Guido Venosta and the AIRC – The winning idea: spreading the AIRC nationwide (the Regional Committees)
In conceiving the grand design of the Association, my grandfather Guido had the winning idea: that of spreading the activity and interest in the Association at a national level, focusing on regional representatives with local mentality, customs and sensibilities, but also precise and fast contact with headquarters.
Guido Venosta and the AIRC – The “Vault” of AIRC: the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC)
In 1982, my grandfather Guido Venosta, President of AIRC, promoted the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC) alongside the Association, an organisation that was destined to ensure a solid foundation for cancer research over time.
Guido Venosta and the AIRC – Major Initiatives: the ‘Biennial Prize for New Therapeutic Approaches to Neoplasms
In 1996, FIRC, the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research, established a biennial prize for researchers who have translated the achievements of scientific knowledge into tools for therapeutic intervention. After his death in 1998, the prize was named after my grandfather Guido Venosta.
Guido Venosta and the AIRC – Le Grandi Iniziative: the establishment of a Chair in Medical Oncology at the University of Milan, 1996
In 1996, FIRC - the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research, chaired by my grandfather Guido, allowed the University of Milan to establish the Chair of Medical Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, a teaching that until then was only at the level of individual specialisations.
Guido Venosta and the AIRC – Major Initiatives: FIRC Research Units
FIRC Research Units, the first initiative of their kind in Italy, are scientific units established, controlled and financed directly by the Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC) at the country's major research facilities.
Guido Venosta and AIRC – Awards and recognitions received
His commitment and achievements earned my grandfather Guido awards and recognitions, including the appointment as Grand Officer of the Italian Republic (1988), the Gold Medal of Civic Merit ('Ambrogino d'Oro') of the Municipality of Milan (1989), and the Gold Medal of the Ministry of Health for civil merits (1990).
Guido Venosta and the AIRC – the ‘yellow booklet’, or how to make solidarity work (1997)
In 1997, my grandfather Guido Venosta published a booklet for Scheiwiller, small in format and pages but large in content, in which he explained his history with cancer and AIRC and set out the concepts and hopes that animated his actions.
Guido Venosta and AIRC – the ‘Venosta method’ taught at university
My grandfather Guido Venosta's brilliant and precocious intuition, still valid today, was to have been able to identify the need to transfer efficient practices from the world of production to the world of solidarity, and to show how it could be done. A true method, which also inspired specific university teachings.
Giuseppe Caprotti – FGV, the new commitment
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guido Venosta Foundation finances the purchase of equipment (e.g. masks) or specialised machinery, and projects such as scientific research on vaccines, the setting up of intensive care units in hospitals, and the 'Solidarity Taxi' in Milan.
Giuseppe Caprotti – FGV and Covid: the ‘Taxi Solidale’ project
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the FGV finances the 'Solidarity Taxi' for the free transport of elderly people and citizens with severe difficulties in general, who can thus leave their homes for various essential activities.
