Gabriele Melendugno
" caminante no hay camino
se hace camino al andar"
[Antonio Machado]
CURRICULUM VITAE
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* 2006 - preparation for the EU EPSO competiton for AST1 in the EU institutions
* 2006 - training course about PCM (Project Cycle Management) for projects on Development, with the NGO RC www.ongrc.org
* 2006 - Albany > sociologist and reporter in a EU INTERREG IIIA project (slas.it)
* 2006 - first session of Master on "EuroMediterranean Affairs"
* 2006 - Bachelor degree in SOCIOLOGY; supervisor prof. Fabio de Nardis (political sociology), thesis on "Active citizenship and youth policies", maximum mark (110/110 cum laude).
* 2004 "Erasmus" in Salamanca (Spain).
(see below for the IT University education)
* 2006 dec - Viterbo (Italy) > seminar "Exploring culture 2": how to examine "culture" through the exploration of values, identity and perception. Exploring competencies, skills, knowledge and awareness needed for quality YOUTH programme activities.
* 2006 may - Oradea (Romania) > seminar Tools of Participation, to help youngsters to develop their initiative (with "open space" technology)
* 2006 apr - Kirklareli (Turkey) > leader and trainer of the italian group in the "action 1" YOUTH exchange "Our stage - the theatre as a tool for the intercultural learning", production of the theatre play "Where has the magic gone?", with improvisation tecniques.
* 2006 feb - Bursa (Turkey) > seminar on "Youth participation" in the YOUTH program
* 2005 oct - Budapest (Hungary) > "Multiseminar A1", to plan and develop "action 1" youth exchanges under the YOUTH program
* 2005 aug - Velence (Ungheria) > leader of the italian group in the EUROMED "action 1" youth exchange "Intercultural Bridge", with 36 youngsters coming from 9 MEDA countries (EU + Mediterranean countries)
* 2001 jun - Palinuro (Italy) leader of the workshop "Tarantando" about traditional dances, body expression and group-making at www.traterraecielo.it.
* since 1996 > I took several workshops about contemporary theatre, contemporary dance, contact improvisation/contact dance, social, cultural and musical animation, with many trainers, including: Paolo de Falco (Gradzero), Francesco Scavetta (Wee), Giorgio Rossi, Roberto Castello, Marina Rossi, Germana Siciliani (at casina Settarte), Specimen Teatro, Roberto Garcia Encinas (Intrussion teatro), Cruz García Casado (telòn de azucar), etc.
* 2004 feb - Lecce (Italy) > Ideator and leader of 'DistrAzioni', non-formal education/theatre workshop for university students
* 2003 lug - Lecce (Italy) > founder (and president) of the cultural association Immagicando
* 1999 - 2000 - Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) > ESF Course (full time, annual, 1030 hours) on Sustainable development and territorial valorization. Stages: 1) ecovillage "Torri Superiori" (Ventimiglia, Italy), 2) OekoInstitut Bolzano/Bozen (Italy), Centro Alpino Trento, GAL (EU Leader II program) "Valle della Cupa", Lecce (Italy)
* 2004 jun + 2005 jun - Kalamata (Greece), leader of the university ethnic music band in the journey to Greece, exchanging music and dances with local people.
* 2003 founder of the music band Cotulapete (pizzica, ethnic music).
* since 1996 animator of local public parties with local tambourine "tamburello a cornice" and the local accordion "organetto diatonico"; in 2001 my group is the winner at the local competiotion for new ethnic music bands.
* 2003 feb - Venice (Italy) > "Carnascialia" with Specimen, in the "Ettnica" section of the Carnaval of Venice
* since 200, running > founder of the GneGne Orkestra clown band, that participates in dozens of events and some street festival.
* since 2001> clown musician "GneGne" in dozens of events, several ones with Clown One and two with Patch Adams.
* 2006 > writer and director of "GRANI", short movie about a youngsters fond of arabic poems
* 2006 > self training about Adobe Premiere Pro
since 2001 > self training on Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, etc.
1997-2001 > web programmer (ASP with VBscript server-side, MsAccess, SQL) for Eurotech, Dada Spa, Alinet Italia, etc; also domain unit manager, databases, MsOffice, ASP, VBScript server-side and Internet trainer
1990 - 1995 > computer engineering at Università di Lecce and Università di Bologna