The Giacomo Brodolini Foundation was established in April 1971 in order to carry on the social and cultural work started up by the Italian ex-minister of Labour, Giacomo Brodolini, who was responsible for the Workers' Statute.

The Giacomo Brodolini Foundation is engaged in carrying out research activity and cultural promotion by adopting a precise scientific method and an interdisciplinary approach meant to foster the dialogue and the continuous exchange between the social forces involved.

The activities of the Foundation are focused on several issues related to:

• economy, sociology and labour law;
• formative policies;
• equal opportunities;
• local development;
• industrial relations;
• history;
• urban policies.

Research activities are carried out individually and in collaboration with public and private bodies, both national and international, such as the European Commission, Ministries, local authorities, entrepreneurial organizations, cultural and research Institutes - Cnr, Cnel, Isfol, and Formez. The Brodolini Foundation promotes and organizes seminars, conferences and debates. It edits various publications meant to allow the circulation of the ideas elaborated and of the results obtained throughout its studies, but also to animate the possibility of confrontation and exchange of experiences and investigations.