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O R M A TPersonal information
Surname / First name
Franco Ciro
Address
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale - National
Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics)
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C - 34010 - Sgonico ( TS ) - Italy
TelephoneOffice: +39 040 2140 271
Fax
Office fax: +39 040 327455
E-mail[email protected]
Nationality ItalianDate of birth
13/11/1968
Work experience
Dates Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector Occupation or position held Main activities and responsibilities
Dates
From March 2014 (secondment from Politecnico di Milano)
OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale - National Institute of
Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics) – Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/C - 34010 - Sgonico ( TS ) - Italy
Public Administration, Research
In charge of the Technical Directorate “Promotion and Valorisation of Research”
The Directorate includes: the Research Promotion Office, dealing with activities related to the promotion and support of international research; technology transfer and exploitation of research; support to the Internal Assessment Body (OIV), with particular reference to the evaluation of the performance of the organisation.
From January 2013 – February 2014 Name and address of employer Politecnico di Milano
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 – 20133 Milano (Italy) Type of business or sector Public Administration, University
Occupation or position held Technology Transfer Manager
Main activities and responsibilities He coordinates the Technology Transfer processes and the exploitation of Intellectual Property. Furthermore he manages the Politecnico support services for the creation of spin-off companies. On behalf of the Office he manages technology transfer networking activities at the national and international level.
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Dates March 2005 to December 2012
Name and address of employer Consorzio per l’Area di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica di Trieste Padriciano 99 - 34012 Trieste
Type of business or sector Public Research Organisation/Science & Technology Park (Research Sector)
Occupation or position held Head of the Office “Coordination and internationalisation of regional research institutions” (Training, Project Design and Project Management Department)
Main activities and responsibilities As head of the Office, responsible for the following services/activities: APRE Helpdesk “Friuli Venezia Giulia Trieste” (Agency for the Promotion of European Research); FVG international Welcome Office (www.welcomeoffice.fvg.it); EURAXESS Service Centre Trieste and “Coordination Network of the Research Institutes of Friuli Venezia Giulia” (www.area.trieste.it/coordinamento). His tasks include: the management of services for supporting research; development and management of universities’ international services aimed at enhancing attractiveness of foreign students and researchers (www.welcomeofficeadvisory.it); drafting and management of international projects (in particular within FP7 People Programme, COFUND Action: www.welcomeoffice.fvg.it/talents-strategy.aspx); organisation of R&D international events; studies and analyses on the most recent EU strategies in the field of researchers’ international and intersectoral mobility.
As expert on academia-industry mobility, he has been member of the “Working Group on Intersectoral Mobility: career appraisal” (DG Research and Innovation, European Commission). Furthermore, he has been engaged in the implementation process of the European Charter for Researchers, as member of the Working Group “Human Resources Strategy for Researchers” at DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission.
Dates From October 1998 to February 2005
Name and address of employer Comitato Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Universitario (CNVSU) - National Council for the Evaluation of the University System (currently ANVUR)
Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca, P.le Kennedy, 20 - 00144 Rome
Type of business or sector Public Administration. Institutional Body of the Ministry of University and Research Occupation or position held Researcher
Main activities and responsibilities Activity mainly focused on the evaluation of development plans of universities: review and evaluation of the teaching, scientific, managerial and financial resources of the newly-created State and non-State universities.
On behalf of the National Council, he has participated in the Good practices benchmarking studies, conducted by the Department of Managerial Engineering of Milan Polytechnic targeted at the analysis of the administrative performance of universities.
He has been member of the Working Group on the Study on the Management of international student mobility by Italian universities, targeted at the analysis of the administrative structures and services for the management of international student mobility.
Education and training
Dates From November 2006 to July 2008 Name and type of organisation providing
education and training
School of Management MIP – Milan Polytechnic Principal subjects/Occupational skills
covered
Governance of university and research institutions, Funding models for the university system, Regulation of the Higher Education and Research system, Comparison between the European university systems. Project work in “Analysis of organisational models and processes enhancing the ability of university and research institutions to attract post-graduates and young researchers”. Title of qualification awarded 2nd level University Master’s Course
Level in national or international classification
Master Certificate in University and Research Management Dates From November 1993 to March 1996
Name and type of organisation providing education and training
Post-graduate School in Law and Economics of the European Communities, Faculty of Economics of “La Sapienza” University of Rome
Principal subjects/Occupational skills International economic integration, Basic information on the EU Institutions, EU Commercial Law, Economics and politics of the Community structures, EU Statistics, European Monetary Policy, EU
covered Labour Law, EU Economic and Social Policies, EU External Relations. Thesis on The Activities and Operation of the Euro-Info-Centres in Italy. Title of qualification awarded Post-graduate diploma in Law and Economics of the European Communities Level in national or international
classification Final PhD mark: 50/50
Dates From February 1994 to October 1994 Name and type of organisation providing
education and training
Advanced study course in International Tax Law – Faculty of Political Science, “La Sapienza” University of Rome
Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered
Business income taxation. Harmonisation of the European tax systems. Agreements against double taxation. International tax avoidance and evasion. Taxation of groups of companies.
Title of qualification awarded Advanced study course in International Tax Law Level in national classification Attendance certificate
Dates a.y. 1987/1988 – a.y. 1992/93 Name and type of organisation providing
education and training
Faculty of Political Science, “La Sapienza” University of Rome Principal subjects/Occupational skills
covered
Subject area: International Politics
Statistics, Political Economics, Private Law, Public Law, Political and economic geography, International Public Law, International economics, Italian and Comparative Constitutional Law, History of Treaties and International Politics, Modern History, Contemporary History
Title of qualification awarded University Degree in Political Science, subject area: international politics Level in national classification final degree mark: 110/110 cum laude
Dates From 1982 to 1987 Name and type of organisation providing
education and training
Liceo Classico “Matteo Tondi”, San Severo (FG)
Title of qualification awarded Diploma di Maturità Classica (High School Diploma in classical studies) Level in national or international
classification
Final mark: 52/60
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue
Italian
OTHER LANGUAGES
English (“First certificate in English”) • Reading Excellent
• Writing Excellent • Speaking Excellent
German (“Zertifikat Deutsch”) • Reading Elementary
• Writing Elementary • Speaking Elementary
Social skills and competences
Good aptitude towards collaborative and team work. His job requires frequent contacts and meetings with institutional representatives of the scientific institutions of Friuli Venezia Giulia region and with regional and national policymakers in the R&D sector. The daily networking and communication activities in multicultural environments (relational activities, presentations and training activities) are also a fundamental part of the activities carried out as coordinator of the APRE Helpdesk, of Welcome Office FVG and as a member of working groups at a European level.Organisational skills and
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competences
organising training activities, seminars and scientific dissemination events.Computer skills and competences
Excellent knowledge of WINDOWS 2000 and WINDOWS NT operational systems.Applications: Microsoft Office 2003
Additional information Other tasks and consultancy activities
On behalf of the European Commission, within FP7 and currently within Horizon 2020, expert evaluator of Marie Curie project proposals: Individual Fellowships, Innovative Training Networks, Co-funding of regional, national and international Programmes: from 2007 – currently
On behalf of the Italian Agency Erasmus Plus (INDIRE), expert evaluator of projects proposals under Key Action 1 (KA1) of the Erasmus Programme Plus: Learning mobility for individuals
On behalf of AREA Science Park, expert evaluator of CO-FUNDED Marie Curie project proposals within the International Fellowship Programme TALENTS (2011 and 2012), within the International Fellowship Programme TALENTS UP (2013) and within the International Fellowship Programme TALENTS FVG (2014)
Design and management of training activities on the following topics: design of European projects within the Research Framework Programme, Internationalisation of R&D System, Networking Models for competitiveness. This activity has been developed in particular within the following courses: “Management for Innovation” (courses financed from ESF), Master course “Broker of Technology Transfer” (Innovation Campus, by AREA Science Park and MIP-Politecnico di Milano), Master course in “Management of University and Research” (by MIP-Politecnico di Milano), beside several training courses and workshops organised by APRE and Italian universities.
Impact assessment and analysis of future perspectives of Marie Curie Actions, on behalf of the European Commission (DG EAC - Education and Culture), 2010
Member of the Control Committee for monitoring the implementation of Lifelong Learning Programme in Italy, on behalf of the Ministry of University and Research (From 2008 to 2010) Traning activity on the internationalisation of the university system and the institution of a R&D network, within the framework of the F.I.O.R.I. Project (Training on Organisational Intervention for Research and Innovation) on behalf of CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors): September 2007-April 2008
Final national evaluation of the Socrates 2 Programme, on behalf of the Ministry of University and Research (May-June 2007)
External evaluation on the “Multi Match” Multimedia Course for International Mobility Operators, conducted on behalf of ERDISU of Trieste within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci European Programme, 2004
Consultancy activity for the Evaluation Committee of the Surveillance Authority on Public Works, with the aim of supervising its management system and analysing its efficiency. This part-time job consisted of applying to the Authority’s setting the benchmarking method of analysis used in universities (from September 2001 to March 2004)
European Commission - DG Research and Innovation reports
Contribution to the publication entitled “Mobility of Researchers between Academia and Industry, 12 Practical Recommendations”, European Commission, October 2006
Italian contribution to the Commission’s Report on intersectoral mobility (in collaboration with Maria Cristina Pedicchio): the main measures adopted by Italian universities and research institutes to
promote mobility between the academic and the business world, 2005 and 2006 Editions
Primo rapporto sullo stato di attuazione della Raccomandazione del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio del 2001 sulla mobilità internazionale (First report on the state of implementation of the 2001 European Parliament and European Council’s recommendation on international mobility): the main measures introduced by the Italian State in the university, labour and social sectors to promote international mobility within the European Union (in collaboration with Maria Cristina Pedicchio, on behalf of MIUR - Ministry of Education, University and Research, International Relations Office), 2003
Publications
Research support services in Higher Education and Research Institutions: approaches, tools and trends (with G. Rubbia, D. Pellizzon, L. Nannipieri) - International Conference of Current Research Information Systems (CRIS 2014)
European funding for research in universities and public research institutions: organisational and informative support for the life cycle of the project (with G. Rubbia, L. Nannipieri, D. Pellinzon) Miscellaneous INGV - Year 2013 n.17
Mobility of Knowledge, annual survey on the flows of incoming students and researchers in Friuli Venezia Giulia (with M. Formia and G. Tonini), AREA Science Park: from 2009 to 2013
Una International House in Friuli Venezia Giulia (pp.11-31) in Rivista di Studi Politici, edited by Istituto di Studi Politici “S. Pio V”, Anno XXI, October-December 2009 (in collaboration con Marta Formia)
Modelli organizzativi e processi di internazionalizzazione negli atenei (pp. 267-286) in Il management nelle università e negli enti di ricerca, idee e sperimentazioni a confronto, edited by Michela Arnaboldi, Giuseppe Catalano, Fabio Poles. 2009, Marcianum Press, Venezia
Analysis of organisational models and internationalisation processes to improve tha ability to attract post-graduate students and young foreign researchers, November 2008 (in collaboration with Dora Longoni)
I ricercatori stranieri in Italia (Foreign researchers in Italy) (pp. 5-30) in “Approfondimenti”, Periodical edited by Centro Studi CRUI, nr. 2, aprile 2007 (in collaboration with Natalia Paganelli)
Per una reale condivisione di interessi e strategie (For a real sharing of interests and strategies) (pp. 41-55) in “Atti Quinta Conferenza annuale degli Enti di Ricerca nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, Il sistema regionale degli Enti di Ricerca”, (in collaboration with Maria Cristina Pedicchio), AREA Science Park, November 2006
La mobilità internazionale degli studenti universitari. Valutazione delle politiche ed esperienze innovative (The International Mobility of University Students. An evaluation of Innovative Policies and Experiences), edited by Giuseppe De Rita and Anna Laura Trombetti Budriesi. Part One: chapters I, II and III (in collaboration with Maria Cristina Pedicchio). Il Mulino, 2006
Le borse di studio in Italia e all’Estero, Guida informativa per studenti e laureati italiani e stranieri (Scholarships in Italy and abroad, an information guide for Italian and foreign undergraduates and postgraduates) (On-line Edition). Fondazione RUI on behalf of the Ministry of University, Education and Research (in collaboration with Carlo Finocchietti and Giovanni Finocchietti), 2003
Evoluzione e criticità delle norme sulla programmazione del sistema universitario (Evolution and criticality of the regulations on the programming of the university system) (pp. 191-194); Valutazione e gestione dei programmi di mobilità internazionale studentesca negli atenei italiani (Evaluation and management of international students’ mobility in Italian universities) (pp. 213-216); Analisi delle
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attività di tipo amministrativo nel sistema universitario e identificazione di Good Practices (Analysis of administrative activities in the university system and Good Practices identification) (pp. 217-222) in “Atenei” a two-monthly review of the Ministry of Education, University and Research, nr. 5-6, Volume 1, Le Monnier, 2002
Le borse di studio in Italia e all’Estero, Guida informativa per studenti e laureati italiani e stranieri (Scholarships in Italy and abroad, an information guide for Italian and foreign undergraduates and postgraduates). Fondazione RUI on behalf of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (in collaboration with Carlo Finocchietti and Giovanni Finocchietti), 2001
Other attended training courses
“The teaching services: the student as a point of reference for the organisation of services”, organised by SUM (Management School for Universities and Research Institutes) of the MIP- Milan Polytechnic, Rome 6-7 May 2004
“The funding system in universities: new opportunities for competition”, organised by SUM (Management School for Universities and Research Institutes) of the MIP- Milan Polytechnic, Rome 22-23 April 2002
“The funding system in universities: new restrictions and opportunities”, organised by SUM (Management School for Universities and Research Institutes) of the MIP- Milan Polytechnic, Rome 10-11 April 2003
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