Scarica Curriculum Vitae (.Venturi_online.pdf 868KB )
Professional experience
Oct. 2015 – onwards Head of Research and Policy and Co-founder, Agency for Peacebuilding (AP) (Director from October 2015 to May 2023). Establishment, development and management of AP as a non-profit organization focused on advocacy, evaluation, research, training and field support in the peacebuilding and conflict prevention sector. Coordinator for different partnerships and field activities. Advocacy at the national and European level (Focal Point at the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, EPLO). Several assignments (conflict analysis, assessment, baselines, M&E, etc.) and projects for regional organizations (e.g., EU, IGAD, OSCE), research institutes, international NGOs, local authorities and international networks. Coordination of different research projects on peacebuilding, Triple Nexus and good governance. Establishment and planning of the annual international event Bologna Peacebuilding Forum (since 2019) in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University and other institutions.
Sept.
2015 – onwards Associate Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
Thematic areas:
peace, security and governance in Africa, EU Foreign Policy and EU civilian
crisis management, development cooperation, and peacebuilding.
Main
current and recent activities: I. Coordinator of the project “Out of the
security deadlock: challenges and choices in the Sahel”; II. Project “African
Futures 2030” (2019-20) led by the EUISS; III. Focal Point for the European
Think Tanks Group - ETTG (2017-20); Focal Point for the T20 Africa Task Force
(2017- 20).
Main
past activities: I. Research and analysis for the revision and implementation
of the EU Global Strategy (2015-16); II. Coordination of the project “The security-migration-development
nexus revised: a perspective from the Sahel” (2017-18); III. Project “The
international strategic dimension of Sub-Saharan Africa: Peace, Security and
Development in the Horn of Africa” (2015-16). IV. Member of the partnership
“African Futures” (2017), led by the EUISS; V. Contributor to the EU Horizon 2020
project “Preventing and Responding to Conflict: Developing EU CIVilian
CAPabilities for a Sustainable Peace - EU-CIVCAP” (2015-18); VI. Coordinator of
the project ‘Governance and security in the Sahel’ (2018 - ); VII. Coordinator
for “Somali Perspectives: Institutional and Policy Challenges”, high level
dialogue with representatives from different Somali State Regions (2016-17).
Oct. 2013 – March 2015 Director,
Rondine Cittadella della Pace.
Manager and facilitator among MA students of the International Student Hall (residence
for students from different cultures and countries in conflict, in particular
Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Pakistan, USA and Sudan). Director of training
and educational programmes. Co-designer of national and international projects.
Feb.
2009 – Dec. 2013 Lecturer, Marist College, Florence Branch Campus. BA courses: ‘International Conflict
Resolution’ (Spring and Fall 2012, Spring 2013); ‘Anthropology of Violence and
Conflict’ (Spring and Fall 2010, 2011 and 2012, Spring 2013); Globalization and
its consequences (Fall 2012, in agreement with the University of North Carolina);
‘A Sociology for
Peace’ (Spring 2009; Spring and Fall 2010); ‘Intercultural
Communication’ (Fall 2011); ‘Peace Education’ (Fall
2009). Development of the ‘Conflict Transformation Certificate’ in partnership
with the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), San Diego (CA).
June 2004 – May 2013 Director (2009-2013), Policy Officer (2004-2009),
Centro Studi Difesa Civile (CSDC). Advocacy at the national and European level. Representative Steering
Committee member of the European Network for Civil Peace Service (EN.CPS).
Elected member of the Steering Committee of the European Peacebuilding Liaison
Office (2012-14). Coordinator of a three-year peacebuilding project in Moldova-Transnistria. Research and policy analysis on
peacebuilding, EU Foreign Policy, conflict prevention and related issues.
Fundraising (EU, Italian MFA, foundations, privates) and coordination of
several projects and trainings.
Feb. 2011 – April 2013 Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of Bologna. Research on the nexus between development, human
rights and migration, including field research in Italy, Latvia, Romania and
Spain. Organization of an international executive training course for civil
servants and NGOs’ staff.
Sept. 2006 – June 2013 Tutor,
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Florence. Lectures, seminars
and thesis supervision, course of ‘Conflicts and Mediation Theories’.
July 2009 – Dec. 2013 Free-lance journalist for ‘Osservatorio
Balcani-Caucaso’. journalistic articles on Moldova.
Feb. 2010 – Feb. 2011 Lecturer, Faculty of Preservation of
the Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna. Postgraduate course of ‘Political
Sociology’. Supervision of final thesis.
March – August 2009 Visiting Researcher, Moldova State University, Chişhinău. Research on
Moldova-Transnistria conflict. Promotion of new partnerships and projects.
April 2006 – Feb. 2010 Tutor, Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Bologna. Lectures, seminars and thesis
supervision, course of ‘Human Rights and History of International Law’. Establishment
and organization of the summer school ‘Civil Peace Corps and International
Cooperation’ (2009).
Main assignments
August 2020 – onwards Lead Researcher, Ceasefire
and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism
(CTSAMVM). Analysis of the CTSAMVM Mission (2014-2020) in South
Sudan.
Feb. 2020 – onwards Independent
Expert Evaluator, European Commission - Education, Audiovisual and
Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Evaluation of EU Aid Volunteers and Erasmus
projects.
Nov. 2019 – Jan. 2020 Analyst, Search for Common Ground (SFCG). Conflict analysis on Central
African Republic (CAR) - Analyse des données et rédaction du rapport
pour Analyse de conflits dans la région de Bamingui Bangoran - Projet Rapid
Response in CAR.
Sept. 2018 – Sept. 2019 Research consultant, United States Institute of Peace (USIP). Meta-Review of Youth Peacebuilding
Programs: Assessing the effectiveness of increasing youth participation in
peacebuilding. Review and analysis of 50+ projects implemented by USIP
(research conducted as a member of the Agency for Peacebuilding’s team).
Jan. – Feb. 2019; 2020 Evaluator, Université libre de
Bruxelles (ULB). Evaluation of IF@ULB postdoctoral projects, Marie Sklodowska
Curie Actions – H2020.
August 2018 – onwards Evaluator,
Search for Common Ground (SFCG). Final evaluation the 24-month project “Inuka!”
– Community-Led Security Approaches to Violent Extremism in Coastal Kenya”
implemented in four counties with support from the US State Department’s
Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Bureau (DRL).
August 2018 – Feb. 2019 Leading
Evaluator, GVC-We World. Evaluation
of two EU Aid Volunteers projects.
March – June 2018 Leading Evaluator, Oxfam. Evaluation of Oxfam’s
work to increase citizen engagement and influence on agriculture policies and
practices in Burkina Faso and Tanzania, with fieldwork in
Tanzania. Focus on local and national advocacy processes lead by women
smallholder farmers.
Nov. 2017 – Feb. 2018 Facilitator
and Researcher, Municipality of
Bologna. Facilitation and analysis for the writing of the Local Action Plan
for the integration and human rights of migrants. Research on new forms of
participation of migrants at the local level in the framework of a European
project.
June – Oct. 2017 Consultant,
CONCORD Europe (European Confederation of Relief and Development NGOs). Research,
support and facilitation for CONCORD’s position on the European Union’s Multiannual
Financial Framework post-2021.
August – Nov. 2016 Evaluator, Search
for Common Ground (SFCG). Final evaluation of the project "Madam
President" implemented in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Tunisia
and financed by USAID. Fieldwork in Tunisia.
March – June 2016 Leading Evaluator, Search for Common Ground (SFCG).
Final evaluation of the 24-month project “Promoting Healthy State-Citizen
Relations in Africa” implemented in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania and
financed by USAID. Fieldwork in Tanzania.
Oct. 2015 – Jan. 2016 Consultant,
Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation. Assessment of the potential establishment of
Kvinna till Kvinna in the Horn of Africa (focusing on the eight IGAD
countries and with a regional perspective). Thematic focus mainly on: conflict
and security situation, women and women's movements, human rights, stakeholders
and donors.
Sept. – Nov. 2015 Consultant, Crisis Management Initiative
(CMI). Organization
of a study visit in South Tyrol for an official high-level delegation from Moldova,
including its autonomous region of Gagauzia. The visit aimed to normalize
relations between the central level of the Moldovan Government and the
autonomous region of Gagauzia.
May – July 2015 Evaluator,
Conciliation Resources (CR). Mid-term evaluation of the project “Building
peace in Mindanao through public participation in governance” co-financed by
the European Union. Fieldwork in the Philippines.
2010; 2012; 2015 Electoral
Observer, OSCE-ODIHR. Local Elections, Albania (June 2015); Parliamentary
Elections, Belarus (Sep. 2012); early Parliamentary Elections, Kazakhstan
(Jan. 2012); early Parliamentary
Elections, Moldova (Nov. 2010).
June 2015 – June 2016 Senior
Analyst, Wikistrat. Occasional structured studies, analysis and briefings on
international politics for strategic planning, early warning, scenario
forecasting, and risk management.
May
2014 – Dec. 2016 Fellow, Centro Studi Difesa Civile (CSDC). Assignments on EU advocacy and
international projects and training programs. Representative at the European
Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) until 2016.
Dec. 2011 – Feb. 2012 Independent
Expert Evaluator, European Commission – Research Executive Agency (REA). Seventh
Research Framework Programme – Security (FP7-SEC-2012-1).
June 2006 – Dec. 2010 Researcher and Consultant, Tuscany Region. Geographic focus: Asia and
Eastern Europe. Thematic focus: conflict sensitivity, development,
peacebuilding.
Education
Jan. 2006 – June 2009 Ph.D.
in History of Political Thought, University of Bologna. Research project
on the history and methodology of the peace research field and on the evolution
of the critical studies on security (First Class Honours).
Jan. – March 2008 Research Fellow, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Security Program. Research for the Ph.D., reviewer,
seminars.
Sep. 1999 – March 2004 Laurea (4-year degree), Faculty of Political Sciences, University
of Bologna, major in ‘Human Rights and Humanitarian
Intervention’.
Sep. – Oct. 2003 Visiting Researcher, United States Institute for Peace
(USIP), Washington,
D.C. Research for the final dissertation.
Oct. 2001 – June 2002 Visiting Student, Sussex University, Brighton (U.K.).
Professional trainings
June 2017 –
Sep. 2017 Rotary Peace Fellowship, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Intensive course
designed to strengthen mid-term career peacebuilders. Field studies in Thailand and Cambodia.
June 2012;
Sep. 2012 Executive Training Seminars: Political Participation in a Globalized
World (June 2012); EU Foreign Policy (Sept. 2012), European University
Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy.
Oct. 2011 United Nations Civilian Staff
Officer Course (UNCIVSOC), Folke Bernadotte
Academy and SWEDINT,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Sep. 2011 Training on EU peacebuilding policies, EPLO, Brussels, Belgium.
April 2011 LTO’s and Core Team’s Training ‘Reporting on
Electoral Observation and Teambuilding’, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Arezzo, Italy.
Feb. 2010 Training for Short Term Observer (STO), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Arezzo, Italy.
Skills
Languages: Italian (mother tongue) | English (fluent) | Spanish (fluent) | French
(intermediate) | Russian (basic) | Romanian (basic)
Computer skills: proficiency in MS Office Windows and good knowledge of other
applications (Photoshop, FrontPage, EndNote, CorelDraw, etc.).
Other skills: excellent communication skills, open and outgoing personality. Ability
to work in team and multicultural contexts. Problem-solving, very good organizational
and coordination skills. Ability to
pay close attention to details. Creative. Strong sense of responsibility.
Other competencies and interests: Ability to live and work in testing
situations and harsh living conditions. Volunteer experiences and services in
several countries. 16 years of athletics at the national level. Running, alpinism,
biking and swimming not on a regular basis.