
Silvia Pochettino
Journalist, essayist, and educator. She is passionate about the technologies and social issues. She strong believe in social innovation and she has been in international cooperation for many years. Lecturer at the University of Turin and Italian Institute for the International Politics Studies. She authored several e-books and is the director of VpS since 95. She won several awards including Social Affair Journalists and Sodalitas Social Innovation.

Viviana Brun
Tightrope walker, balancing between Communication and Cooperation. She works to integrate these two areas through the potential of the Internet and of the ICT. After some in field activities in South Africa, Benin, Burundi and a collaboration with the team of Robin Good, she is now working for CISV and ONG2.0, hiding behind articles, posts and tweets.

Ron Salaj
Human rights and environmental activist. Since 2010, Ron has been leading the Digital team of UNICEF Innovations Lab Kosovo (ILK), a unit of UNICEF Kosovo, where they look across sectors and fields to identify methods, technologies, and tools that promise to advance our service to children and youth. He also co-lead Citizen Science project in Kosovo, where he is responsible for coordinating the work between different youth-led committees, partners and stakeholders from Kosovo’s civil society organization, media outlets, and institutions.

Irene Maina
Non-profit professional. After graduating in International Sciences at the University of Turin, she worked in Italy in volunteer development and intercultural training and in Senegal in development cooperation projects. She dreams a world where the non-profit sector is appreciated for its outstanding competences, professionalism and effectiveness.

Anna Filippucci
Recently graduated in Public and Political Communication at the University of Turin. After a Bachelor’s Degree in International Science for Development and Cooperation, a two-year period of study and life in France and a professional experience as a fundraiser, editor, social media manager and website manager of the online magazine Envi.Info, she is now a volunteer of the Italian National Civil Service operating in the team of Ong2.0. Curious and proactive, she tries to find her way into the world of non-profit and international cooperation.
The Network
Steering committee

Dino Maurizio
An engineering degree at the University of Padua and an international MBA from the Open University; he has held various roles, with important business responsibilities, both technical and commercial. He was Chief Information Officer of IBM Italy, Executive Service for the FIAT group and was responsible for the Business Transformation Outsourcing sector for IBM South Europe. Digital Champion for the Italian Digital Agency of the Presidency of the Council. Member of the Scientific Technical Committee for Digital Skills of the Presidency of the Council.

Marco Bello
Electronic engineer and professional journalist, he has been dealing with Southern countries and international cooperation for almost 30 years. He has lived and worked, as well as in several European countries, in Haiti, Burundi and Burkina Faso. He has dozens of articles, two essays on geopolitics, a web documentary and the recent feature film "Odyssey Warao", on migration between Venezuela and Brazil. He has been collaborating with CISV since 1998 in various sectors. He has been a member of the Executive Board for four terms and currently is also the Treasurer of the organisation.

Mario Mancini
Committed to international solidarity for over 30 years; he is specialised in project designing and evaluation. After having worked for 21 years in Latin America, he returned to Italy, where he is the President of progettomondo.MLAL. Always looking for a personal and unlikely Aleph to observe the world and participate in the daily struggle for Justice and Peace, aware of the limitation of our possibilities.

Nicoletta Gorgerino
Graduated in Cooperation, Development and Transnational Markets at the University of Turin, since 2012 she has been responsible for promotional communication and campaigning at LVIA, especially through the use of social media and the web. She is active in training LVIA staff leaving for African countries, in particular regarding communication skills and social networking.