Antonio Fici
Antonio Fici is a lawyer, associate professor of private law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and scientific director of Terzjus – Observatory of Law of the Third Sector, Philanthropy and Social Enterprise. For more than twentyfive years, his focus has been corporate law, with particular reference to cooperative societies and their consortia, nonprofit entities, third sector entities, and social enterprises, also with regard to the topic of social responsibility and corporate sustainability.
He has authored numerous publications on these topics, both pertaining to Italy and international in nature and has edited various research reports, including on behalf of institutions such as the European Commission and Parliament. He has presented at various conferences, in Italy and abroad, and coordinated international research groups. As a consultant to the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy in 2017, he contributed to the drafting of the third sector reform decrees.
Some of his main and most recent publications include:
- Fici A. (ed.), The Law of Third Sector Organizations in Europe. Foundations, Trends and Prospects, Springer-Giappichelli, Cham, 2023;
- Fici A., Social Enterprise in EU Law and Policies, in Dana Brakman Reiser, Steven A. Dean and Giedre Lideikyte Huber (eds.), Social Enterprise Law. A Multijurisdictional Comparative Review, Intersentia, Cambridge-Antwerp-Chicago, 2023, pp. 651-672
- Fici A., Public benefit status and CMD systems for associations and non-profit organizations in the EU, Study for the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament, European Union, Brussels, 2023
- Il registro unico nazionale del terzo settore. Commento al d.m. 15 settembre 2020, n. 106, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli (2021).
- A statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organizations. Potential benefits in the current situation, Study for the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament, European Union, Brussels (2021).
- Un diritto per il terzo settore. Studi sulla riforma, Editoriale scientifica, Napoli (2020).
- Social Enterprise Laws in Europe after the 2011 “Social Business Initiative”. A Comparative Analysis from the Perspective of Worker and Social Cooperatives, CECOP, Brussels (2020).
