PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name UMBERTO MEZZACAPO

Address VIA DELLA CROCETTA 27 – 40134 BOLOGNA (ITALY)Telephone +39 347 640 90 98

E-mail umberto.mezzacapo@gmail.comSkypename umberto.mezzacapo

Nationality ItalianDate of birth 12 – 31 - 1970

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from – to) September 2010 – Currently• Name and address of employer CesCocom – Centre of advanced studies on Consumption and Communication -

University of Bologna – Department of Sociology and Economic Law (www.cescocom.eu)• Type of business or sector Research and advanced studies

• Occupation or position held Senior Researcher• Main activities and responsibilities Coordination, management, design and implementation of projects concerned with

sustainable development, social innovation, participative processes, environmental communication

• Dates (from – to) June 2010 – June 2012• Name and address of employer ECò – Green Marketing and Environmental Communication agency (www.e-cothink.eu)

local office Via Castiglione 25 – 40136 Bologna (Italy)• Type of business or sector Green Marketing and Environmental Communication

• Occupation or position held Consultant• Main activities and responsibilities Green Marketing and Environmental communication consultant

• Dates (from – to) September 2008 – May 2009• Name and address of employer Unità Ambiente - Comune di Bologna (Italy)

• Type of business or sector Environmental communication and education• Occupation or position held Part-time consultant as Environmental communication expert

• Main activities and responsibilities Articles, web site contents, events organization and implementation

• Dates (from – to) Settembre 2003 – Marzo 2009• Name and address of employer Geologi nel mondo – non profit organization - Piazza della Pace 4 - 40038 Vergato

(Bologna - Italy) – (www.geologinelmondo.org/)• Type of business or sector Sustainable development education

• Occupation or position held Founding member • Main activities and responsibilities Sustainable development teaching in primary and secondary schools

• Dates (from – to) September 2007 – July 2010• Name and address of employer CEFA (Comitato Europeo per la Formazione e l’Agricoltura Onlus) – Adema Buċa 94,

Mostar, Bosnia Erzegovina (www.cefaonlus.it/)• Type of business or sector Development cooperation, agricultural systems, organic agriculture, rural development

• Occupation or position held Cartography, Geographical information system Consultant • Main activities and responsibilities Teaching of Cartography, Geographical information system, GPS techniques for

agronomists

• Dates (from – to) February 2007 –August 2007• Name and address of employer Aurensis – C/ Rosa Sensat, 9-11, 08005 Barcelona, Spain (www.aurensis.com)

• Type of business or sector Geographic Information System• Occupation or position held Consultant

• Main activities and responsibilities Implementation of a G.I.S. for a natural gas network• Dates (from – to) February 2006 – Janvuary 2007

• Name and address of employer ZoomIn International VideoNews – Hoogte Kadjik 143 F 25 – 1000 CG Amsterdam (The Nederlands) – (http://www.zoomin.tv/)

• Type of business or sector News agency• Occupation or position held Journalist (Environmental science, Ecology, Natural resources)

• Main activities and responsibilities Video-news editing, on-line news updating

• Dates (from – to) Janvuary 2004 – February 2006 • Name and address of employer InterSOS Charitable organization for emergency – Himze Polovine 28–71000 Sarajevo

(Bosnia Erzegovina) –(www.intersos.org/)• Type of business or sector Non governmental organization – Development cooperation

• Occupation or position held Consultant• Main activities and responsibilities Organization of training sessions on Environmental Impact Assessment, on the use of

gps and digital cartography for staff members involved in mine risk prevention in Bosnia Erzegovina

• Dates (from – to) April 1998 –November 2003• Name and address of employer I.ter landscape ecological planning – Via Brugnoli 11 – 40122 Bologna – Italy –

www.pedologia.net/• Type of business or sector Sustainable development, Environmental communication

• Occupation or position held Consultant• Main activities and responsibilities Environmental consultancy, Web site contents

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from – to) January 2014 – currently • Name and type of organization providing education and training

Università of Bologna Alma MaterPhD student

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Digital Media, social innovation, online participation, sharing economy

• Title of qualification awarded Green marketing and Sustainable communication expert

• Dates (from – to) September 2002 – July 2003• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

CSA - Centro Studi Aziendali (Bologna) - Università di Bologna Alma MaterMaster's degree in Environmental Communication

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Communication theories, basic ecology, italian and european environmental laws, environmental reporting, partecipation techniques, Sustainable development, ecological footprint, GIS and RS

• Title of qualification awarded Environmental communication expert and socio-cultural promoter• Dates (from – to) September 2001 – July 2002

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

CSA - Centro Studi Aziendali (Bologna) – Università di Bologna Alma Mater Specialization Course: Environmental impact assessment

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

E.I.A.- environmental laws – Ecology – Hazard analysis – Cartography – G.I.S.- Environmental sciences – Hydrology – Hydrogeology – Climate change

• Title of qualification awarded Environmental impact assessment expert• Dates (from – to) September 1990 – June 1997

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Università di Napoli Federico II Facoltà di Scienze MM. FF: NN. Degree in Geological Sciences Specialization: Sustainable Development

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

E.I.A., Cartography, Environmental issues

• Title of qualification awarded Graduation obtained on july 1997 - Thesis: “Sustainable Development: a key future for human kind” - Final grade: 106/110

PERSONAL SKILLSAND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE ITALIAN

OTHER LANGUAGES

English • Reading skills Fluent

• Writing skills Good• Verbal skills Good

Spanish• Reading skills Fluent

• Writing skills Good• Verbal skills Good

French• Reading skills Sufficient

• Writing skills Sufficient• Verbal skills Sufficient

Serb-croatian• Reading skills Basic

• Writing skills Basic• Verbal skills Basic

SOCIAL SKILLS

AND COMPETENCES

SOCIABLE, I PREFER WORKING IN A TEAM, SHARING AND EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE. AVALAIBLE TO TRAVEL, TO IMPROVE MY SKILLS. I LIKE COOKING COOKING, TRAVELLING, MEETING PEOPLE, AND I’M FOND OF GEOPOLICY

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

I DEAL BOTH WITH IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION OF PROJECTS, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

TECHNICAL SKILLS and competences

Operative System Windows XP – Linux

Office tools Word, Excel, Power PointDataBase Access, OracleEditing raster+vector Photoshop CS, Corel Draw 9Web Design Software Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Free HandC.A.D. AutoCAD 2006G.I.S. Software ArcGIS 9.2 + Tools

ARTISTIC SKILLS

and competencesI LIKE PAINTING AND WRITING. I LOVE ALMOST ALL KIND OF MUSIC, THOUGH I PREFER PROGRESSIVE AND ALTERNATIVE ROCK TO POP MUSIC

DRIVING LICENCE(S) Driving license ‘B’

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