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Giampaolo Silvestri
Secretary GeneralLaureato in Economia all’Università Bocconi di Milano, è entrato in AVSI nel 1996. Da referente dei progetti per l’Europa dell’Est, è divenuto direttore Area Progetti e in seguito direttore esecutivo. Nel luglio 2013 ha ricevuto dal CdA l’incarico di segretario generale ed è stato confermato per un nuovo triennio nel 2017. Nel 2015 è stato nominato dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale membro del Consiglio Nazionale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo, in qualità di rappresentante delle organizzazioni della società civile e degli altri soggetti senza finalità di lucro. Nello stesso anno è iniziata la sua collaborazione con il CIDU, Comitato Interministeriale per i Diritti Umani, con il quale ha promosso numerosi eventi per la protezione e la promozione dei diritti umani. Nell’ottobre 2017 è stato nominato socio dell’Istituto Affari Internazionali.
Le decine di missioni che ogni anno lo portano in Africa, Medio Oriente, Asia e America Latina, la collaborazione costante diretta con grandi donatori pubblici (Unione Europea, Usaid, Banche di sviluppo, sistema UN), il mondo delle imprese e multinazionali profit, diverse espressioni della società civile e le istituzioni statuali e locali, gli hanno permesso in questi anni di favorire in AVSI la promozione di progetti di sviluppo innovativi in ambiti diversi, progetti che intercettano le grandi sfide poste dall’attualità (questione profughi e migranti, educazione, salute, sviluppo urbano, gender equality).
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Graduated in economics at the Bocconi University, Milan, he joined AVSI in 1996. He started has a referent for Eastern Europe projects, to become soon Projects Area Manager and later Executive Director. In July 2013 he has been assigned by AVSI’s Board of Directors the responsibility of Secretary General and in 2017 he has been confirmed for the next 3 years. In 2015 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation appointed him as a member of the National Council for Cooperation and Development, in representation of civil society organizations and other non-profit entities. In the same year, he started his collaboration with CIDU, Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights, at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation fostering many events for protection and promotion of human rights. In October 2017, he joined the Italian Institute of International Affairs (Istituto Affari Internazionali - IAI) as a member.
The dozens of missions he makes every year to Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, the constant direct collaboration with large public donors (the European Union, USAID, Development Banks, the UN system), businesses and multinational profit companies, various expressions of civil society and state and local institutions, enabled him in recent years to promote with AVSI innovative development projects in different areas, projects that meet the great challenges posed by the current reality (the issues related to refugees and migrants, education, health, urban development, gender equality).
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News 2 October Oct 2019 1442 one year agoRemarks by Giampaolo Silvestri, Secretary General of AVSI at the Symposium “Pathways to Achieving Human Dignity: Partnering with Faith-Based Organizations”
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News 6 September Sep 2019 1047 one year agoA realistic plan for, and with, Africa
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News 30 October Oct 2018 1547 2 years agoRegaining awareness of one's own value is the starting point for women empowerment
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News 27 September Sep 2018 1001 2 years agoWomen empowerment: "The achievement of each of the women we meet is our achievement"
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News 5 July Jul 2018 1134 2 years agoInternational cooperation: why is it valuable?
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News 20 March Mar 2018 0915 2 years ago7 year SCORE project: an immense learning opportunity
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News 24 January Jan 2018 0923 2 years agoThere is no longer a distinction between us and them
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News 6 January Jan 2018 1258 3 years agoLet's not waste the progress in the relationship with Africa
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News 20 September Sep 2017 1243 3 years agoMigrazioni, formazione e inclusione aumentano la sicurezza
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News 8 August Aug 2017 1003 3 years agoWith help from church groups, Iraqis begin return to Ninevah Plain
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News 26 July Jul 2017 1724 3 years agoFrom development aid to partnership programmes and job creation
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News 24 May May 2017 1614 3 years agoAre rescuers not transparent? Only isolated cases
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