Gianni (Giovanni) Rufini was born in Rome in 1954. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He is an expert of international aid, former Director of VOICE, the Network of European NGOs working in Emergency and Humanitarian Aid (1997-2001). Humanitarian aid (also called succour) is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes typically in response to humanitarian crises
A former media-man, with a background in anthropology, since 1985, he has worked in development and humanitarian aid for several International NGOs (Relief International, Movimondo, Handicap International, ActionAid, Intersos, NCCI, ReC) and UN agencies (FAO and UNDP-UNOPS). ActionAid was founded in 1972 as a child sponsorship charity when 88 UK supporters The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security From 1985 to 1994, he has carried out field work in India Ghana, Palestine and Argentina as Programme Director, in activities ranging from rural development to health aid and assistance to street children. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. He has been engaged in over 60 missions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Balkans for project identification, monitoring and evaluation.
Since 1996 he is Associate of the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, at the University of York (UK). The University of York is a Campus university in the city of York, England. He is Course Coordinator at the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) in Milan, the "La Sapienza" University in Rome and the Bocconi University in Milan. Institute for International Political Studies - ISPI (full official name in Italian Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale) founded in Institute for International Political Studies - ISPI (full official name in Italian Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale) founded in Sapienza University of Rome ( Italian Sapienza Università di Roma) is a coeducational autonomous state university in Rome, Italy He is lecturer of humanitarian aid at the universities of Paris Sorbonne (DESS), Madrid (Carlos III), Washington (American University), Brussels (ULB), the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Legon (Ghana), John Cabot University and others. The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa ( Italian: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento) is a special-statute public university John Cabot University is a private American liberal arts university located in Rome, Italy. He is also a Research Director with CeSPI and Programme Director for the Humanitarian Training Centre "Fields".
He is also member of the Steering Committee of ActionAid International Italia, the Aid in Conflict Project, the Editorial Board of Humanitarian Affairs Review (Brussels) and The Humanitarian Times (Washington).
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