Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Name Alessandro Valenza
Address Via Ciarafoni 12 - 60125 Ancona Italy Mobile +39 347 8617 524
e-mail [email protected] Nationality Italian
Professional
Experiences
Date From 2007 onwards Occupation or position
held
Partner of t33 Main activities And
responsibilities -2011-2012. Team Leader of the study: "Quantifying public procurement of research and development of ICT solutions in Europe- SMART 2011-0036" on the behalf of DG INFSO
-2011-2012. Team Leader of the study: "Revision of EU public procurement legislation: matters of concern for LRA and potential subsidiarity issues" on the behalf of the Committee of the Regions
-2011-2012. Team Leader of the study:
"Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe and entrepreneurship policies at local and regional level", on the behalf of the Committee of the Regions -2011-2012.Team Leader of the study: "Assessment of the European Globalisation adjustment Fund programme till 2013 from the local and regional level and recommendations for the new programming perspective 2014-2020", on the behalf of the Committee of the Regions
-2011-2012. Senior Expert. Analysis of 2000-2006 indicators and suggestions for the period 2014-2020 in the framework of 'Analysis of physical and financial data of ERDF 2000-2006 programmes' on the behalf DG REGIO, EU Commission
-2011.Team Leader. Support for the capitalization of results of transnational projects funded by Alpine Space Programme.
-2010. Senior Expert for the study on the behalf of European Parliament "“Moving towards a more result / performance-based delivery system in Cohesion Policy” for CSIL
-2010. Team Leader of the study "Measuring the impact of changing regulatory requirements to administrative cost and administrative burden of
managing EU Structural Funds” on the behalf DG REGIO, EU Commission
-2010.Team Leader in the independent strategic evaluation of the impact of the interventions funded by ERDF ROP Marche 2007-2013 supporting innovation -2010.Team Leader in the strategic and operational evaluation of the Cross Border Cooperation Program Italy - France 2007 -2014 (ERDF)
-2010. Senior Evaluator in the study “Lessons from shared management on cohesion, rural development and fisheries policies” on behalf of EC - DG REGIO. The Study was based in the analysis of implementation regulation and in a semi - structured interview to Head of Units, Directors and General Directors of DG REGIO, DG MARE, DG EMPLOI, DG AGRI
-2009-2010. Technical assistance to Ancona County in:
- supporting Institutional capacity building related to EU projecting and programming; designing cooperation projects with civil society; screening of European funding opportunities; designing the local action plan in the framework of the Rural Development Plan (EARDF)
-2009. Independent evaluation of the financial engineering measures funded by the ERDF SPD Marche 2000-2006 programme.
-2009. Senior Consultant in the study for the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament on “Instruments of EU Regional policy: an analysis of the European added value of European Structural and Innovative Funding”.
-2008-2009. Senior Consultant. Ad-Hoc Note for the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament on “The Data Transparency Initiative and its impacts on Cohesion Policy”.
-2008. Senior Consultant. Independent Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Cohesion Policy in the 2000- 2006: gender equality and demographic change. Ex- post evaluation on behalf of EC - DG REGIO. In the framework of the evaluation, case studies were performed aimed at understanding the role of local authorities in the economic development of rural areas, and the contribution of the civil society to urban regeneration projects
-2008. International Short term senior expert for VNG international. Preparation of feasibility study (Economic and Financial Analysis) within the
“Municipal Support Program North East Serbia: EU–
funded project managed by The European Agency for Reconstruction”: tourism projects
2008. Senior Consultant in the study "Regional Expenditures of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund (CF) in 2000-2006 "
on behalf of EC - DG REGIO
-2007-2008. Senior Consultant .Assistance to the Ministry of Labor and family for drawing up the Sectoral Operational Program as regards the Monitoring and Evaluation System. More in details, the task was to design an evaluation methodology to assess projects in the field of community services and the empowerment of the civil society.
-2007. Senior Consultant. Ad-Hoc Note for the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament on “The Impact of tourism Coastal Areas:
Regional and development aspects”. In particular the role of the partnership (Civil Society, Economic Actors, Local Authorities) was taken into account. The study was presented to the MPs in an official hearing by Alessandro
Name of employer t33
Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2010 Occupation or position
held Senior Evaluator Main activities And
responsibilities Evaluation of stakeholders participation in programming and implementation of pre-accession assistance to Turkey, carried out on the behalf of the European Commission, DG Enlargement. The evaluation aims at increasing the role of civil society organizations in project formulation and identification.
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2010 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Elaboration of a methodology for the assessment of the establishment of a business centres network in the framework of ABIGEM project (LOT 3). The methodology consisted in an analysis of the competencies of Local Authorities, Business World and Civil Society representatives.
Name of employer Steinbeis GmbH & Co. KG für Technologietransfer (Ref.
Ernest Koch; www.stw.de) Type of business or sector Project Evaluation
Date 2010 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Expert monitoring of the impact assessment carried out in the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme "Alpine Space".
Name of employer Land Salzburg
Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2005-2011 Occupation or position
held Coordinator of EU Institutions module and Lecturer Main activities And
responsibilities Lecturer in European Institutions and Regional and Cohesion Policy, including Structural Funds, at the Master in Relations with Eastern Countries.
Name of employer University of Macerata (Ref. Ernesto Tavoletti;
www.unimc.it) Type of business or sector Training
Date 2009-2010 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Technical assistance of OP Cross Border Cooperation Italy-Switzerland 2007-2013. Design of a methodology for the selection of projects of the local Authorities and the civil society; assessment of the proposals.
Name of employer Archidata (ref. Serena Pelagallo www.archidata.it) Type of business or sector Technical Assistance
Date 2010 Occupation or position
held Senior Expert Main activities And
responsibilities Technical Assistance to the ERDF 2007-2013 Marche Region Operational Program. Tasks: strategic preparation of the 2013-2020 phase
Name of employer Archidata (Ref. Marina De Nigris; www.archidata.it) Type of business or sector Technical Assistance
Date 2009 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Feasibility assessment of the establishment of a business centre network in the framework of ABIGEM project (LOT 2). The main task was to evaluate the feasibility and sustainability of new business centres taking into consideration the skills and competencies of local Authorities and business actors.
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Project Evaluation
Date 2008-2009 Occupation or position
held Senior Evaluator Main activities And
responsibilities
Independent Evaluation of ROP Lombardia - ERDF 2007-2013: assessment of the monitoring system and the programme indicators.
Name of employer EXPERT ITALIA (www.expertitalia.it) Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2008-2009 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Study "Regional governance in the context of globalisation" on behalf of EC - DG REGIO: assessment of the costs of Italian ERDF Programmes management.
The study was based in a quantitative survey and sample studies in 26 MS. The Methodology and the coordination of the implementation of the sample studies was under the responsibility of Alessandro Name of employer ARCHIDATA
Type of business or sector Study Date 2008 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Coordinator of the evaluation and monitoring training programme in the Italian Convergence Regions for innovative projects (PARSEC project). The training was aimed at civil servants from local and regional authorities.
Name of employer FORMEZ, Italian Training Agency for public official Type of business or sector Training
Date 2008 Occupation or position
held Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Training programme concerning monitoring and evaluation of innovative projects (PARSEC). Delivery of a cost-benefit analysis training course aimed at public servants.
Name of employer Formez (Ref. Anna Claudia Abis; www.formez.it) Type of business or sector Education/Training
Date 2008-2007 Occupation or position
held International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Assistance to the UFT (Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade) for the development of a clustering policy. The main task was to contribute to the proposal of a strategy for the development of a national clustering policy and improve the institutional capacity of UFT and other relevant organisations.
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Capacity Building
Date 2007
Occupation or position
held Senior consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Training civil servants of Oltenia and Gluce Regional Development Agencies on Evaluation and Monitoring systems (Twinning project).
Name of employer Consorzio Progetto Lazio Type of business or sector Training
Date 2007 Occupation or position
held Senior consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Assistance to Regione Lombardia for the drawing up of the Regional Operational Programme regarding social and economic indicators.
Name of employer IRER (Istituto Regionale per la ricerca – Regional Research centre)
Type of business or sector Technical Assistance
Date 2007 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Training on evaluation and project selection techniques.
Name of employer Regione Marche Type of business or sector Training
Date 2007 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Independent evaluation of the economic evaluation activities of the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, on behalf of EC - DG ECFIN. Were performed analysis of the relations between the DGs during the impact assessment process, of the quality and consistency of the analytical documents provided by DG ECFIN and the other DGs, and of the process of information exchange. Alessandro performed several interviews to Directors and Heads of Unit of different DGs and two case studies on the development of third report of Cohesion Policy by DG REGIO and the development of legislative proposal for Biofuel by DG AGRI
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2006-2007 Occupation or position
held Senior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Coordinator of Cost Benefit Analysis Training Programme for the National Network of the Evaluators.
Name of employer FORMEZ Type of business or sector Training
Date 2006 Occupation or position
held International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Technical assistance in project appraisal of a water supply infrastructure. Training to public servants and private consultants in cost benefit analysis.
Name of employer ECORYS
Type of business or sector Project Evaluation
Date 2006 Occupation or position
held
Senior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Comparative study on the public performance measurement and benchmarking in UK and Italy.
Alessandro was in charge specifically of the analysis of the English system of Performance measurement and the role of the public agency IDEA
Name of employer FORMEZ Type of business or sector Study
Date 2006 Occupation or position
held Senior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Ex-ante evaluation of ERDF ROP Tuscany 2007 - 2013:
adequacy of the socio-economic analysis; relevance of the strategy and consistency with national and EU policies; adequacy of the management system;
consistency of the expected results and impacts.
Name of employer RESCO Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2006 Occupation or position
held Senior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities
Ex-ante evaluation of ERDF ROP Umbria 2007 - 2013:
adequacy of the socio-economic analysis; relevance of the strategy and consistency with national and EU policies; adequacy of the management system;
consistency of the expected results and impacts.
Name of employer RESCO Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2006 Occupation or position
held
International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Training civil servants (Line Ministry and Prime Ministry under secretariat) on EU social and economic
legislation.
Name of employer Scott Wilson (Ref. Damla Mıdık Tüzüner;
www.scottwilson.com) Type of business or sector Training
Date 2004-2006 Occupation or position
held Senior consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Assistance to the Italian Regions / Government Joint Committee for the negotiation of the new structural funds 2007-2013 regulations.
Name of employer Studiare Sviluppo Type of business or sector Technical Assistance
Date 2004-2006 Occupation or position
held International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Training civil servants and local authorities in Sibenik and Zadar Counties in EU local development programming and evaluating techniques (CARDS).
Name of employer RESCO Type of business or sector Training
Date 2004-2006 Occupation or position
held International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Supporting the Sibenik and Zadar Counties for the drawing up of the Regional Development Programme (CARDS).
Name of employer RESCO
Type of business or sector Capacity Building
Date 2004-2006 Occupation or position
held International Short term senior expert Main activities And
responsibilities Cost Benefit Analysis for infrastructure projects: water supply, tourist marina, social centre, business zone, business incubator (CARDS). The Beneficiaries of the infrastructures were local authorities (Municipalities and Counties).
Name of employer RESCO
Type of business or sector Project Evaluation
Date 2005 Occupation or position
held Senior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Study “Policy guidelines for regions falling under the new regional competitiveness and employment objective for the 2007 – 2013 period in the fields of the knowledge economy and the environment, in line with
the Lisbon and Gothenburg objective” on behalf of EC - DG REGIO.
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Study
Date 2004-2005 Occupation or position
held Expert – Member of the monitoring and Reporting team
Main activities And responsibilities
Technical assistance for monitoring the EUWI's (European Union Water Initiative).
Name of employer FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Type of business or sector Technical Assistance
Date 2004-2005 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Training regional (Regione Emilia Romagna ) officers in cost-benefit analysis.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Training
Date 2002-2005 Occupation or position
held
Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Evaluation of the Ob2 ERFD Umbria Region programme. Activities performed: cost-benefit analysis of museum; cost effectiveness analysis of business zone; benchmarking analysis of urban regeneration projects; survey of SME beneficiaries regarding State aid; partnership analysis; gender impact analysis.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2003 Occupation or position
held Short term international expert Main activities And
responsibilities Training the public servants of the North East Region of Romania in the evaluation techniques and methods.
Name of employer Twinning Project Italy – Romania Type of business or sector Training
Date 2003 Occupation or position
held Junior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Lecturer at the Master in project and programme analysis.
Name of employer FORMEZ Type of business or sector Training
Date 2003 Occupation or position
held Junior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities
Assistance for the feasibility analysis of an evaluation national network.
Name of employer FORMEZ
Type of business or sector Capacity Building
Date 2002 Occupation or position
held Junior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Assistance to the Basilicata Region for the establishment of a regional team for the evaluation of public projects.
Name of employer FORMEZ,
Type of business or sector Capacity Building
Date 2002 Occupation or position
held Senior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Assistance to the ICE (National Italian Institute for foreign commerce) regarding programming, monitoring and evaluating.
Name of employer Resco
Type of business or sector Capacity Building
Date 2001 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Co-author of Operational Manual for the Monitoring and Evaluation of development co-operation initiatives. Assignment on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2000 Occupation or position
held Junior Researcher Main activities And
responsibilities Analysis of the administrative structure of the Italian Single Programming Documents and Regional Operational Programmes, on behalf of EC - DG REGIO.
Name of employer CSIL (Ref. Silvia Vignetti; www.csilmilano.com) Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 2000 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant
Main activities And On-going Evaluation of Obj 5b in Tuscany. Activities
responsibilities performed: cost effectiveness analysis of hydro - geological projects aimed at flood prevention.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 1999-2000 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities
Ongoing Evaluation of Obj 5b in Lazio, performance analysis.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 1999-2000 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities On-going Evaluation of Ob2 in Tuscany 94-99.
Activities performed: case study analysis of an hi-tech project; cost and benefit analysis of port and transport projects; case study analysis of museums and tourist attractions projects.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 1999 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities
On-going evaluation activities for INTEREG II Toscana/Corsica.
Name of employer Resco Type of business or sector Evaluation
Date 1998 Occupation or position
held Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Analysis of the social and economic context of Molise Region.
Name of employer CENSIS (Centre for Social Studies and Policies, is a socio-economic research institute)
Type of business or sector Study Date 1998 Occupation or position
held
Junior Consultant Main activities And
responsibilities Analysis concerning the training tools adopted by the Marche Region.
Name of employer CENSIS (Centre for Social Studies and Policies, is a socio-economic research institute)
Type of business or sector Study
Education Dates 1997
Title of qualification Specialisation in European Law Name and type of
organisation providing
education and training University of Macerata
Dates 1991-1997
Title of qualification Master degree in "Politics". Final mark: 110/110 with honours
Name and type of organisation providing
education and training University of Sacro Cuore, Milan
Personal Skills Mother tongue Italian
Other language(s) (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Self-assessment Reading Speaking Writing English 1 1 1
French 2 2 3
Computer Skills Excellent in MS Office applications
