Coordinator of several EU Projects (MedEmporion, Central Markets, Tour of knowledge and flavors of the mountains, Promoterroir, …), coordinator of the research activities "Towards a regional market policy”, activities plan of the Piedmont Regional Observatory on Commerce. From 2010 to 2013, Responsible for the tutoring and management of the Lagrange project, a project aimed at supporting studies on complexity. Since 2006 collaborate with “Conservatoria delle Cucine Mediterranee” (Conservatory of Mediterranean Food), association based in Turin. President of the Center of Initiatives for Europe, in Turin, from 2010 to 2013. City Councillor in Torino and member of the Department Council in Vercelli since 2007, in May 2013 he has been elected Mayor in Trino. Since July 2014, President of the COVEVAR, the Consortium responsible for the waste management in the Department of Vercelli (Piedmont, Italy). He's an URBACT Thematic Expert. He's been involved in the URBACT Markets network.