It is the most representative award in Lombardy and will be awarded next Wednesday, 29 May 2024, during a ceremony scheduled for 5pm at Palazzo Pirelli. It is the Rosa Camuna Award which, together with the special mentions and the “special prizes” of the president of the regional council, celebrates the social commitment of the Lombards every year. The awards ceremony will be held on the occasion of the Lombardy Festival, established to celebrate the Battle of Legnano fought on 29 May 1176 against Barbarossa’s imperial troops.
Rosa Camuna Award 2024
For the current year the Regional Council has awarded five Rosa Camuna prizes and some special mentions out of 170 nominations received: the provinces with the highest number of nominations were Milan (74 candidates), Brescia (27 candidates), Varese ( 14 candidates) and Bergamo (12 candidates), Lodi bringing up the rear with only 2 candidates. Five prizes went to Milan and its province (1 Rosa Camuna and 5 special mentions), three prizes to the area of Brescia (2 Rosa Camuna and 1 special mention), two prizes to Varese (1 Rosa Camuna and 1 special mention), two prizes in Monza and Brianza (1 Rosa Camuna and 1 special mention) and two awards in Bergamo (two special mentions).
Personalities, associations and entities involved in the social, health, cultural, sporting and economic fields were awarded.
“In the symbol of the Camunian Rose we find the truest and deepest roots of the Lombard community, which identifies itself around the values of know-how, concrete action and solidarity: these have always been the distinctive characteristics of the Lombards – underlines the Prime Minister regional – Lombardy can and must continue to look to the future with confidence and optimism, aware that our social fabric is healthy and vital, as this year’s winners also demonstrate, the true strength of Lombardy is its citizens, a they deserve the applause and thanks of our institution for what they do every day”.
The winners
The Jury Commission awarded the Rosa Camuna Prize to:
- Giuseppe Marotta, sports manager, born in Varese, CEO of Inter and Councilor of the National Professional League of Serie A, in the Hall of Fame of Italian football for ten years;
- Giuseppe Romele, paralympic athlete from Pisogne (BS) and world champion in Nordic skiing, in 2023 first place at the world championships in Ostersund in Sweden in the sitting specialty in both the medium and long distance competitions;
- Omar Pedrini, singer-songwriter and guitarist from Brescia, former leader of Timoria;
- ADMO (Bone Marrow Donors Association) of Milan, which today boasts over 400 thousand potential donors and has been able to offer hope and the possibility of recovery to over 4 thousand patients with leukemia, myelodysplasia and thalassemia over the last 20 years;
- to the Guide Dog Service of the Lions, born in 1959 to train and deliver guide dogs free of charge to blind people throughout Italy and whose training center in Limbiate (MB) is a model and point of reference internationally.
Special mentions
Some special mentions were therefore proposed and attributed to:
- Giovanni Para, President of the “Solidarity Courtyards” tenants committee of the public housing in via Palmanova, established in 2012 to provide assistance to lonely elderly people, disabled people and fragile people;
- “Handmade inn” of Milan founded in 2013 in the heart of Sempione Park to promote training opportunities aimed at young people with Down syndrome;
- Martinengo social cooperative which has been operating in the Corvetto district of Milan since 1985 to support families, elderly people, minors and people with disabilities;
- Salvatore Lentini, Bergamo school director born in Lovere and promoter of new inclusive models of teaching and learning, awarded at the Campidoglio and promoter of various international educational projects;
- Philosophers Foundation “Lungo l’Oglio” directed by Francesca Nodari based in Villachiara (BS), promoter and ambassador of local culture;
- Camillo de Milato, retired army general resident in Bagnatica (BG), founder of the Mariuccia nursery school and known for his cultural and social commitment;
- Gabriella Scaduto, psychologist and psychotherapist from Milan, president of the ReDiPsi Association for human rights;
- Claudio Fociani, master restorer from Briosco (MB), responsible for the restoration of Vinci’s Last Supper, but who also worked on the restorations of the Certosa di Pavia, the Cathedral of Monza, the Milanese Basilica of Sant’Ambrogio and the Pinacoteca di Brera;
- “Leo’s world”, cross-media Varese project promoted by Emanuela Cavazzini and Eleonora Vittoni in collaboration with the professor Paolo Moderato to facilitate learning in autistic children.
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