Afghanistan

Policy Advisor, Economist and Programme Manager with a background in social development in fragile context, international relations, public policy and innovation for development. Advance knowledge on political economy of development in fragile countries and emerging economies in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America. More than 15 years of experience providing analytical inputs and influencing national policy dialogues through innovative partnerships and solutions on social policy, social protection, local governance and public finance management.

Competencies:
- Deep understanding of Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and institutional development and building state capabilities in fragile contexts.
- Strong capacity to analyze and integrate diverse and complex data from a wide range of sources.
- Builds and maintains effective networks of individuals across organizational departments and external partners.
- Driven by quality results, manage and deliver projects on-time and on-budget.
- Communicates effectively to different audience including formal public speaking.
- Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
- Facilitates a climate of team-working and collaboration in multi-cultural environments.
- Fluent in English and Spanish and working knowledge of Portuguese and Italian.

Experienced project management specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. Strong program and project management professional with MSc in Project Management degree. Skilled in project management, donor relations, proposal writing, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), policy analysis, and strategic planning.

I am a programme and project manager for EU and UN funded projects in the security sector, specialised in capacity building actions, police and military training, institutional advising, with specific focus on counter-terrorism, asymmetric threats, organised crime, technology innovation and research.

I directly participated in about 60 projects over 17 years in Europe, South East Asia, MENA, Sahel, Horn of Africa regions, as project manager, team member or short term expert.
I hold a Degree in Law and Master Degrees in “Theories and Methods in criminal investigation” and in "Strategic Information and Information Security", as well as specialization courses in CBRNe intelligence, crisis management, civil-military cooperation, law enforcement.

Italian Carabinieri military officer (reserve) specialised in international cooperation, I work as Senior Expert in EU funding at Eutalia (public company), dealing with operational as well as administrative and contractual duties.
Member of the Management Board at the Observatory on Security and CBRNe Defence – OSDIFE, Italy and co-founder at Il Caffè Geopolitico, cultural association and magazine on geopolitics.