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GIOVANNI (Gianni) RUFINI
in Rome - 1954
Rome
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Studies
Graduate from the Liceo Visconti of Rome, he has carried out studies of Cultural Anthropology
at the University of Rome “La Sapienza", where he has also attended the School of Social
Information.
Professional training at the Pearson Peacekeeping Training Centre in Canada, where he has
studied Interdisciplinary Cooperation in Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution, and Negotiation and
Mediation Techniques. At SAIS - Johns Hopkins University (Washington) Evaluation of
Humanitarian Aid and the ICRC Training Centre (Geneva) Sphere Training of Trainers
Languages
Italian:
mother tongue
English:
excellent
French:
excellent
Spanish:
excellent
Portuguese:
very fluent
Academic activity
Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit - University of York (UK) - Associate Fellow
and Member of the Advisory Board (1996 to date)
University “Sapienza” - Rome - Master’s in Intl. Cooperation for Development - Course
Coordinator – (2003 to date)
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Milan. Course Coordinator - Master’s in
International Cooperation in Emergencies (2003 to date). Director - Diploma in Humanitarian Aid
(2001 to date)
Bocconi University – Milan - Course Coordinator – Humanitarian Aid (2004-2007), Migration
(2008-2011)
University of Bethlehem (OTP) – Module Coordinator (2009-2010);
Scuola Superiore S. Anna - Pisa - Course Coordinator (2003) and Lecturer (1995 to date)
University of Turin - Course Coordinator – Master’s in Peacekeeping (2002-2005)
Visiting Lecturer at: University of Paris I - La Sorbonne (2000); Université Libre de Bruxelles
(2000-2008); Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2001); RomaTre University of Rome (2001-2003);
American University - Washington DC (2003) ; University of Florence (2004-2006); University of
Legon - Ghana (2004); LUISS University of Rome (2006); University of Venice (2006-2009). John
Cabot University – Rome (2005); SAIS - Johns Hopkins University – Bologna (2007); NATO
Defense College (2009); American University in Rome (2009)
Other Ongoing Appointments
Member of the Steering Committee of Oxfam Italia. Rome (since 2010)
Coordinator of the Crisis Monitoring Group (since 2008)
Member of the Advisory Board of Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI). Rome (since 2006)
Chairman of the Ethic Committee of AGIRE. Rome (since 2008)
Member of the Advisory Board of ActionAid International Italia. Milan (since 2005)
Member of the Editorial Boardof the Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security. Coventry (UK)
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Main Working Experiences
2008 - 2011
NATO – Joint Warfare Center – Subject Matter Expert. Humanitarian Aid – Stavanger (Norway)
Joint Force Command Naples – Subject Matter Expert. IOs/NGOs
Joint Force Command Brunssum – Subject Matter Expert. IOs/NGOs
Joint Force Command Madrid – Subject Matter Expert. IOs/NGOs
European Commission – Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW). Stuttgart (Germany).
Operational Management (OPM) Course, European civil protection training. Trainer
European Commission – Scuola S. Anna di Pisa. Rome (Italy). European Civil Protection
training. Trainer
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Milan. Master’s in International Cooperation
in Emergencies. Coordinator
– Diploma in Humanitarian Aid. Director
Centro Studi di Política Internazionale (CeSPI). Rome. Research Coordinator
PRO.GE.CO Consulting. Ferrara (Italy) . "Assistance technique au projet de consolidation de la
réconciliation par l'appui aux populations touchées par les conflits en République du Congo" Project Design.
2007
NATO – Joint Warfare Center – Subject Matter Expert. Humanitarian Aid – Stavanger (Norway)
European Commission – Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW). Stuttgart (Germany).
Operational Management (OPM) Course, European civil protection training. Trainer
Steps Consulting – Lyon (France) for the European Parliament. A comparative study of the laws in
the 25 EU Member States on irregular immigration. Editor
European Commission - Community Mechanism Induction Course, European civil protection
training in Rome. Trainer
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Milan. Master’s in International Cooperation
in Emergencies. Coordinator
– Diploma in Humanitarian Aid. Director
Centro Studi di Política Internazionale (CeSPI). Rome. Research Coordinator
2006
European Commission - Community Mechanism Induction Course, European civil protection
training in Rome. Trainer
UPP (Italy) Amman, Iraqi NGO Capacity Building
Relief International (USA). Amman, Iraqi NGO Training Consultant
Comitato Italiano per la Risposta alle Emergenze (CIRE). Consultant
Centro Studi di Política Internazionale (CeSPI). Rome. Research Director – “From the Ashes.
Lessons learned and good practices after ten years of post-war reconstruction processes”
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Fields - International Humanitarian Training Centre. Rome. Director of Programmes
InterSOS – Consultant
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Milan. Master’s in International Affairs.
Course Coordinator
Diploma in Humanitarian Aid. Director
2001-2005
Centro Studi di Política Internazionale (CESPI). Rome. Research Director
Ngo Coordination Committee in Iraq (NCCI). Amman. Consultant
ICS (Italy) – Consultant
Action Aid (UK) – Consultant
Handicap International (France) – Consultant
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI). Milan. Master’s in International Affairs.
Course Coordinator
Diploma in Humanitarian Aid. Director
1997-2001
VOICE (Liaison Committee of NGOs by the European Union) - Brussels
Director of VOICE, network of 100 European NGOs working in Emergency and Humanitarian Aid
and Head of the Department of Humanitarian Aid in the Liaison Committee.
Member of SPHERE Project Management Committee. (1997-2001)
Member of the Executive Board of the Groupe URD. Paris. (1998-2001)
Member of the Steering
Washington. (1999-2001)
Committee
of
the
Provention
Consortium
(World
Bank).
1996-1997
Movimondo NGO. Rome
Senior Officer in the Training and Policy office. Responsible for the policies in conflict resolution,
peacekeeping and Human Rights.
In charge of most of European/International relations of the organisation (Northern NGOs, EU, UN).
He represents Movimondo by Eurostep.
Responsible of training for peace support operations and humanitarian aid.
L.B. Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Canada
Member of Faculty. Subject Expert. Regional representative for Italy.
Italian Institute of Studies on Eastern Africa (ISIAO). Rome.
Training Supervisor
International Conference on Peacekeeping. Rome
Secretary General of the Steering Committee (promotion, organisation, fund raising, chairmanship)
Member of the Italian Steering Committees of:
the European Platform for Conflict Prevention
the International Coalition for the establishment of an International Criminal Court
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the International Campaign for the Ban of Anti-personnel Mines
Committee for Decentralised Cooperation with Nicaragua. City of Rome
1994-1995
L.B. Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Canada
Regional representative for Italy.
Departamento de Jinotega (Nicaragua). City of Rome/UNDP-PRODERE
Decentralized cooperation. Programme identification, pre-feasibility study, institutional agreements.
Director and producer of 2 documentaries on Demography and Migration in the
Mediterranean Area
presented at the NGO forum in the U.N. Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, Sept.
1994). Co-financed by EU Commission.
1992-1994
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ricerca e Cooperazione/Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGCS).
Director of the programme "Multisectoral Integrated Emergency Programme in Marginal Quarters
of Great Buenos Aires" for aid to marginal communities, street-children and etnic minorities.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Chairperson of Italian NGOs’ Coordination.
1991-1992
Director of Programmes of the Italian NGO Ricerca e Cooperazione
Responsible for the management of twelve international development programmes in Ghana,
Tunisia, Palestine, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina. He carries out monitoring and
evaluation missions, feasibility studies, project design, training courses for field-staff.
F.A.O.
In collaboration with Prof. Grazia Borrini he carries out a research on "Options to Enhance
Community Participation in FAO's Tropical Forestry Action Programme"
1990
Accra, Ghana. Ricerca e Cooperazione Interim Project Director.
Sefwi-Wiawso, Ghana. Project Director. Integrated Rural Development.
Ricerca e Cooperazione. Desk Officer for Ghana and Member of Board of Directors.
Consultant Expert for Sistemform. Rome. Team Leader. Feasibility study on a rural integrated
communication network in Peru
1987-1989
Ricerca e Cooperazione. Desk Officer for Ghana and Member of Board of Directors. Rome
He manages two development programmes with participatory methodology. He carries out
monitoring and evaluation missions, feasibility studies, project design, training courses for fieldstaff.
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1986
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Consultant Expert for Sistemform. Rome.
Feasibility study on a rural integrated programme in a tribal area of Madhya Pradesh (India).
1979-1987
TV Director/Producer, Consultant on Cultural Activities for the City Council of Rome, Radio
and Journalism, Organization of cultural events
Ethnomusic researcher
Field research in: India (Kashmir and Ladakh) 1979, Papua New Guinea (Trobriand Islands) 1980,
Vanuatu (Isle of Tanna) 1982, Samoa (Isle of Upolu) 1982
Main publications
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“Nuove Povertà” ed emergenze umanitarie complesse. In: AAVV - “Nell’occhio del ciclone” Caritas 2009
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Gli ultimi cavalieri. In “Un mestiere difficile: Cooperazione Internazionale. Lavorare con le ONG”
Link 2007. October 2008
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Goma 2008 - La Responsabilità di proteggere. AGI Mondo - Novembre 2008
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Bangladesh: lezioni dal disastro. Lettera22 - Novembre 2007
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Various Authors - The conditions in centres for third country national (detention camps, open
centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and
facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states - STEPS Consulting Social
for the European Parliament -Directorate-General Internal Policies. Brussels. December 2007
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A Road Map for Afghanistan – CeSPI – Rome, 2007
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Various Authors - From the Ashes. Lessons learned and good practices after ten years of postwar reconstruction processes. UNSSC, CeSPI and CeMiSS – Turin 2007
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P. Calvi Parisetti e G. Rufini - Nell'emergenza. Teoria e pratica dell'aiuto umanitario. Gignos
Institute - Ginevra 2006
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AA.VV. Le operazioni di emergenza nelle aree nel sud est asiatico. ActionAid International Italia –
marzo 2006
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An introduction to contemporary Humanitarian Aid for Iraqi NGOs - Relief International - Amman
July 2006
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NCCI. NGO Workshop and Conference - Final Report - Amman, 2005
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with S. Aprile and M.S. Marcos - Civil-military relations in PSOs. The Italian experience, CIMIC
and future perspectives - CeSPI - Rome 2005
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AA.VV. - Geopolitica dello Tsunami - O Barra o Edizioni - Milano 2005
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L'umanitarismo alla prova dell'Iraq - Communitas (Vita) - Milano 2005
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(with Alpaslan Ozerdem) - Humanitarianism and The Principles of Humanitarian Action in PostCold War Context - in S. Barakat (ed.), After the Conflict: Reconstruction and Development in the
aftermath of Conflict - Palgrave Macmillan – London 2005
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Africa: i dilemmi dell’Umanitarismo - in Aspenia n.29 - Aspen Institute Italia – 2005
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Vent’anni di umanitario, dal boom alla disillusione – in Tra crisi umanitarie e azione umanitaria in
crisi. Medici Senza Frontiere – Novembre 2004
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Silvia Aprile e Gianni Rufini - La cooperazione allo sviluppo e l’attività umanitaria: quale concetto
di politica estera? - in Le sfide esterne e di sicurezza per la UE - a cura di Rosa Balfour e Roberto
Menotti - Cemiss – Roma 2004
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L’aiuto umanitario – in Lavorare nella cooperazione internazionale – Turin 2004
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Silvia Aprile, Antonio Marchesi, Gianni Rufini, Iacopo Viciani - Civilian power or political dwarf?
The sustainability of the Development European model in the making of its foreign policy, the
case of European intervention in crisis situations - Fields, Rome - June 2003
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Iraq: il costo della ricostruzione – in Aspenia – Aspen Institute Italia – April 2003
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Preface to Tony Vaux - L’altruista egoista – Turin 2002
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HIV and Humanitarian Aid - Brussels 2002
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La nouvelle dynamique des crises humanitaires. Penser et agir autrement - actes du rencontredébat - Haut Conseil de la Coopération Internationale, Paris 2002
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Penser autrement les crises, agir autrement: Diversité des facteurs, pluralité des acteurs
- Haut Conseil de la Coopèration Internationale – Parigi, 19 juin 2001
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Il ruolo delle ONG nella prevenzione e gestione delle crisi internazionali – Atti del Seminario Ministero degli Affari Esteri - Istituto Diplomatico “Mario Toscano” - Roma 25 giugno 2001
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Partnership: principles, practices and paradigm - Feedback from ECHO workshop held in
Brussels 15 and 16 November 2001
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VOICE - The Grey Zone or the Missing Link Between Relief, Rehabilitation and Development.
Bruxelles 2001
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Quelles politiques d'intervention pour les ONGs humanitaires Européennes? - in "Etikuma 99" Bioforce/Univ. Paris I, Paris 2000
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Doing the right thing - in Focus: Balkans, Bruxelles 2000
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Faire pour le mieux - in Focus: Balkans, Bruxelles 2000
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Il ruolo delle ONG nell'emergenza - in "Dopo la guerra" - Movimondo, Rome 2000
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Quelles politiques d'intervention pour les ONGs humanitaires Européennes? - in "Etikuma 99" Bioforce/Univ. Paris I, Paris 2000
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ProVention Consortium: Reducing Disasters through Development – Conference Report - World
Bank, Washington, 2-4 Febbraio 2000
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Challenges for NGOs in the reconstruction of war torn countries: the case of Former Yugoslavia
in “Enhancing The EU’S Response To Violent Conflict: Moving Beyond Reaction To Preventive
Action” - Conference Report and Policy Recommendations – Bruxelles, 7-8 December 2000
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VOICE - The Essential Role of NGOs in the Reconstruction of War-Torn Countries. Bruxelles
2000
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Il caso dell’uragano Mitch in America Centrale in Il ruolo delle Ong di solidarietà e cooperazione
nella gestione delle crisi internazionali: verso una nuova partnership tra istituzioni e società civile
– Atti del Convegno – Roma, 23 Maggio 2000
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Les crises durables – Conference Report – Medécins du Monde – Paris, 15 Décembre 2000
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VOICE - The future of European humanitarian aid -the NGO view – Bruxelles 1999
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Reconstructing Kosovo: New Prospects for the Balkans – Proceedings of the European
Parliament Session – Bruxelles, 12-13 Ottobre 1999
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Partnership, agreements and framework of Humanitarian Aid - Proceedings of the Conference:
"Europe And Humanitarian Aid - What Future? ", Bad Neuenahr 1999, University of Bochum,
Bochum 2000
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El Niño: a case study in Disaster Preparedness, Humanitarian Affairs Review, Brussels 1999
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The Potential of NGOs in Negotiation and Mediation, Peacekeeping and International Relations,
vol.26, n°2, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Toronto, 1995
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Peacekeeping and the Coming Age of NGOs, Peacekeeping and International Relations, vol.25,
n°1, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, Toronto, 1995
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The NGOs Component in New Peacekeeping Partnership, a Presentation, "L.B.Pearson"
Peacekeeping Training Centre, Clementsport, 1995
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(Editor) Mapa de Riesgos sociales y ambientales en barrios marginales del Conurbano
Bonaerense, Ricerca e Cooperazione, Buenos Aires 1993
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Options to enhance Community Participation in FAO Tropical Forestry Action Programme - ed. by
Grazia Borrini, FAO-UNICOS, Roma, 1992
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Analysis of Five National Exercises of TFAP, FAO-UNICOS, Roma, 1992
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Primary Environmental Care - Un caso di studio in Ghana, Atti del Seminario sulla PEC, Siena Roma, 1992.
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