Consultant and project manager in the cultural field, particularly focused on initiatives promoting the cultural landscape and the heritage of the territory, he followed a personal vocational training project that can be considered not easy to find in the sector.
STUDIES. He took a Conservatory Diploma in Verona, so he belongs to the world of arts, but in the same time he also attended scientific studies, so he learnt to have a painstaking approach to the managerial topics. After a few-years period of teaching as Professor in some Italian Conservatories, his professional activity soon moved to the cultural management. He filled different positions: he was deputy chairman in the Venetian Concert Artists Cooperative; and then he was appointed Chairman of the Artis Cultural Association. After these important experiences he started carrying out his freelance consultancy activity. In order to widen his horizons to a European dimension, in 1994-1995 he attended a master promoted by the Council of Europe and the UNESCO called
“European Diploma in Cultural Project Management”. During the master he specialized in subjects such as the European Union regulations for tourism and the
“sustainable tourism management”. Thanks to this experience he becomes Member of
Oracle, a network based in Brussels, open to the arts managers that took part in the course (since 1989 more than 200 people coming from all Europe, only 5 from Italy) in order to foster the international cooperation. From 1996 to 1998 he attended a two-year
Course in Economics and Business Administration (CEGA) organized by the Master Department of the “Bocconi” University School of Management in Milan.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY.
His professional activity has led him to experience a wide range of
projects, researches and feasibility studies.
Recent projects include a feasibility study carried out for the Basilicata Region aimed at defining a three-year action plan that identifies resources, conditions and steps of a project oriented to the development of the territory through the promotion of the cultural resources. Another project was carried out for the Province of Verona to enhance the heritage and the environment of the area, creating and coordinating a network of more than 120 members among local authorities and professionals.
FIELDS OF ACTIVITY. The fields in which he developed important experiences as consultant include: planning and management of cultural events; management of projects for the tourist promotion of heritage and environment; consultancy on communication and marketing strategies of projects aimed at the sustainable development of the territory; feasibility studies; international cooperation; fund-raising; planning and realization of researches; project budgeting and financial management; planning of training activities.
