Sandro PieroniPosition: Accountability
Institution: Tuscany Region
Website: www.regione.toscana.it
Sandro Pieroni is an Agronomist. He is the manager of the forestry sector in Tuscany Region since 2016. He attended the master in European planning in Brussels on sustainable rural development. He worked for consulting companies for the promotion of local development and he was responsible for international cooperation projects.
Website: www.regione.toscana.it
Sandro Pieroni is an Agronomist. He is the manager of the forestry sector in Tuscany Region since 2016. He attended the master in European planning in Brussels on sustainable rural development. He worked for consulting companies for the promotion of local development and he was responsible for international cooperation projects.
Elisabetta GravanoPosition: Accountability
Institution: Tuscany Region
Website: www.regione.toscana.it
Elisabetta Gravano is a forest engineer working in Tuscany Region since 2002. She works principally about national and regional forest law. She was working about Model Forest process since 2009 and she has contributed to the birth of the first model forest in Italy (Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest, 2012). She is a technical responsible of the MMFN Secretariat since 2019.
Website: www.regione.toscana.it
Elisabetta Gravano is a forest engineer working in Tuscany Region since 2002. She works principally about national and regional forest law. She was working about Model Forest process since 2009 and she has contributed to the birth of the first model forest in Italy (Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest, 2012). She is a technical responsible of the MMFN Secretariat since 2019.
Antonio VentrePosition: Secretary
Institution: Union of Municipalities Valdarno & Valdisieve
Website: www.uc-valdarnoevaldisieve.fi.it
He is a forest engineer, FMMF board member and International Relationship Thematic Commission Coordinator. Since 2002 he has been Director of the Technical Area of the Valdarno and Valdisieve Union of Municipalities where he mainly deals with sustainable forest management, project management within EU programs (Horizon, LIFE, Erasmus +, etc.), training for forest worker, environmental planning and collaboration, forest management, landscape restoration.
Website: www.uc-valdarnoevaldisieve.fi.it
He is a forest engineer, FMMF board member and International Relationship Thematic Commission Coordinator. Since 2002 he has been Director of the Technical Area of the Valdarno and Valdisieve Union of Municipalities where he mainly deals with sustainable forest management, project management within EU programs (Horizon, LIFE, Erasmus +, etc.), training for forest worker, environmental planning and collaboration, forest management, landscape restoration.
Stefano BertiPosition: Scientific Coordination
Institution: Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association
Website: www.forestamodellomontagnefiorentine.org
Forest engineer, President of Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association (FMMF) since its establishment in 2012. From 1984 to 2020 he was first researcher and then Research Manager at CNR IVALSA (Trees and Timber Institute). Member of various Committees of project evaluation and research activities at national and international level, until 2019 it was Chairman of UNI (Italian Standardization Body) Wood Technical Commission. The research on Wood Technology and Forest Utilization and the transfer of the results to civil society are the main activities developed by Stefano Berti.
Website: www.forestamodellomontagnefiorentine.org
Forest engineer, President of Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association (FMMF) since its establishment in 2012. From 1984 to 2020 he was first researcher and then Research Manager at CNR IVALSA (Trees and Timber Institute). Member of various Committees of project evaluation and research activities at national and international level, until 2019 it was Chairman of UNI (Italian Standardization Body) Wood Technical Commission. The research on Wood Technology and Forest Utilization and the transfer of the results to civil society are the main activities developed by Stefano Berti.
Silvia VanniniPosition: Program Officer
Institution: Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association
Website: www.forestamodellomontagnefiorentine.org
Graduated in Linguistic and Multimedia Communication at the University of Florence, she has been working since 2012 for the secretariat of the Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association where she is responsible for managing correspondence, office organization and meetings, relations with members and external organizations, press office and web communication. Since 2019 he has been supporting the management of the secretariat of the Mediterranean Model Forest Network.
Website: www.forestamodellomontagnefiorentine.org
Graduated in Linguistic and Multimedia Communication at the University of Florence, she has been working since 2012 for the secretariat of the Montagne Fiorentine Model Forest Association where she is responsible for managing correspondence, office organization and meetings, relations with members and external organizations, press office and web communication. Since 2019 he has been supporting the management of the secretariat of the Mediterranean Model Forest Network.
Riccardo CastelliniPosition: International Cooperation, Project design & management
Institution: CESEFOR Foundation
Website: www.cesefor.com
The Head of the Cesefor’s Project management, Cooperation & Fundraising Department. He has been member of the MMFN Secretariat since 2009. He’s a Doctor in Law and a Lawyer, with 15 years of field experience in International Cooperation and UE project design and management. He will foster the international relationships in the Network framework. He can speak fluently French, English, Spanish and Italian.
Website: www.cesefor.com
The Head of the Cesefor’s Project management, Cooperation & Fundraising Department. He has been member of the MMFN Secretariat since 2009. He’s a Doctor in Law and a Lawyer, with 15 years of field experience in International Cooperation and UE project design and management. He will foster the international relationships in the Network framework. He can speak fluently French, English, Spanish and Italian.
Paolo MoriPosition: Knowledge Management, Communication & Dissemination
Institution: Compagnia delle Foreste S.r.l.
Website: www.compagniadelleforeste.it
Graduated in Forestry Sciences and enrolled in the order of journalists. He founded Compagnia delle Foreste in 1995, an activity that deals with communication and innovation in the forestry sector: nationally and internationally. He created the forestry magazine Sherwood, the online library Ecoalleco, the magazine Tecniko e Pratiko, EUFORMAG and FormaFor. He also deals with project management, communication and dissemination within EU programs.
Website: www.compagniadelleforeste.it
Graduated in Forestry Sciences and enrolled in the order of journalists. He founded Compagnia delle Foreste in 1995, an activity that deals with communication and innovation in the forestry sector: nationally and internationally. He created the forestry magazine Sherwood, the online library Ecoalleco, the magazine Tecniko e Pratiko, EUFORMAG and FormaFor. He also deals with project management, communication and dissemination within EU programs.