Validated Expert info
Expert can perform the Lead expert role and Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:
1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities
2. Thematic expertise:
Circular economy | Mobility | Social innovation | Strategic Urban Planning
3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
Summary
Pietro L. Verga has been researching and working on innovative, place-based sustainable development initiatives and strategies for nearly two decades.
Remarkably, he supported different Municipalities (e.g., Baia Mare, RO; Copenhagen, DK; Ferrara and Milano, IT) in the design, management, and/or coordination of European Projects and strategies focusing on community-led and participatory approaches, nature-based solutions, circular economy principles, and social innovation.
Pietro organised and facilitated a wide range of in-person and online peer to peer exchanges with international city representatives in the context of several EU projects (H2020, UIA, URBACT) or events (e.g., the European Week of Regions and Cities, the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum and the first EUI Capacity Building Event on CLLD) fostering proactive interactions and mutual learning on sustainable urban development innovative experiences and models.
Pietro is based between Milano and Frankfurt am Main
