable, shared prosperity.
Augurusa Foundation brings together businesses, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individual citizens to build Generative Restitution Models, which take shape in solid and collaborative partnerships with win-win outcomes where the actors involved contribute their resources while benefiting from the social impact generated collectively.
Five criteria guide the application of the paradigm and constitute the guidelines for structuring the Models:
- creation of a collaborative platform
- adaptation to local context and needs
- capacity to sustain and self-reinforce over time
- continuous community development
- multiplying positive impact, generating new impacts
Model, Project, and Local Initiative
We implement our commitment to territories and communities through three levels of intervention
Model
Models are multistakeholder platforms for community engagement and cooperation among partners willing to support the Foundation's mission and contribute to community development. Each model organizes the social fabric of the territories involved around the creation of virtuous cycles of social impact, catalysts for new transformations generated from shared projects.
Project
Projects are structured interventions aimed at generating a specific, determined impact on a national or international scale in response to precise needs. While replicable, projects differ from models in the absence of continuity in action: the focus is on restitution that develops within a defined timeframe.
Local Initiative
Local Initiatives are interventions aimed at a predominantly local impact, carefully designed to respond to the specific needs of defined communities. These initiatives address issues emerging from individual territories by offering services and assistance in co-design with the communities involved.
How do we apply our method?
Five intervention programs
We address the root causes of poverty and inequality by acting on the structural dimensions in which they manifest.
Education
We create professional training and career guidance pathways, protect the right to education and learning, promote Integral Human Development and community development.
Social inclusion
We protect human rights, safeguard minorities, promote active and democratic citizenship processes to reduce geographic and existential peripheries.
Sustainability
We promote the adoption of clean and renewable energy sources, support initiatives in the field of social innovation, promote the management of socio-environmental conflicts and the equitable distribution of resources.
Culture
We protect and enhance cultural heritage, support academic and scientific research, promote cultural accessibility, and encourage artistic expression in all its forms.
Security
We protect the right to health, promote access to sports and safe sports practice among younger generations, regenerate degraded areas, and promote social security.