Mission
Since its creation, Fundación Telefónica has worked to help improve the future of the areas in which Telefónica Group operates and aid the social development of these areas by means of quality education, using its technological strength and capacity, its territorial presence and its extensive base of employees.
Goals
- Favoring the development of infant, primary and secondary education by application and educational use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
- Contributing to eliminating child labour in various countries of Latin America, aiding their social inclusion by enrolment in quality schools of the children and teenagers in this situation.
- Promoting the social involvement of employees of Telefónica Group by their participation in volunteering actions in favour of society.
- Facilitating the access and inclusion in the information society for as many persons as possible, particularly those who are at risk of being left out of these processes.
- Managing, promoting and communicating the Artistic, Cultural and Historical-Technological heritage of the Telefónica Group. The Foundation also works to promote and communicate contemporary art and the artistic applications of Information and Communication Technologies.
Work methodology
- Fundación Telefónica is constantly striving to promote dialogue and communication with public administrations and social institutions, to continually adapt the activities it performs and thereby provide an effective response to the actual needs of society.
- Within this framework, the commitment of the Foundation is centered on developing projects and initiatives of general interest that are close to people and at the same time reach all areas of all countries in which they are carried out, gaining a strong foothold in them.
- These projects and initiatives, well-defined and specific, are carried out either independently or in collaboration with educational, social and cultural non-profit organisations in each country. These organisations are well-known and have proven ability to carry out these initiatives.
- Special attention is given to quality in all management processes.
- The programs of the Foundation interact with each other in search for synergies and a common goal in the areas in which they act, increasing their social visibility and the possibility of carrying out large multi-disciplinary projects with extensive social impact. The object of this is to generate an impact that contributes to the social well-being and tangible improvement in the quality of life of the persons to whom they are addressed.
In this sense, it should be noted that many of the actions carried out by the Foundation enjoy a substantial voluntary collaboration by the employees of Telefónica Group. One of the objectives is to obtain greater commitment from employees by promoting their active participation in volunteering actions.