Gianni Rufini

Who is Gianni Rufini?

Gianni Rufini was born in Rome in 1954. He is an expert of international aid, former Director of VOICE, the Network of European NGOs working in Emergency and Humanitarian Aid.

A former media-man, with a background in anthropology, since 1985, he has worked in development and humanitarian aid for several International NGOs and UN agencies. From 1985 to 1994, he has carried out field work in India, Ghana, Palestine and Argentina as Programme Director, in activities ranging from rural development to health aid and assistance to street children. He has been engaged in over 60 missions in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and the Balkans for project identification, monitoring and evaluation.

Since 1996 he is Associate of the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit, at the University of York. He is Course Coordinator at the Institute for International Political Studies in Milan, the "La Sapienza" University in Rome and the Bocconi University in Milan. He is lecturer of humanitarian aid at the universities of Paris Sorbonne, Madrid, Washington, Brussels, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, Legon, John Cabot University and others. He is also a Research Director with CeSPI and Programme Director for the Humanitarian Training Centre "Fields".