I have worked as a facilitator for public administrations to support them in delivering public policies, regulations and public works projects both in practical terms that in supporting communication roles, such as in Puglia, for the workshop: http://www.statigeneralicommercio.it/Programma_Mesagne.pdf, in cooperation with the national partner Iscomgroup. As Commissioner for the city of Ivrea, I have set up participatory methods and tools such as the regulation on common public spaces and values. Ivrea was one of the first three cities to adopt it in Italy, as reported here: http://www.labsus.org/2014/09/ivrea-approvato-allunanimita-il-regolamento-dei-beni-comuni/ , and recently invited in Ferrara at a national workshop to present its experience (see http://www.urbancenterferrara.it/2-intervista-ad-altri-comuni/). Moreover, as commissioner for urban planning, public works and private buildings, I have been testing local participatory tools and methods to involve citisens and stakeholders as new development plans and other projects are presented to City Hall. In the project to enhance downtown retail in the Retail Dictrict Porta delle Alpi, I worked with participatory tools to involve the local community to support a proactive revitalisation project along with the local administrations.

I have been working as a consultant for both local administrations and retailers' associations in delivering downtown revitalisation projects and town centre management schemes, depending on their needs. In terms of integrated approach, I have worked on Integrated Plans and programmes such as the Programma Territoriale Integrato porta Sud Metropolitana (Moncalieri - Nichelino - Trofarello - La Loggia) http://www.comune.moncalieri.to.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/1076 and urban marketing plans such as the one for Bellaria Igea Marina: http://www.romagnagazzette.com/2011/06/16/a-igea-marina-presentato-il-piano-di-marketing-urbanistico-per-il-rilancio/ and the one for the city of Parma: I Have also worked consistently on downtown revitalisation and town centre management schemes with local and regional retailer's associations, using monitoring tools such as questionnaires and elaborating cold data. In example: 1°RAPPORTO SULL’OPERATIVITA’ DEI CENTRI COMMERCIALI NATURALI DELLA TOSCANA. Piccolo manuale di marketing operativo dei CCN – Giugno 2010. http://www.cat-toscana.it/sites/default/files/071_CCN%201-84_0.pdf “Progetto finalizzato all’identificazione di distretti del commercio e del tempo libero”, for Istituto Tagliacarne/INDIS Unioncamere, presented in Venice in 2007: http://www.anci.it/index.cfm?layout=dettaglio&IdSez=2551&IdDett=11416

I keep up-to-date both through Life Long Learning (through the Association of Architects I belong to – Ordine Architetti di Torino) and practice (I am local commissioner for urban planning in my hometown. This appointment in particular give me the opportunity to have a continuously updated and ample vision of all new policies and regulations at a national level) both on retail/services and urban planning themes and by working. Through my strong partnership network I have a constantly updated vision of what is being done in other European countries on these matters. As a matter of fact, often I produce, along with colleagues a comparative framework of the different national policies and regulations so as to see how the different revitalisation schemes can be applied in different countries, or – at national level – even regions within the same country.