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In recent days the EAFIT University based in Medellín, Colombia; organized the International Seminar on Business Foundations, a project that began almost a year ago when Jenny Tamayo, Consultant and Professor at that university, proposed holding said meeting. The proposal was echoed and professors Luis Fernando Rendón, Director of Continuing Education, and Raúl Galvis Aragón, his collaborator, consolidated this activity. The Seminar was given by Emilio Guerra Díaz, current Director of the Mexico Global Compact Network, who has also written the column “Business Foundations” in Expok News for more than 8 years, has directed foundations, has advised the creation of 6 organizations of this nature and participated in the advisory board of one of the most relevant investigations on business foundations carried out by the Center for Research and Studies of Civil Society headed by Jacqueline Butcher García Colín. During the work of the seminar, attendees were able to exchange experiences from both Colombia and Mexico regarding the work of business foundations, countries that, in addition to sharing a similar culture and worldview, also have a very similar tax system that limits and controls the work of these organizations. The Seminar addressed the way in which the foundation is integrated into the company, how it relates to the areas of social capital or human resources, the corporate volunteer program and the area of Social Responsibility. The administration of assets and the nature of social investment were discussed since the resources are different because while a Foundation is most often constituted as a civil association, the company is a public limited company. The work between both legal figures is very interesting. At the request of two of its Inexmoda representatives who participated in the seminar, Carlos and Jorge, the role that the Board of Directors plays in a business foundation was also addressed, how its members are recruited and what responsibilities they assume.
This passage was very useful for them, but Phone Number List it undoubtedly enriched the seminar program. Perhaps the topic that most caught the attention of the participants was the impact evaluation of the programs in which a foundation invests. In the seminar it was shared that there is a natural tendency to confuse the results with the impacts and effects of the projects. That is, the report most of the time pays attention to the results, evaluating management aspects such as: coverage, cost/benefit, activities carried out, calendar, controls, administration, use of resources, etc. In general, Guerra Díaz pointed out, these are data that constitute the final report. Only attention is paid to the final stage of the project. From another perspective, and from another methodological perspective, the impacts and effects have to do with the transformations achieved in all participants, which includes the foundation and company itself as financiers, the community, the beneficiaries, the technical staff, etc. Therefore, and according to the “self accountability” school2, the impacts and effects are seen from the beginning of the project and its final results also have to do with the promotion of the creation of a culture of donation. The organizers of this seminar want this to be the beginning of an exchange program between the EAFIT University and the ORT University where Guerra Díaz concludes his master's degree in Administration and Social Entrepreneurship. Here are some reflections from the participants: “Managing a Business Foundation requires not only the talent of a good manager but also the passion of someone who takes on social management as a vocation. This was evident in the International Seminar on Administration of Business Foundations held by the EAFIT University and facilitated by the Mexican Emilio Guerra, who spared no efforts or resources to transfer to his students all the knowledge and experience he has acquired in his years of work in organizations related to Philanthropy, Social Responsibility and Corporate Volunteering.
Topics related to the Boards of Directors, resource management, project valuation, social investment, performance evaluation, social indicators, were addressed by Mr. Guerra for 16 hours, in which we were able to build significant learning through of theory and practice, learning that will undoubtedly allow us to do a better job in the business foundations with which we work. The seed remained to encourage corporate volunteering in the region, to unite many wills around the problems that our communities face, because only with the help of everyone will we achieve a more equitable, just and peaceful country.” Jenny Tamayo, CSR consultant and Professor at EAFIT University. “The seminar was extremely useful for our vision, as a non-profit entity, of how to implement best practices for both measuring the impact of CSR and Corporate Governance. “We are very satisfied and have expectations of continuing to deepen this path of taking the third sector to higher levels of productivity and social impact.” Jorge Andrés Urreta, Inexmoda Colombia. “I think the course was very useful for undertaking future projects. Likewise, to build the social perspective that a company needs. It aroused my interest in how to invite people to be part of the foundation, as well as the foundation's duty to develop trust with volunteers and contributors. It is a fundamental task but one that also requires a lot of care and ideas to reach people. I would definitely take another course with Emilio and especially on business foundations, as it is a project that will have a fundamental role in society in the future.” Ana María Bernal Gaviria, student of Political Science at EAFIT University. From the Board of Directors The Chairman of the Board of Directors expressed that the HSBC Bank could soon be involved in a discrimination scandal since it denied the possibility of the civil association that supports Marichuy's candidacy as an independent candidate for the presidency in the next elections. Although the financial institution could excuse itself by arguing that it proceeded with “due diligence,” it is not the first time that civil society organizations have expressed that there has been a cancellation or blocking of accounts of non-profit associations.
This passage was very useful for them, but Phone Number List it undoubtedly enriched the seminar program. Perhaps the topic that most caught the attention of the participants was the impact evaluation of the programs in which a foundation invests. In the seminar it was shared that there is a natural tendency to confuse the results with the impacts and effects of the projects. That is, the report most of the time pays attention to the results, evaluating management aspects such as: coverage, cost/benefit, activities carried out, calendar, controls, administration, use of resources, etc. In general, Guerra Díaz pointed out, these are data that constitute the final report. Only attention is paid to the final stage of the project. From another perspective, and from another methodological perspective, the impacts and effects have to do with the transformations achieved in all participants, which includes the foundation and company itself as financiers, the community, the beneficiaries, the technical staff, etc. Therefore, and according to the “self accountability” school2, the impacts and effects are seen from the beginning of the project and its final results also have to do with the promotion of the creation of a culture of donation. The organizers of this seminar want this to be the beginning of an exchange program between the EAFIT University and the ORT University where Guerra Díaz concludes his master's degree in Administration and Social Entrepreneurship. Here are some reflections from the participants: “Managing a Business Foundation requires not only the talent of a good manager but also the passion of someone who takes on social management as a vocation. This was evident in the International Seminar on Administration of Business Foundations held by the EAFIT University and facilitated by the Mexican Emilio Guerra, who spared no efforts or resources to transfer to his students all the knowledge and experience he has acquired in his years of work in organizations related to Philanthropy, Social Responsibility and Corporate Volunteering.
Topics related to the Boards of Directors, resource management, project valuation, social investment, performance evaluation, social indicators, were addressed by Mr. Guerra for 16 hours, in which we were able to build significant learning through of theory and practice, learning that will undoubtedly allow us to do a better job in the business foundations with which we work. The seed remained to encourage corporate volunteering in the region, to unite many wills around the problems that our communities face, because only with the help of everyone will we achieve a more equitable, just and peaceful country.” Jenny Tamayo, CSR consultant and Professor at EAFIT University. “The seminar was extremely useful for our vision, as a non-profit entity, of how to implement best practices for both measuring the impact of CSR and Corporate Governance. “We are very satisfied and have expectations of continuing to deepen this path of taking the third sector to higher levels of productivity and social impact.” Jorge Andrés Urreta, Inexmoda Colombia. “I think the course was very useful for undertaking future projects. Likewise, to build the social perspective that a company needs. It aroused my interest in how to invite people to be part of the foundation, as well as the foundation's duty to develop trust with volunteers and contributors. It is a fundamental task but one that also requires a lot of care and ideas to reach people. I would definitely take another course with Emilio and especially on business foundations, as it is a project that will have a fundamental role in society in the future.” Ana María Bernal Gaviria, student of Political Science at EAFIT University. From the Board of Directors The Chairman of the Board of Directors expressed that the HSBC Bank could soon be involved in a discrimination scandal since it denied the possibility of the civil association that supports Marichuy's candidacy as an independent candidate for the presidency in the next elections. Although the financial institution could excuse itself by arguing that it proceeded with “due diligence,” it is not the first time that civil society organizations have expressed that there has been a cancellation or blocking of accounts of non-profit associations.