iNEST Interconnected North-East Innovation Ecosystem | Tourism, Culture and Creative industries | Spoke 6Project financed by the PNRR and shared between universities in the North-East to build a tourism ecosystem based on the convergence of culture, creativity and digital technologies.

Meraki S.r.l. Consulting company specialising in programming, evaluation, monitoring and management of complex projects in the field of European policies and programmes. Tourism/cultural sector. Managing partner and working group coordinator. Areas of specialisation: - Policies, programmes and projects for the Cultural and Creative sector - Policies programmes and projects for the tourism industry - Local development - Business and social innovation

Participatory processes and idea generation for potential international and transnational cooperation projects in the fields of culture, tourism. Programmes: Interreg Central Europe, MED Programme, Italy Croatia Programme, Italy Austria Programme, Alpine Space Programme, Creative Europe ProgrammeParticipatory processes and ideas generation for potential international and transnational cooperation projects in the fileds of cultural, tourism sectors.Working on: Interreg Central Europre, MED Programme, Italy Croatia Programme, Italy Austria Programme, Alpine Space Programme, Creative Europe Programme.

Specialist assignment as Project Manager for activity management, content supervision, and coordination with partners within the framework of the STIMULART Project funded by the Interreg Central Europe Programme 2014-2020. Thematic area: Cultural and creative enterprises and urban regeneration. - Preliminary analysis set-up: mapping of cultural and creative enterprises in the territory, support for the drafting of the document through contacts with the Chamber of Commerce and Veneto Lavoro for data acquisition, verification and supervision of the analysis document drafted by CISET. - Design, organisation, co-ordination and facilitation of local working groups: world cafés, focus groups, public events addressed to cultural and creative enterprises, local enterprises and the whole local cultural and creative ecosystem. - Planning of a local strategy and a shared action plan with the Municipality of Vittorio Veneto: periodic meetings with the Mayor and Councillors, Managers and employees of the Municipality. - Planning of training courses addressed to cultural and creative sector enterprises and public administration employees. - Organisation and support for the management of an international training to trainer event open to partners in Vittorio Veneto, organised by the University of Regensburg and addressing the issues of Cultural and Creative Enterprises, - Drafting of a plan for the involvement of stakeholders in favour of the partnership. - Participation in working tables at regional level for greater synergy between projects concerning Cultural and Creative Enterprises. - Periodical management and dispatch of Deliverables to the lead partner and participation in co-ordination meetings as well as in periodical progress evaluation sessions as WP leader.

Specialist assignment as Project Manager for the management of activities, supervision of contents, and coordination with partners in the framework of the SCET-NET Project financed by the Interreg V Italy Austria Programme 2014-2020.Client: GECT Euregio senza confini project leader.Thematic area: School-work alternation, apprenticeship, training paths for students.- Management and organisation of events and coordination activities for public and private stakeholders;- Coordination of partners and organisation of regular meetings;- Monitoring of project activities

Research grant within the project SACHE - Smart Accelerators of Cultural Heritage Entrapreneurship - CE1565 - Interreg Central Europe 2014-2020. Subject: Innovation in the museum offer through collaboration with creative enterprises. Development of a community of practice and implementation of pilot actions.

Master's Degree Course in European Studies - Europlanning - lecturer Lorenzo Liguoro

CLLD is based on a bottom-up and participatory approach able to identify local needs based on specific context analysis, participatory processes and local stakeholders analysis. The LAG Montagna Vicentina and all the LAGs of the Veneto Region are working on their Local Development Strategies to be proposed to the Veneto Region for the next programming period. Technical Assistance includes the following tasks: specific social economic analysis (economic structure, environmental analysis, infrastructures and services, agriculture) , generation of SWOT charts, identification of specific objectives and action plan, assessment of coherence in relation to EU 2020 strategy, other relevant policies at EU and local level, Regional Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (EAFR funds), participation and animation of local participatory events and focus groups.

I cooperate with several public institutions at regional level in the fields of european projects development, european policies, and structural funds development strategies. In particular my fields of competence are: culture and tourism development projects/public-private partnerships/ sustainable policies for mountain areas development. Pubblications available.In 2015 I cooperated with the Local Action Group Prealpi and Dolomiti for the assessment of the on going rural development funds programming phase and the definition of the new strategic local action plan 2014-2020.I am currently providing technical assistance to Unioncamere del Veneto in the Alpine Space Programme 2014-2020 second step project development after a very positive feedback received in the first step.Two COSME Project submitted in June 2015 on behalf of the Tourism Consortium Dolomiti. Waiting for results.Former project manager and administrative coordinator of the CMC Clusters Meet Culture Project www.cmc-project.eu financed under the South East Europe Programme 2007-2014 closed in November 2014.Training skills and competence with more than 50 hours of training held in 2015 on european project management, european funds and instruments and tourism ecosystem develpment.

Project manager and technical coordinator of european projects development and management, fund raising and international relations. Severaltechnical assistance projects managed in EU pre accession policies fields: Romania, Poland, Moldova and other non-eu countries: South africa.