Strategic partner With the cntributin f INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE The EU and the glbal develpment framewrk A strategic apprach t the 2030 Agenda Rme, 7 March 2016 Italian Ministry f Freign Affairs and Internatinal Cperatin Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 Sala delle Cnferenze Internazinali SPEAKERS' PROFILES
Anders AEROE: Directr, Divisin f Market Develpment, Internatinal Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva Anders Aere has been Directr f the Divisin f Market Develpment f the Internatinal Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva, Switzerland since March 2011. Mr. Aere, a Danish natinal, jined ITC in 2007 and has since then held several psitins within ITC, including as Acting Deputy Executive Directr and as Chief f the Market Analysis and Research Sectin. During his prfessinal career, Mr. Aere has fcused n the interrelated tpics f cmpetitiveness and trade develpment at enterprise, rganizatinal and plicy level, trade intelligence, trade in services, sectr and value chain develpment, and industrial transfrmatin, learning and innvatin. Befre jining ITC, he spent a number years in Suth Africa, as a reginal adviser t the Danish Industrializatin Fund fr Develping Cuntries and prir t this psitin as Senir Manager Trade Prmtin at the Western Cape Trade and Investment Prmtin Agency (WESGRO). He was Chairman f the Bard f the Western Cape call centre business assciatin (CallingtheCape) and was appinted as a member f the Suth African Maritime Industry Task Team. He als served as a member f the Advisry Cuncil t the Cape IT Initiative. Prir t mving t Suth Africa, Mr. Aere held psitins as Head f the Research and Plicy Sectin at the Danish Sciety f Engineers and Exprt Manager at the Danish Federatin f Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Mr. Aere hlds a PhD in industrial ecnmics frm Cpenhagen Business Schl. He has been a Research Fellw at University f Califrnia Ls Angeles and at the Danish Institute fr Internatinal Studies, and a pst dc schlar at the Technical University f Denmark. Giampal CANTINI: Directr General fr Develpment Cperatin, Italian Ministry f Freign Affairs and Internatinal Cperatin, Rme Minister Pleniptentiary Giampal Cantini, Directrate General fr Develpment Cperatin, was brn in Brg San Lrenz (Flrence) n 21 June 1957. 28 Octber 1981: cmpleted a degree in Plitical Science at the University f Flrence; April 1st 1983: jined the Freign Service; 5 April December 1st 1983: prfessinal training curse at the Diplmatic Institute; 2 December 1983: appinted Secnd Secretary in the Directrate General fr Plitical Affairs Office I (Eurpean Cperatin Plicy, Cuncil f Eurpe, Western Eurpean Unin); 15 December 1983-6 December 1984: n leave fr military service; 1984: received a diplma frm the Schl f Advanced Internatinal Studies f the University f Flrence; 6 December 1984: assigned t the Directrate General fr Plitical Affairs Office I (Eurpean Cperatin Plicy, Cuncil f Eurpe, Western Eurpean Unin); 15 May 1986: assigned as Secnd Trade Secretary at the Embassy f Italy in Addis Ababa; Octber 1st 1987: named First Secretary; December 1st 1988: cnfirmed in the same pst as First Trade Secretary ; August 1st 1989: First Secretary at the Italian Permanent Missin t the United Natins in New Yrk; May 1st 1993: named First Cunsellr; Octber 1st 1993: cnfirmed as Cunsellr in the same pst; 31 January 1994: assigned t the Directrate General fr Plitical Affairs - Office VIII (United Natins). September 1st 1994: secnded t the Secretariat General f the Office f the President f the Republic Diplmatic Affairs Office; 2 Octber 1995 - Octber 1st 1996: cmpleted an advanced prfessinal training curse at the Diplmatic Institute; 2 Octber 1996: assigned t the General Secretariat f the Office f the President f the Republic Diplmatic Affairs Office; July 1st 1998: named Embassy Cunsellr; 2
30 August 1999: appinted First Cunsellr n Dmestic Plicy and Cnsular Affairs f the Embassy f Italy in Washingtn; 2000: named Officer Knight f the Order f Merit f the Republic; 6 June 2003: appinted Head f Office III Directrate General fr Multilateral Plitical Affairs and Human Rights (G8 plitical prcess and internatinal multilateral cperatin against terrrism, drug trafficking, crruptin and rganized crime); 2 January 2005: named Minister Pleniptentiary; 18 September 2007: appinted Ambassadr f Italy t Algiers; 1 February 2012: psted as Cnsul General t Jerusalem. 16 January 2013: appinted Directr f the Directrate fr Develpment Cperatin (DGCS) Paddy CARTER: Researcher, Overseas Develpment Institute (ODI), Lndn Paddy Carter is a Research Fellw at the Overseas Develpment Institute in Lndn. He specialises in aid allcatin, dmestic revenue mbilizatin, and develpment finance mre generally. He is als interested in public sectr refrm, mnetary plicy in develping cuntries, and structural change. Befre jining ODI, Paddy was a British Academy Pst-Dctral Fellw at the University f Bristl, where he als did his PhD. Bth his dctral thesis and research under the BA fellwship was fcused n ptimal dynamic aid allcatin, and has prduced a number f papers published in leading ecnmic jurnals. Befre entering academia, Paddy spent a decade wrking as an equities analyst at a Lndn-based stckbrker and a jurnalist fr Investrs Chrnicle, Financial Times Business. Luca DE FRAIA: Deputy Secretary General, ActinAid Italy, Rme Luca De Fraia is the Deputy Secretary General f ActinAid Italia, which he jined in 2002. De Fraia is respnsible fr institutinal relatinships and plicy psitining; ActinAid Italy wrks n ODA and develpment cperatin plicies, fd and wmen s rights. He started the plicy and research natinal prgramme that nw ffers sme well established publicatins, including the annual reprt n Italy s effrts t fight pverty. Since 2012, AA has been develping a dmestic prgramme with the ambitin f supprting lcal cmmunities in asserting their rights in the areas f educatin and equal access t services in an accuntability perspective. ActinAid believes in cuntries that are fully accuntable, dmestically and glbally. De Fraia has been a member f the CONCORD AidWatch wrking grup frm its inceptin in 2006; since then, AidWatch has been publishing the annual EU accuntability reprt that mnitrs ODA quantity and quality acrss the regin. In 2008, he jined the Advisry Grup t the UN Develpment Cperatin Frum n behalf f the ActinAid federatin as alternate member and CSO cntact persn. In 2010, De Fraia jined the crdinatin grup f the CSO BetterAid platfrm in preparatin fr the Busan cnference; he is nw member f the Crdinatin Cmmittee f the CPDE, the CSO Partnership fr Develpment Effectiveness, which is inter alias representing civil sciety rganizatins n the Steering Cmmittee f the GPEDC. In such a capacity, he was actively invlved in the preparatins fr the first High Level Meeting f the GPEDC, held in Mexic City in April 2014. Mre recently, he was actively invlved in the CSOs preparatins fr the Addis Ababa cnference n FFD, at the Eurpean and the glbal level. He is als an active member f several Italia natinal CSO netwrks, including the natinal frum f the third sectr (Frum del Terz Settre). He is a member f the Italian Natinal Cuncil fr Develpment Cperatin. Befre jining ActinAid, De Fraia was the natinal crdinatr f the Italian Debt Campaign Sdebitarsi frm 1989 t 2002, which was successful in terms f ppular and media supprt as well as f tangible utcmes. The campaign grabbed the headlines between 1999 and 2000; the campaign culminated with the Parliament s apprval f Bill 209 in July 2000, which makes prvisins fr debt cancellatin. As natinal crdinatr, he liaised with internatinal netwrks such as the Jubilee 2000 mvement and the Drp the Debt campaign; he was respnsible fr utreaching t key natinal gvernment ffices, MPs and pinin leaders as well. Luca De Fraia has participated in lbby and campaigning wrk targeted at the G8 Summits since 3
Clgne in 1999. In 2001, he tk part in the rganizatin f the Gena Nn Gvernmental initiative - Civil G8 like prcess rganized under the Italian presidency; he was ne f the spkespersns fr the Gena Scial Frum, the civil sciety parallel summit. Frm 2005, De Fraia was actively invlved in the internatinal wrking grup f Glbal call t actin against pverty GCAP; member f leading grup steering the advcacy and campaign fr the Italy G8 2009 Summit. Frm 1988 t 1998, De Fraia was an active member f the Italian anti-apartheid mvement; he mnitred the transitin t the general electins in 1994 and the drafting f the new Suth African cnstitutin. Over the years, De Fraia has given varius lectures and published articles n campaign and advcacy wrk in Italy. Laura FRIGENTI: Directr, Italian Agency fr Develpment Cperatin, Rme Laura Frigenti was appinted Directr f the newly established Italian Agency fr Develpment Cperatin in January 2016. Befre then she spent ver 20 years in the USA where she held varius psitins at the Wrld Bank and in ther public rganizatins. She jined the Wrld Bank in 1994 and she held several technical and senir manager psitins, including Cuntry Directr fr Central America and the Andean Cuntries, Directr f Strategy and Operatins fr bth Latin America and Caribbean and Africa, Chief f Staff t the President and Directr f the President s Office. During her career, Laura Frigenti designed sme f the Bank s mst innvative prgrams, and was deeply invlved in rganizatinal refrms. After leaving the Wrld Bank in 2014, Laura Frigenti was Vice President fr the Glbal Develpment Practice at InterActin the largest umbrella rganizatin f US NGOs where she dealt extensively with issues related t public/private partnership, transparency and accuntability, and private funding fr develpment. She brings in-depth knwledge and expertise f Africa, Central Asia, Eurpe and Latin America regin, with direct experience in leading the dialgue with plitical and business leaders in ver 30 cuntries. Befre jining the Wrld Bank, she wrked at the Italian Ministry f Freign Affairs, Directrate General fr Develpment Cperatin; the Institut per la Cperazine Ecnmica (ICEPS) where she led the think tank s effrt arund internatinal develpment; the UN Ecnmic Cmmissin fr Latin America & Caribbean in Chile and the Institut di Studi Ital Africani. Laura hlds a master in Histry and Internatinal Affairs frm the University f Rme, la Sapienza. Gaspar FRONTINI: Head f Unit "Plicy and Cherence", DG DEVCO, Eurpean Cmmissin, Brussels Gaspar Frntini, a Spanish natinal, is Chief Ecnmist in the Directrate General fr Trade f the Eurpean Cmmissin, a respnsibility he has held since 2003. Frmer student f the Paris-based institutin Sciences P, he hlds a PhD in ecnmics frm the French Fndatin Natinale de Sciences Plitiques and has a strng experience in trade and develpment issues. Since 1986 he has ccupied several high level psitins in the Eurpean Cmmissin, wrking fr the Directrate General fr Develpment, where he was amng thers Assistant t the Directr General in 1997 and Head f the Reginal Crdinatin Unit in 2000. He als hlds degrees in Trade Plicy frm Harvard University and in Internatinal Trade Law frm the Cllege f Eurpe. Mr. Frntini is clsely invlved with plicy develpment at the Cmmissin, nt least in the cntext f the nging glbal ecnmic and financial crisis. He is als leading an internal prject that aims t map ut plicy ptins fr the EU's trade plicy during the term f the next Cmmissin (2009 2014), which is due t take ffice befre the end f the year. 4
Mari GIRO: Deputy Minister, Italian Ministry f Freign Affairs and Internatinal Cperatin, Rme Brn in Rme (29th july 1958), Mari Gir has lived in Brussels until he was 15 years ld. He studied in Uccle. In 1984 he graduated in Literature at the Sapienza University (Rme). Member f the Cmmunity f Sant Egidi frm 1975, he participated in varius activities in the field f primary educatin fr pr children in the utskirts f the city f Rme. Since the early 80 s he started his cmmitment t inter-religius dialgue, in particular with regard t the Muslim wrld, and he tk an active part in the rganizatin f the Annual Prayer Meeting fr Peace (since the first Prayer Day held in Assisi in 1986). Since the early 90 s, he wrked in Africa fr the Cmmunity f Sant Egidi especially in Ivry Cast and Camern in the field f Internatinal Relatins and Mediatin fr Peace. Frm 1998 until 2013 he was in charge f the Internatinal Relatins fr the Cmmunity f Sant Egidi, being invlved in several mediatin prcesses, namely in Algeria (1994-5), Ksv (1998-9), between RDC and Burundi (2000), Ivry Cast (2002-2011), Liberia (2004-5), Tg (2003), Darfur (frm 2004), Nrthern Uganda (2006-8), Guinea (2007-11), Niger (2011), Libya (2011), Syria (2012) and Casamance Senegal (2012). In 2010 he was awarded with the Prize fr Preemptive Peace by the Chirac Fundatin. In 2012 he was Cunsellr t the Minister f Internatinal Cperatin and rganized the Internatinal Frum fr Internatinal Cperatin in Milan. In May 2013 he was appinted as Under Secretary f State, with cmpetence fr Latin America, African Cuntries members f the SADC and Cultural prmtin. He was cnfirmed in the same pst in March 2014 by the new Gvernment. In January 2016 was appinted as Vice Ministry f Freign Affairs and Internatinal Cperatin. Ettre GRECO: Directr, Istitut Affari Internazinali (IAI), Rme Ettre Grec is Directr f the IAI and als heads the transatlantic prgram f the institute. He wrked as visiting fellw at the Brkings Institutin frm January 2006 t July 2007. He taught at the universities f Parma and Blgna. Frm 2000 t 2006 he wrked as crrespndent fr the Ecnmist Intelligence Unit. Frm 1993 t 2000 he directed the IAI's prgram n Central and Eastern Eurpe. He was als Deputy Directr f the IAI frm 1997 t 2008. Frm 2000 t 2006 he was Editr f The Internatinal Spectatr. He is the authr f a number f publicatins n the EU's institutins and freign plicy, transatlantic relatins and the Balkans. He has been a free-lance jurnalist since 1988. Matthias HELBLE: Research Ecnmist, Asian Develpment Bank Institute (ADBI), Tky Matthias Helble is a research ecnmist at ADBI. His research interests include internatinal trade, health, envirnment, and urban ecnmics. His wrk has been published in flagship reprts f internatinal rganizatins such as the Wrld Trade Organizatin's Wrld Trade Reprt, as well as in numerus bks and scientific jurnals, including the Review f Wrld Ecnmics, Kykls, Jurnal f Wrld Trade, Wrld Ecnmy, Health & Place, and the Bulletin f the Wrld Health Organizatin. His clumns and plicy wrk have been published and cited in prminent internatinal media such as the Assciate Press and the BBC. He teaches regularly at Hittsubashi University and the University f Tky. Matthias began his prfessinal career in the trade team f the Develpment Research Grup f the Wrld Bank in Washingtn, DC, befre jining the Wrld Health Organizatin in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was respnsible fr research n the intersectin f trade and health. He then wrked as an ecnmist fr the Wrld Trade Organizatin in the areas f envirnment, climate change, and technical standards. Prir t cming t Tky, he managed the statistics prgram, including a prject n big data, f the United Natins' Universal Pstal Unin in Bern. He hlds degrees in ecnmics frm the University f Tübingen (BA, MSc) in Germany, the University f Wiscnsin-Madisn (MA) in the United States, and the Graduate Institute f Internatinal and De- 5
velpment Studies (MSc, PhD) in Geneva. During his dctral studies he was a research fellw at Yale University. Matthias is fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish, and has gd knwledge f Prtuguese. Damien HELLY: Deputy Head, Strengthening Eurpean External Actin Prgramme, Eurpean Centre fr Develpment Plicy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht Damien Helly jined ECDPM in March 2013 and is the Deputy Head f the Strengthening Eurpean External Actin Prgramme, where he deals with the strategic, plitical and institutinal dimensins f EU develpment plicies with Africa and ACP cuntries, cntributing t the multidisciplinary nature f ECDPM s team wrk. Damien mnitrs and engages in debates n, fr instance, the plitics f EU s aid and trade, plicy cherence fr develpment (PCD), EU s reginal strategies in Africa, and EU-Africa relatins mre generally. He is als visiting prfessr at the Internatinal Relatins and Diplmacy Department f the Cllege f Eurpe in Bruges where he teaches a Masters level curse n the EU s Cmmn Security and Defence Plicy (CSDP). He hlds a PhD in plitical science frm the Institut d Etudes Plitiques de Paris (Sciences p) and has published extensively n the EU s external actin. Jse LUENGO-CABRERA: Assciate Analyst, Eurpean Unin Institute fr Security Studies (EUISS), Paris Jse is an Assciate Analyst at the EU Institute fr Security Studies, where he specialises n ecnmic and security-related develpments in Africa and Latin America. He has previusly wrked fr the Eurpean External Actin Service, Internatinal Crisis Grup, Rubini Glbal Ecnmics and the United Natins Department f Peacekeeping Operatins. He hlds an MSc in Cmparative Cnflict Studies frm the Lndn Schl f Ecnmics and a BSc in Ecnmics & Internatinal Studies frm the Universities f Warwick and Sciences-P Paris. James MACKIE: Senir Adviser EU, Develpment Plicy, Eurpean Centre fr Develpment Plicy Management (ECDPM), Brussels Dr. James Mackie is a specialist n EU develpment plicy with a career f sme 30 years in internatinal develpment cperatin. In January 2012, under ECDPM s new 5-year Strategy, he was appinted as a Senir Adviser n EU Develpment Plicy in the Centre. He is als a member f ECDPM s Management Team. Fr nine years, since he jined ECDPM in 2002, he served as ne f the Centre s Heads f Prgramme. His mst recent prgramme respnsibility was as head f the frmer DPIR (Develpment Plicy and Internatinal Relatins) Prgramme. Dr Mackie is als a Visiting Prfessr at the Internatinal Relatins and Diplmacy Department f the Cllege f Eurpe in Bruges where he teaches a Masters level curse n the EU & Internatinal Develpment. Originally frm Edinburgh in Sctland, James Mackie has British natinality, but has spent much f his life abrad. He gained a PhD in Gegraphy at the Schl f Oriental & African Studies f the University f Lndn in 1982 fr a thesis n reginal develpment in India. He als hlds a BSc in Twn & Cuntry Planning frm Herit-Watt University in Edinburgh. Prir t jining ECDPM, James Mackie develped his knwledge f EU develpment cperatin while wrking fr ten years as Secretary-General f the NGDO-EU Liaisn Cmmittee in Brussels (nw CONCORD), the umbrella rganisatin f EU develpment NGOs representing their interests t the Eurpean Institutins. Frm 1982 t 1992 he wrked fr VSO, the British NGO specialising in lw-cst technical assistance, bth in Asia (Philippines, Maldives, Sri Lanka) as a cuntry representative and prgramme manager and then at the headquarters in Lndn, n prgramme funding. 6
Antni MISSIROLI: Directr, Eurpean Unin Institute fr Security Studies (EUISS), Paris Antni Missirli has been the Directr f the Eurpean Unin Institute fr Security Studies (EUISS) since Octber 2012. At the EUISS, he and his team f Analysts have prduced a number f publicatins examining glbal trends n issues ranging frm climate change t the future f the Arab wrld and the security f the Arctic. Mre recently, Dr Missirli has been clsely invlved in the drafting f the recent HR/VP Reprt n The Eurpean Unin in a changing glbal envirnment, and will assist in the crafting f the EU s Glbal Strategy, due t cme ut next June. Previusly, he was Adviser at the Bureau f Eurpean Plicy Advisers (BEPA) f the Eurpean Cmmissin, in charge f Eurpean dialgue/utreach (relatins with think tanks and research centres acrss the Unin and beynd) and publicatins (2010-2012); Directr f Studies at the Eurpean Plicy Centre in Brussels (2005-2010), and Research Fellw and Senir Research Fellw at the W/EU Institute fr Security Studies in Paris (1998-2005). He was als Head f Eurpean Studies at CeSPI in Rme (1994-97) and a Visiting Fellw at St Antny s Cllege, Oxfrd (1996-97). As well as being a prfessinal jurnalist, he has als taught at the Universities f Bath and Trent, as well as Bstn University and SAIS/Jhns Hpkins (Blgna). He is currently visiting lecturer at the Cllege f Eurpe (Bruges) and Sciences P (Paris). Dr Missirli hlds a PhD degree in Cntemprary Histry frm the Scula Nrmale Superire (Pisa) and a Master s degree in Internatinal Public Plicy frm SAIS/Jhns Hpkins University. He speaks Italian, English, French and German David NABARRO: Special Adviser f the UN Secretary-General n the 2030 Agenda fr Sustainable Develpment, New Yrk David Nabarr serves as Special Adviser f the Secretary-General n the 2030 Agenda fr Sustainable Develpment. He wrks with Gvernments and ther stakehlders t galvanize actin n implementatin f bth the 2030 and Climate Actin agendas. He als versees the Secretary-General s special initiatives, including Every Wman Every Child, Glbal Pulse and Zer Hunger Challenge, and the UN Office fr Partnerships. He has mre than 30 years experience f public health, nutritin and develpment at cuntry, reginal and glbal levels, and has held psitins in nn-gvernmental rganizatins, universities, natinal Gvernments and the United Natins (UN) system. Mr. Nabarr was brn in Lndn in 1949 and qualified as a physician in 1973. He started his career with fur years in the United Kingdm Natinal Health Service. He then cntributed t the health and nutritin f mthers and children, thrugh cmmunity develpment and humanitarian relief prgrammes, particularly in Iraq, Suth Asia and East Africa. He has held psitins in the Lndn and Liverpl Schls f Trpical Medicine, served as Chief Health and Ppulatin Adviser t the United Kingdm Overseas Develpment Administratin and has been a Directr fr Human Develpment in the UK Department fr Internatinal Develpment. Mr. Nabarr jined the UN system in 1999, leading the Rll Back Malaria initiative at the Wrld Health Organizatin (WHO). He was appinted as a WHO Executive Directr in 2001 and led WHO s Department fr Health Actin in Crises frm 2003. Between 2005 and 2014 he served as the UN System s Senir Crdinatr fr Avian and Pandemic Influenza. Since 2009 he has been the Special Representative f the UN Secretary-General fr Fd Security and Nutritin, a psitin he cntinues t hld. Frm 2011 t 2015 he served as Crdinatr f the Mvement t Scale Up Nutritin. Frm September 2014 until December 2015 he was Special Envy f the United Natins Secretary-General n Ebla, prviding strategic and plicy directin fr the internatinal respnse. 7
Jasn NARDI: RIPESS EU - Slidarity Ecnmy Eurpe, General Delegate, RIPESS Intercntinental, Member f the Bard f Directrs, Flrence Jasn Nardi is General Delegate f RIPESS EU - Slidarity Ecnmy Eurpe, and member f the RIPESS Intercntinental bard f directrs (ripess.rg / ripess.eu). With a backgrund n Cmmunicatin and media (Princetn University, USA and a Master s degree at the University f Flrence), he has been directr f the italian center f Onewrld.net Unimnd (www.unimnd.rg) and crdinatr f the Scial Watch Italian calitin. An advcate fr scial justice, ethical finance and cmmunicatin rights, he is an active member f the Internatinal Cuncil f the Wrld Scial Frum, has been rganiser fr Terra Futura (Italian yearly event n SSE with mre than 50'000 participants) and has ccreated Zes.rg the first Italian scial netwrk fr SSE. Recently he's been wrking n an app t map Eurpean SSE initiatives (G-fair.eu) and n a game n Ethical Banking. Jasn is currently n the bard f the Italian Ng COSPE (cspe.rg) and f an rganic-fair catering cperative (zenzercperativa.it). In his hmetwn, Flrence (Italy), he's prmting the CSA (GAS) netwrk and Slidarity Ecnmy District. He s als a trainer n Slidarity Ecnmy tpics and c-funded Slidarius in Italy (slidarius.it), a research-cnsulting rganisatin t help develp slidarity ecnmy netwrks, part f a Brasilian based internatinal netwrk (Slidarius.net). Nicletta PIROZZI: Senir Fellw, Eurpean affairs, Istitut Affari Internazinali (IAI), Rme Senir fellw in the Eurpean Affairs area, Nicletta Pirzzi wrks mainly n EU civilian crisis management, plicy and institutinal develpments in CFSP/CSDP, EU relatins with the United Natins and the African Unin. In 2012, she has served as Secnded Natinal Expert at the Eurpean External Actin Service (EEAS) in Brussels. Previusly, she has been research fellw in the Eurpean Freign and Security Plicy Studies Prgramme and visiting fellw at the EU Institute fr Security Studies in Paris. In 2005-2006, she was Prject Officer respnsible fr the Respnding t Cnflict prgramme area at the Internatinal Security Infrmatin Service (ISIS) Eurpe in Brussels. She als cllabrated with the Italian Permanent Representatin t the EU and the Eurpean Parliament in Brussels. She graduated in Plitical Science at the University f Pisa and at the Scula Superire Sant Anna in Pisa. She als btained a MSc Degree in Eurpean Plitical and Administrative Studies frm the Cllege f Eurpe (Bruges, Belgium) and a Ph.D. in Institutins and Plitics frm the Cathlic University in Milan. Margherita ROMANELLI: Plicy Advisr and Asia Desk Officer, Grupp Vlntariat Civile (GVC), Blgna Margherita Rmanelli wrks at GVC NGO as Plicy Advisr and Asia Desk Officer. Her expertise cncerns the fight against pverty, specifically regarding the strengthening f civil sciety. Since the year 2000 she wrks in internatinal develpment and cperatin expanding her experience in the direct management f humanitarian aid prjects and develpment, funded by main internatinal dnrs and in partnership with lcal and natinal authrities in the cuntry f interventin. She is an active member f the Advisry Bard f Link 2007 and Cncrd Italia, as well as participating in several wrking grups and dialgue initiatives prmted by the Italian Ministry f Freign Affairs and Internatinal Cperatin, the cperative sectr and ther institutinal and civil sciety representatives. Margherita carries ut training activities n the subject f internatinal cperatin and develpment including the cherence f develpment plicies, and als cllabrates with sme magazine. 8
Gulshan SACHDEVA: Prfessr, Centre fr Eurpean Studies, Schl f Internatinal Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Gulshan Sachdeva is Prfessr f Eurpean Studies at the Centre fr Eurpean Studies, Schl f Internatinal Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. He is als Directr, Energy Studies Prgramme at JNU. He headed the ADB and The Asia Fundatin prjects n reginal cperatin at the Afghanistan Ministry f Freign Affairs in Kabul (2006-2010). He was Indian Cuncil fr Cultural Relatins Chair n Cntemprary India at the University f Leuven, Visiting Prfessr at the University f Trent, University f Warsaw, University f Antwerp, Crvinus University f Budapest and Myklas Rmers University, Vilnius. He is Steering Cmmittee member, Frum fr Indian Develpment Cperatin (FIDC). He has cntributed mre than 100 research papers in academic jurnals and edited bks. Sme f his recent publicatins include Evaluatin f the EU-India Strategic Partnership and the Ptential fr its Revitalizatin (Brussels: Eurpean Parliament, 2015), The India-Afghanistan Develpment Partnership in India s Apprach t Develpment Cperatin (Rutledge 2016), India and the Eurpean Unin: Human Rights Challenges in Shifting Pwer and Human Rights Diplmacy: India (Amnesty Internatinal Netherlands, 2015) ; India s bjectives in Central Asia in China, The United States, and the Future f Central Asia (NYU, 2015); Emerging Dynamics f Indian Develpment Cperatin (BCAS 2014); EU-China and EU-India: A Tale f Tw Strategic Partnerships Strategic Analysis, 38:4, 2014. He is a regular cntributr t natinal print and bradcast media n bth ecnmic and security issues. He hlds a Ph.D in Ecnmics frm the Hungarian Academy f Sciences. Kstas STAMOULIS: Assistant Directr-General, Ecnmic and Scial Develpment Department, Fd and Agriculture Organizatin f the United Natins (FAO), Rme Kstas G. Stamulis is currently the Assistant Directr-General a.i. f the Ecnmic and Scial Develpment Department at the Fd and Agriculture Organizatin f the United Natins. He served as Directr, Strategic Prgramme Leader, Fd Security and Nutritin in FAO. He led thrugh 2015 the design and prvided strategic guidance f FAO s Strategic Prgramme n Fd Security and Nutritin which cuts acrss several disciplines and gegraphical regins. Between 2008 and 2015 he was the Directr f the Agricultural Develpment Ecnmics Divisin f FAO. ESA carries ut the bulk f analytical and evidence-based plicy wrk f FAO with abut 150 staff members. Frm 2007 t 2015 he has been the Secretary f the Cmmittee n Wrld Fd Security (CFS) and played a key rle in the refrm f the cmmittee. Since jining FAO he has held prgressively respnsible technical and management psitins. Befre jining FAO in 1989, he was Assistant Prfessr f Agricultural Ecnmics at the University f Illinis in Urbana Champaign. Frm 1985 t 1987 he was a pst-dctral fellw at the University f Califrnia at Berkeley. His wrk includes issues related t the rle f agriculture in rural develpment and rural pverty reductin in develping cuntries; the impact f changes in fd systems n smallhlder farmers and n rural pverty; the linkages between the agricultural sectr and the rural nn-farm ecnmy and the integratin f fd security and nutritin in sectrial plicies and prgrams. He has als carried ut wrk n the assessment f the rle f macrecnmic and exchange-rate plicies n agriculture and the rural sectr and the interdependence between exchange rate, financial and cmmdity markets. He has published a large number f papers, articles, bks and mngraphs n a variety f subjects. He hlds a degree in Ecnmics frm the Ecnmics University f Athens (Greece), a Master s Degree in Agricultural Ecnmics frm the University f Gergia (USA) and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resurce Ecnmics frm the University f Califrnia at Berkeley. 9
Christs STYLIANIDES: Eurpean Cmmissiner fr Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Brussels Christs Stylianides is the Eurpean Cmmissiner fr Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management since Nvember 1st, 2014. On Octber 24th, 2014 he was appinted by the Eurpean Cuncil EU Ebla Crdinatr. He was elected Member f the Eurpean Parliament in the May 2014 Eurpean electins where he served until Octber 31st 2014. He was twice appinted Gvernment Spkespersn f the Republic f Cyprus (in 2013-2014 and in 1998-1999). He was respnsible fr the management f the Gvernment s cmmunicatin strategy and was the head f the Gvernment s centralised Press and Infrmatin Office. During the perid 2006-2013 he served as a Member f the Cyprus Huse f Representatives (elected in 2006 and 2011). During his tenure he served as Vice-Chair f the Cmmittee n Freign and Eurpean Affairs (2011-2013) and member f the Cmmittee n Eurpean Affairs, the Cmmittee f Internal Affairs and the Cmmittee f Emplyment and Scial Affairs (2006-2011). Between 2006-2011 he was a member f the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and he was elected Member f its Bureau in 2012. Nathalie TOCCI: Deputy Directr, Istitut Affari Internazinali (IAI), and Special Advisr t EU HRVP Federica Mgherini, Rme Nathalie Tcci is Deputy Directr f Istitut Affari Internazinali, Editr f The Internatinal Spectatr and Special Adviser t EU HRVP Federica Mgherini, in charge f utreaching t think tanks and crdinatin f wrk n a new Eurpean Security Strategy. She is hnrary prfessr at the University f Tübingen. Previusly she held research psitins at the Centre fr Eurpean Plicy Studies, Brussels, the Transatlantic Academy, Washingtn and the Rbert Schuman Centre fr Advanced Studies, Flrence. Her research interests include Eurpean freign plicy, cnflict reslutin, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Her majr publicatins include Turkey and the Eurpean Unin, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 (c-authr); Multilateralism in the 21st Century, Lndn and New Yrk, Rutledge, 2013 (ceditr), Turkey s Eurpean Future: Behind the Scenes f America s Influence n EU-Turkey Relatins, New Yrk and Lndn, New Yrk University Press, 2011 (authr); The EU and Cnflict Reslutin, Rutledge, Lndn, 2007 (authr); and EU Accessin Dynamics and Cnflict Reslutin: Catalyzing Peace r Cnslidating Partitin in Cyprus?, Ashgate, Aldersht, 2004, (authr). Nathalie is the 2008 winner f the Anna Lindh award fr the study f Eurpean Freign Plicy. 10