Lisa Piccinin

Country Representative for INGO , LVIA-Lay Volunteers International Association

--, Italy

More than 12 years experience in implementing and managing rural and community development projects in Ecuador, Myanmar, Ethiopia, mainly focused on strengthening agricultural value chains, creation and development of IGA/SME, youth job opportunities, WASH interventions, Livelihood and Food Security activities, and 3 years experience in preparation of new grant proposals and grant management

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Area of Expertise:
  • Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
  • Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:

-June 2024, October 2025: COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE, at LVIA Service for Peace-Lay Volunteers International Association (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
-December 2023, May 2024: PROJECT OFFICE EXPERT, at Fondazione Fratelli Dimenticati ETS, Cittadella, Padova
- February 2023- October 2023: INTERNATIONAL PROJECT OFFICE, at CVM ITALIA-Comunità Volontari per il Mondo, Porto San Giorgio, Fermo, Italy
- June 2018 – October 2022: AREA COORDINATOR AND PROGRAM MANAGER, at LVIA Service for Peace-Lay Volunteers International Association (Asela-Oromia Region, Ethiopia)
- November 2014 – October 2017: DAIRY PROCESSING AND CHEESE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY CONTROL OPERATOR, at Sermondi” Organic Dairy Farm, Castegnero, Vicenza-Italy
- May 2011 – April 2014: PROGRAM MANAGER, at New Humanity International NGO, Kentung-Shan State, Myanmar
- March 2002 – July 2005: CONSULTANT AND PROJECT MANAGER, at Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production (D.A.F.N.A.E.), University of Padua, Italy

Education:

- EXECUTIVE MASTER’S DEGREE IN THIRD SECTOR AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ALTIS, Graduate School of Business and Society at Catholic University of Milan (UCSC)
Skills acquired: non-profit organization management, project management, design for innovation
and social enterprise, budgeting and economic sustainability, social impact measurement, human
resource management and governance, integrated fundraising
- MASTER’S DEGREE IN FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Faculty of Agronomy, Agripolis, University of Padua- Legnaro (Italy)
Principal subject skills covered: botany, forestry and agro-forestry, wood technology, zoology and
entomology, mountain agronomy, mountain animal husbandry, biochemistry and soil chemistry,
Management of mountain areas, marketing of agricultural products, Ecology and ecological
management, agro-ecology, plant pathology, hydrology and water resources management
- HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION FOR SURVEYORS (TECHNICAL SECTOR CONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENT AND TERRITORY)
Technical Institute for Surveyors “Jacopo Sansovino” in Oderzo (TV, Italy)
Principal subject skills covered: topography, technical drawing and design, evaluation of lands
and buildings, construction technology, bid and construction site management and , agrarian
economy, budgeting and profit and loss accountancy

Affiliations and Achievements:

Certificate on ”RBPM -Results Based Project Management” (PM4DEV) (2023)
E-learning course (2022) “Planning for Monitoring and Evaluation (2022)
E-learning course “Rural Invest: how to prepare effective investment proposals with communities, using RIV software” (FAO) (2021)
Attended course “Introduction at Organic Forest Method” at Organic Forest Centre (2017)
TRAINING COURSE “EXPERT FOR SOCIAL FARMING’S DEVELOPMENT” (May 2014 – October 2014)
CERTIFICATE IN EUROPEAN PROJECT PLANNING FOR THE THIRD SECTOR (April 2014 – July 2014)
Attended training course "Interventions assisted with animals, for social farming" (2014)

Available for:

  • Job opportunities
  • Internships / Fellowships

Years of Experience:

15-20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Spanish, Italian

Nationality:

Italy

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