International short term expert for project: 'Development of Business Centers Network project in Denizli, Eskisehir, Kayseri, Konya, Adana & Trabzon'

European Commission

  • Start Date: May 2009

  • Status: Complete

t33  experts were engaged in several projects in Turkey (ABIGEM, European Turkish Business Centres Network -  Development of Turkish Clustering Policy) coordinated by CSIL. The aim was to support establishment of a cluster policy and cluster interventions tools. The experts: provided a benchmarking with Italian national and regional activities; assist the design of the political concept paper on cluster policy ; delivery the methodology and training to assess the settlement of new business centre; coordinate the feasibility assessment for the business centres in different Turkish regions (Batman, Kahramanmaras, Kars, Kastamonu, Samsun, Erzurum, Gaziantep , Malatya, Sanlıurfa,Trabzon). In the context of the studies, Alessandro Valenza was speaker at the UNDP conference in Instabul (2008) on cluster development

Alessandro Valenza
Senior Policy Analyst and Adviser

Last Projects

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Cohesion policy, financial instruments,

Preparation of the annual summaries of data on cohesion policy financial instruments (2014–2020)

European Commission DG REGIO

  • Start Date: January 2026

  • Status: In Progress

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CohesionCohesion policyRegions

Study: 'A place-based approach to strengthening the EU chemicals industry in regions and cities'

Committee of the Regions

  • Start Date: December 2025

  • Status: In Progress

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EvaluationCohesionCohesion policyCooperationInterregCross-borderEvaluationETCInterregTransnationalCohesion

Mid-term performance evaluation of Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021-2027 Programme

Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein (IB.SH)

  • Start Date: December 2025

  • Status: In Progress

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Cohesion policyCritical technologycompetitiveness

Peer-review of a study on 'SMEs in critical technologies: Enhancing competitiveness through Cohesion Policy Funds'

European Parliament

  • Start Date: November 2025

  • Status: In Progress

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Capacity buildingS3Smart Specialisation CohesionCohesion policy, Coesione, Politica di Coesione

Support to the management of the Smart Specialisation Community of Practice

Commissione Europea DG REGIO

  • Start Date: October 2025

  • Status: In Progress

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EvaluationCohesionCohesion policyCooperationInterregCross-border

Operational Evaluation of Interreg VI-B NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme 2021-2027

Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration (Romania)

  • Start Date: October 2025

  • Status: In Progress

Clarissa Amichetti

Policy Analyst

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