A social and institutional development specialist, with links to the environmental and economic sectors, and thirty years' experience in both rural and urban development, social policy management, projects for vulnerable groups, community-based participation, pro-poor productive inclusion, environmentally sustainable development, crime and violence prevention and disaster risk management. 
Books and articles published in Brazil, Italy, UK and USA. 
Expertise in monitoring and evaluation, studies and research, technical supervision/assistance to development projects, participatory methods for diagnostics and planning, training, stakeholder mapping/engagement, targeting, institutional analysis and institutional strengthening, ICT for social development.
My clients include the World Bank, UNDP, ECLAC, GIZ, Inter-American Development Bank, UN-Habitat, Cities Alliance, USAID, DFID, WHO-PAHO, ILO, European Union, Italian Cooperation, national and local Governments, international NGOs, consulting firms. 
An Italian national, I have been residing and working in Brazil since 1989, with consultancy missions in different countries of Africa, South America and Central Asia.