Annual Report 2018 Annual Report 2018 Introduction 074 190 004-013 Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Sustainable Gulbenkian 090 192 006 Gulbenkian Music Quality Message from the President 106 194 008 Portuguese Language and Culture Digital Transformation The Foundation and the Founder Social Development 010 — and Sustainability Activities Internal Organisation 118 -165 Financial Statements 012 198-293 120 2018 in numbers Active Citizens 200 Management Report — 126 Social Cohesion and Integration 284 Activities Audit Committee 014-027 138 Armenian Communities 292 016 Report and Opinion of the Board of Trustees 144 Statutory Auditor Contents Partnerships for Development Scientific and Knowledge Activities 158 — 028-057 Sustainability 296 030 Partnerships Gulbenkian Scholarships Delegations 166-181 298 038 Board of Trustees and Respective Committees Knowledge 168 Delegation in France 300 046 Heads of Departments, Programmes 176 Forum Gulbenkian and Initiatives United Kingdom Branch 050 302 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Human Resources Useful Information 182-185 Artistic and Cultural Activities 058 -117 Management Activities 186-197 060 Educational Activities – Descobrir 188 Compliance 066 Art Library and Archives 2 / Annual Report 2018 INTRODUCTION 4 / Annual Report 2018 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / 5 © FCG / Ricardo Oliveira Alves MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The aim of the 2018 Annual Report of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is to showcase the activities We have begun restructuring the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, regarding both resources management carried out throughout the year in its main areas of operation. and scientific strategy. 2018 was the year in which the Foundation began to put its strategy for 2018-2022 into practice, pro- We launched the Gulbenkian Mais Scholarships, guided by social equity criteria, and the New Talents viding its first fruits. The new Gulbenkian Cohesion and Social Integration, Gulbenkian Knowledge and Scholarships, targeted at future research areas. Responding to a new concern, we also created the Jour- Gulbenkian Sustainability Programmes, which correspond to the Foundation’s three strategic priorities, nalistic Research Scholarships which seek to contribute to independent and quality journalistic research. are fully operational and are intended to function in an innovative and transversal manner, emphasising an The Gulbenkian Forum was also inititiated, as a space for thought and prospective analysis of the main increasingly participative and collaborative contribution, focused on results and effective impact. challenges facing Portugal, Europe and the World, thus enabling the Foundation to reflect and take action, The new Active Citizens Programme, managed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in partnership as part of a network of individuals and institutions, at the level of public policies on the fundamental with the Bissaya Barreto Foundation and funded by EEA Grants, was launched for the 2018-2024 period to themes of the future. support civil society, strengthen active citizenship and empower vulnerable groups. I would also like to highlight the work carried out by the Support Fund for the Populations Affected by the With regard to the Museum and Music, we have launched the project Gulbenkian Itinerant, which has 2017 Fires, which we manage on behalf of the different donors, and the strengthening of our participation been developed since the days of the Itinerant Libraries. This project aims at consolidating and deepening in a vast and diverse set of international networks and partnerships. our mission to get closer to territories and population, thus taking the Foundation out and about, in Por- The projects and initiatives highlighted here are the most innovative and distinctive projects that the tugal and abroad. Foundation has implemented in the past year. In the hope of provoking an ever-greater interest in the At the same time, we have initiated a new experience, which we have called Gulbenkian Invites, opening Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, I invite all of you to visit us, meet us and accompany us in fulfilling our up the Foundation’s venues to initiatives by artists and curators from abroad, to rehearse and propose mission, focused on preparing the citizens of the future. different and innovative work that challenges our understanding of the world and contributes to the development of different personal and social contexts. We have strengthened our commitment to the civic role of the Arts, both through initiatives developed by the Gulbenkian Cohesion and Social Integration Programme, within the framework of PARTIS - Artistic Practices for Social Inclusion, and through a dialogue between different civilisations and cultures, included Isabel Mota in the programming and the educational activities of the Museum, Music and the United Kingdom Branch. President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 6 / Annual Report 2018 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / 7 Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was born on 23 March 1869, in Üsküdar, Istanbul, in The Foundation present-day Turkey, in the midst of a wealthy family of Armenian merchants. Having stud- and the Founder ied at Marseille, he majored in engineering in 1887 at King’s College in London, after which he devoted himself to the emerging petrole- um production and trading industry, where Facade of the Headquarters Building. © FCG / Ricardo Oliveira Alves he made an extraordinary fortune. Living between London and Paris, he con- The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, created tinued to work on the financing and explora- by testamentary disposition of Calouste Sarkis tion of oil wells, and he helped to build and Gulbenkian, is a Portuguese institution of private law develop the industry, especially in the Middle and general public utility, whose statutory purposes, East. He came to Lisbon in April 1942, flee- approved by the Portuguese State on 18 July 1956, are ing the war that had once again broken out in charity, art, education and science. Europe. During the 13 years he lived here, he It is one of the most important European foundations, continued to develop his exceptional facets as both for the resources it owns and manages, and for the an art collector and philanthropist. transformative impact it has on society, developing its He died in Lisbon, on 20 July 1955, having work in Portugal and throughout the world, through expressed in his will the wish to create a foun- direct and distributive activities, perfectly articulated dation under his name, which would be ded- by a common vision and mission: to contribute to the icated to charity, art, education and science development of a more just, inclusive and sustainable in Portugal and throughout the world. Head- society in which citizens live and participate, freely and quartered in Lisbon, the foundation would consciously, with equal opportunities. house his impressive collection of art, at that Headquartered in Lisbon, the Foundation has a Mu- time dispersed across several countries. seum, which houses the Founder’s private collection and a collection of modern and contemporary art; an Orchestra and a Choir; an Art Library and Archives; a significant number of auditoriums, concert halls and congress halls; one Delegation in the United Kingdom and another in France; a Scientific Research Institute; and a Garden, a unique space in the city of Lisbon in which educational, cultural and artistic activities also take place. In conjunction with these cultural activities, the Foundation also fulfils its mission through innovative Programmes, which not only create and develop pilot projects, but also support, through scholarships and grants, different institutions and social organisations, focused on the three priority areas which have been defined for the 2018-2022 period - cohesion and social integration, sustainability, and knowledge - which are reflected across the whole of its intervention strategy. Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian at age 30. © DR 8 / Annual Report 2018 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / 9 Internal BOARD OF TRUSTEES Organisation Audit Committee Remuneration Committee STATUTORY AUDITOR Investment Committee Secretary-General Office of the President Secretary of the Board Scientific Artistic Social Delegations Management and Knowledge and Cultural Development Activities Activities and Sustainability Delegation Central Activities in France Services Gulbenkian Art Library Scholarships and Archives Armenian United Kingdom Communication Communities Branch Forum Gulbenkian Finance Gulbenkian Music Gulbenkian and Investment Social Cohesion Legal Instituto Calouste and Integration Department Gulbenkian Gulbenkian Programme de Ciência Museum Marketing, Gulbenkian Systems and Digital Gulbenkian Gulbenkian Partnerships Transformation Knowledge Culture for Development Programme Programme* Programme Budget Planning and Control Gulbenkian Sustainability Human Programme Resources Active Citizens Programme * The Gulbenkian Culture Programme has replaced the Gulbenkian Portuguese Language and Culture Programme as of 31 January 2019. June 2019 10 / Annual Report 2018 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / 11 Social Development and Sustainability Activities 2018 €16 MILLION in numbers* Scientific and 441 1,230 Knowledge Activities SUBSIDIES SCHOLARSHIPS €20 MILLION 7 PRIZES 189 21,544 CONFERENCES ATTENDEES Artistic and AND MEETINGS Cultural Activities €29 MILLION 49 36,689 PUBLICATIONS HARD COPIES 24 485,637 EXHIBITIONS MUSEUM AND TEMPORARY EXHIBITION VISITS 21 801 TRAINING BENEFICIARIES 215 195,605 COURSES