Validated Expert info
Expert can perform the Lead expert role and Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:
1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities
2. Thematic expertise:
[Strategic urban planning, Equality-Diversity-Inclusion]
3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
> Sustaining stakeholder engagement and translating strategies into actions
Summary
I have more than 25 years of professional experience in Italy and the UK on urban regeneration and development projects, in major consulting firms, as freelance and public manager. My approach is focused on strategic integrated urban planning, with a view to sustainable local economic development, social inclusion and innovation, cultural development. I am a skilled programme manager, communicator and facilitator. I enjoy supporting challenging projects that require effective exchange, learning e innovative cooperation between different stakeholders, locally and internationally.
I was the Director of Associazione Torino Internazionale. I developed two major strategic plans: one for the metropolitan area of Turin and one for the peri-urban area of Eporediese, in Piedmont. I designed, facilitated and implemented the whole process of involving hundreds of local stakeholders and experts through many commissions and working groups.
I was Director of Development of the Urban Regeneration Plan at the City of Milan. I sistematically involved several City Departments, neighbourhood authorities, public institutions, community organisations, foundations and private companies. I designed the Urbact CITIES4CSR project and set up the professional start up Valore Urbano Condiviso, aimed at growing the active role of companies and anchor institutions in community projects.
I am very active in Torino Città per le Donne, NGO dedicated to promoting gender equality at the local level. I have led the production of a research paper on international strategies in this field. I currently coordinate the networking collaboration of approximately 70 community-based organisations.
Recently, I was senior researcher for an Italian government major study on Spazi di Comunità, the new hybrid community hubs up in unused buildings, that are spreading across Europe.
I am currently also part time Head of Business Development at Kalatà, a company dedicated to the promotion of cultural heritage through innovative visits.
I am an architect and urban planner by training, with a degree from the Politecnico of Turin. I have integrated my design and placemaking skills with economic, financial, and public policy expertise through an MSc at the London School of Economics and various professional assignments on social and technological innovation, real estate development, tourism, and retail.
I look forward to supporting Urbact change-makers across the EU, by applying the innovative Urbact method. Please feel free to get in touch!