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Confidential councelor and CUG

Scope: Listening and counseling
Recipients: Students, Graduates, Staff
Access methods: Helpdesk

The Confidential councelor is an impartial figure to whom all those working within the University may turn to report any incidents of discrimination, sexual or psychological harassment, or cases of workplace bullying.
She is also responsible for seeking conciliatory solutions, including through preventive measures.
In carrying out her duties, the Confidential Adviser is required to ensure the utmost confidentiality of the information received.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union begins in Article 1 with the statement that ‘human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected’.
The protection of human dignity is even given priority over the ‘protection of the right to life for every individual’ enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty, demonstrating the exceptional significance and importance of this value.

The Student Representative, alongside the effective work of the Single Guarantee Committee (CUG), aims to reconcile the organisation’s productivity with the well-being of students.
It also aims to help ensure a peaceful environment for study and university life.

The appointed Confidential Councelor is Anna Danesi, a lawyer.

She is an impartial figure whom all those who work within the University may turn to, in order to report  any discrimination, sexual harassment or mobbing episode. They are also expected to find conciliatory solutions, with prevention techniques. 
In carrying out their function, the Confidential Counselor should guarantee the utmost confidentiality of the information thus acquired.

Who can contact the Councelor?

To everyone working at the University: lecturers, technical and administrative staff, PhD students, undergraduates and postgraduate students.

How to

Given the sensitive nature of the issues involved, the Councillor receives members as follows:

Office Hours Schedule

For the period September–November 2026, office hours will be held as follows.

  • In person in Como at the Chiostro di Sant’Abbondio, Via Regina Teodolinda 37 – Room:

September 2026: Thursday 24
October 2026: Tuesday 6
November 2026: Tuesday 10

  • In person at the Varese Collegio Carlo Cattaneo campus, Via Dunant 7 – Counselling Room:

September 2026: Tuesday 8
October 2026: Wednesday 14
November 2026: Friday 6

  • Online:

September 2026: Friday 18; Monday 28
October 2026: Monday 19; Thursday 29
November 2026: Tuesday 17; Friday 27
 

The guarantee committee

The Committee for Equal Opportunities (CUG – Comitato Unico di Garanzia, in Italian) aims to ensure, in the context of public office, gender equality and equal opportunities by reinforcing workers’ protection and guaranteeing the absence of any form of moral or psychological violence and discrimination, be it direct or indirect, as regards gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, religion and language. 

This Committee:

  • promotes suitable measures and actions to guarantee equal opportunities, also in collaboration with other entities and subjects
  • as verification, advisory and propositional tasks, in order to promote the implementation of working conditions which are characterized by organizational welfare
  • has law enforcement tasks as regards any form of discrimination and moral, physical or psychological violence
  • should promote the dissemination of an equal opportunity culture, also through the promotion of gender studies (article no. 2, paragraph 1. of the regulations). 

The Committee for Equal Opportunities is a joint committee, composed by a designated member from each of the most represented labor unions in the University and by an equal number of representatives of the administration, in order to ensure the overall presence of both genders. It has a four-year mandate. 

Current members – 2022–2026 term

Prof. Barbara Pozzo, academic staff – Chair
Dr Silvia Gazzola, academic staff – Representing the University
Dr Elisa Paola Trovò, technical and administrative staff – Representing the University
Dr Anna Rita Grilli, technical and administrative staff – representing the University
Dr Maristella Mastore, technical and administrative staff – representing FLC CGIL
Dr Fabrizio Bolognese, technical and administrative staff – representing FGU GILDA UNAMS
Dr Concetta Caliendo, technical and administrative staff – Representing UIL Scuola RUA
Ms Roberta Mazzucchi, technical and administrative staff – Representing CISL University Federation

Alternate members – 2022–2026 term

Mr Giuseppe Caramazza, technical and administrative staff – Representing FLC CGIL
Dr Fabrizio Taffuri, technical and administrative staff – Representing CISL University Federation

Contact details: cug.insubria@uninsubria.it