Saveria Teston was born in Ravenna (1972). She trained as architect and urban planner.
Since May 2016 she has been consultant of ITC-CNR (Institute for Construction Technologies - National Research Council), whose executive board has approved a three-years research program (2016-2018) on Urban regeneration & Local development after participating to the Jesi process (see below).
Since June 2015, she is supporting the CNA (Confederazione nazionale dell'artigianato e della piccola e media impresa) in Ravenna and the CertiMaC research centre to implement a process for the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem within the “Darsena di città”, the Ravenna docks. From March to October 2016 she has collaborated with LUISS-LabGov (Laboratory for the Governance of the Commons) on the CO-Bologna project. From January to December 2016 she has been the Italian representative of Grants Europe consulting (expert in EU policies & funds and based in the Netherlands and Hungary). From April 2015 to September 2016 she has been the responsible of the Networking and Research area in AUDIS (an Italian national association of the urban dismissed areas). From June 2014 and December 2015 she has been consultant for Seci Real Estate (a company connected to the Maccaferri industrial group), supporting the management of strategic regeneration plans and revitalization for the company-owned brownfields (sited in the following Italian Regions: Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Lazio, Campania). In particular, she has coordinated the regeneration process for the ex Sadam area in Jesi. From December 2013 to June 2015 she has been advisor for the Municipality of Sant'Agostino, one of the towns affected by the 2012 earthquake. She has coordinated the participatory process to define a strategic plan for the reconstruction of the town center and the local socio-economic development of the territory. From October 2013 to September 2014 she has been consultant for FormezPA (a center for service, assistance, studies and training for the modernization of the Italian public administration managed by Presidency of the Council of Ministers). She has worked on the document Smart specialization of smart cities in urban regeneration, which could support the Italian Regions in identifying actions to implement the regional RIS3 through the urban regeneration processes.
From 2008 to 2013 she has been advisor to the Emilia-Romagna regional government, participating to the process which will bring the Regional Landscape Plan to match the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (Legislative Decree 42/2004).
From 2009 to 2012 she has been consultant for the Ferrara provincial government. She has worked, as local coordinator for the European project ReTInA-Revitalisation of Traditional Industrial Areas.
From 2003 to 2007 she has been consultant for the UNESCO-World Heritage Centre. She has worked on the Safeguarding Plan for the old city of Sana’a (Yemen) and on the Needs Map for the Conservation of Historic Monuments and Sites of the old city of Jerusalem. In the same years, she has collaborated with prof. Giuseppe Gherpelli on the architectural and functional enhancement programs for some historical buildings of the Municipality of Sassuolo (Modena) and Rubiera (Reggio Emilia).
She has also coordinated a number of workshops in Italy on urban planning and landscape planning.
