Confidential Counsellor
Who is the Confidential Counsellor?
The Confidential Counsellor has been appointed by the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca to provide advice and assistance to those in the academic community (students, researchers, professors) and to technical-administrative staff who have experienced discrimination, harassment and/or mobbing.
The role of Confidential Counsellor was established by European Commission Recommendation 92/131/EEC of 27 November 1991 on the protection of the Dignity of Women and Men at Work and by European Parliament Resolution A3-0043/94.
The figure, as required by the Confidential Counsellor founding Regulation to prevent and counter discrimination and harassment in work and study places, cooperates and relates to the School Central Guarantee Committee about the results of its activity.
The role of Confidential Counsellor was established by European Commission Recommendation 92/131/EEC of 27 November 1991 on the protection of the Dignity of Women and Men at Work and by European Parliament Resolution A3-0043/94.
The figure, as required by the Confidential Counsellor founding Regulation to prevent and counter discrimination and harassment in work and study places, cooperates and relates to the School Central Guarantee Committee about the results of its activity.
Dt. Francesca Pidone is the Confidential Counsellor of IMT School since march 2022 (for 4 years).
For more information, please refer to the Confidential Counsellor founding Regulation to prevent and counter discrimination and harassment in work and study places.
The Confidential Counsellor has the following main tasks:
- To provide assistance and listening, in the guarantee of complete anonymity, to those who have experienced harassment, discrimination and/or mobbing occurring in the IMT School's places of study or work. At the request of the person concerned, the Confidencial Counsellor shall inform the later about the different options available to deal with the event and, in case, shall discuss the possible solutions to the specific case;
- To monitor any situations of risk when reported and, in the guarantee of complete anonymity, to carry out activities to identify the extent and nature of the phenomenon in individual cases.
The Confidential Counsellor can be reached:
- by email at: consiglieradifiducia@imtlucca.it;
- by phone at: +39 0583 4326581 - on Monday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and on Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.;
- at the School in Piazza San Ponziano no. 6.
Moreover, the Confidential Counsellor is available by appointment at the office or remotely, to be scheduled by email or phone.
- Discrimination: any behaviour intended to discriminate against a person on the grounds of sex, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, personal and political beliefs, disability, age and any other factors.
- Moral or psychological harassment: any unwanted behaviour that creates a hostile, humiliating, degrading and/or offensive environment that threatens a person’s psychological and/or physical integrity.
- Sexual harassment: any unwanted behaviour or conduct of a sexual nature, degrading attitude and verbal and/or physical conduct aimed at affecting a person’s sexuality and dignity.
- Mobbing: a series of actions or behaviours that are systematic and repeated over time, with disparaging and vexatious overtones that can undermine a person’s professionalism and dignity in the workplace or study environment.