We should reconsider our economic and social paradigms,
we are starting to see new formulas, new models,
there is a new social finance,
which can meet such needs.
There exist very interesting public administration experiments
that guarantee private investors,
who provide services through non-profit organizations,
NGOs, or social enterprises.
Then we have positive economy, based on rational altruism,
which tends towards the interests of future generations,
it should allow us not to be slaves of the short term,
being able to invest in the interests of future generations,
being them states or local administrations,
enterprises, territories,
everything in the interest of future generations.
For years, we've lived thinking about conquest,
conquering countries, economic conquest,
success,
conquest of power.
I think that nowadays our world needs care.
Most of this migration is an economic migration,
it's not due to wars,
it's due to the lack of quality of life and development.
In order to address this kind of migration,
I think we should invest in those countries,
creating human and social capital.
This is what I tried to do in Milan Catholic University,
together with a group of entrepreneurs,
we created a foundation called E4impact,
which stands for Entrepreneurship for Impact.
Strangely enough,
Italy is not among the main investors in Africa,
and Africa is growing at a rate of 5% or more,
there would be many opportunities for our enterprises,
but also the difficulties of working in such a big continent,
with many differences between one country and the other.
Having an access point like E4impact,
with its project First-step Africa,
which helps companies enter the market
by training managers on site,
it is definitely an advantage for our entrepreneurial system.
San Patrignano is a community for life,
a place where everyone finds understanding,
care and attention to their frailties.
Its success depends on the fact that it's free, first of all,
they know that it is for their own good,
there's no economic interest behind.
The second key point is the duration,
San Patrignano is a long-term community,
from 3 to 4 years.
Unfortunately the failures of short-term communities...
...are evident.
And the last point is that each boy is guided by another,
there's a mentor for each one,
who is not a psychologist or a psychiatrist, a doctor,
they are young men who have already gone through that path,
they understand the difficulties of the newcomer.