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Milan, Lombardy, Italy

• Meet strict deadlines and budget demands when organizing all ResetDOC events, including Venice Seminars and Summer School, The Casablanca and Carthage Schools as well as several conferences held throughout the year.• Make a significant contribution to the scientific background and research of the events.• Facilitate the moderating of panels and lessons of Reset DOC events.• Liaise with host institutions on all aspects of the seminars, from content recording to ensure that all… Show more • Meet strict deadlines and budget demands when organizing all ResetDOC events, including Venice Seminars and Summer School, The Casablanca and Carthage Schools as well as several conferences held throughout the year.• Make a significant contribution to the scientific background and research of the events.• Facilitate the moderating of panels and lessons of Reset DOC events.• Liaise with host institutions on all aspects of the seminars, from content recording to ensure that all materials for participants and visitors were available.• Conduct interviews with professors and experts on current international affairs concerns, such as Thomas Wright of the Brookings Institute and University of Athens professor, Cengiz Aktar, and Jelani Cobb of the New Yorker.• Help spread the knowledge of current international affairs by having all interviews published on the ResetDOC website.• Create and curate new opportunities and initiatives for ResetDOC by conducting research and writing grant applications.• Edit all English-language content on the ResetDOC website while translating academic papers and articles in English, Italian, and French making sure to maintain context and meaning.• Formulate and edit a monograph on the current divisions in the US politics.• Write and produce content Italian-language podcast on the status and risks to democracy throughout the world, including an episode centered on the threats to American democracy. Show less

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

• Made a significant contribution to the founding team by recruiting and coordinating the professors involved in the school.• Provided remarkable organization of the preparatory meetings, laying the groundwork for the first weeklong workshop’s agenda and curriculum.• Cultivated long-lasting relationships with partners and sponsors to support the School's activities.• Handled all logistical aspects of the weeklong workshop held in Palazzo Butera, Palermo, Italy, with the… Show more • Made a significant contribution to the founding team by recruiting and coordinating the professors involved in the school.• Provided remarkable organization of the preparatory meetings, laying the groundwork for the first weeklong workshop’s agenda and curriculum.• Cultivated long-lasting relationships with partners and sponsors to support the School's activities.• Handled all logistical aspects of the weeklong workshop held in Palazzo Butera, Palermo, Italy, with the participation of, among others, Leoluca Orlando, Mayor of Palermo and a number of professors from a differing range of Italian universities and departments.• Maximized the school's online presence by creating website content and collaborating with a team of professors to define and communicate the school's message and concept. Show less

Roma, Italia

• Reported directly to the GFCM Executive Secretary while working in direct cooperation with senior GFCM staff.• Oversaw and facilitated all aspects of logistics-related matters, including the coordination and organization of numerous meetings of the GFCM, along with the primary statutory meetings of the commission.• Supported the organization of high-level meetings, such as the High-level Conference towards enhanced Cooperation on Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture, which included… Show more • Reported directly to the GFCM Executive Secretary while working in direct cooperation with senior GFCM staff.• Oversaw and facilitated all aspects of logistics-related matters, including the coordination and organization of numerous meetings of the GFCM, along with the primary statutory meetings of the commission.• Supported the organization of high-level meetings, such as the High-level Conference towards enhanced Cooperation on Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture, which included ministerial-level participation of Black Sea riparian States.• Served as a pivotal role in strengthening and building relations with delegates, partners and affiliates to the GFCM.• Tasked with researching the feasibility of launching a UN wide International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, researching feasibility and procedure of enacting such a proposal. The International Day was well received at the 40th FAO Conference in July 2017 and was submitted to the UN General Assembly in December 2017, which proclaimed June 5th as the International Day for the Fight Against IUU Fishing. Show less

Coordinating a conference to be held in November/December on the future of Italy's energy strategy. I am furthermore working on how better to develop the group's website in order to make it more user-friendly, informative and interactive.

• Reported directly to Senior Executive Officer to the Director General for Culture and Director Western Europe and the MENA region. • Support to meetings including UNESCO’s 36th General Conference’s Culture Committee and to the organisation for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. • Assisted Culture Programme Officer on country reports on implementing the 1970 Convention for the Prevention of Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property as well as the initiative to… Show more • Reported directly to Senior Executive Officer to the Director General for Culture and Director Western Europe and the MENA region. • Support to meetings including UNESCO’s 36th General Conference’s Culture Committee and to the organisation for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. • Assisted Culture Programme Officer on country reports on implementing the 1970 Convention for the Prevention of Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property as well as the initiative to improve UNESCO’s image in the United States following the admission to membership of Palestine. • Liaison on the first International Jazz Day hosted in Paris in May 2012 at UNESCO headquarters. Involved in every aspect of organisation from fund raising to engagement with senior diplomats, to active support on the day to the 110 artists that participated. Show less

• Supported research activity on environmental programs including land grab, deforestation and sustainable procurement. • Assisted in the organisation of conferences organised by Chatham House on REDD and other deforestation and degradation issues.

• Human Resources, Protocol office, preparing certificates for employees in English, French and Italian. • Administrative support liaison for issuance UN laisser-passers ad identity cards with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. • Achieved basic and advanced certificates for security in the field by the UN.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Environment, Sustainable Development And Risk

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Studies

Activities and Societies: Varsity Fencing