Fabio Bargiacchi

fabiobargiacchi@hotmail.com
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Personal Details
Marital status: Single
Nationality: Italian
Date and Place of Birth: 20th November 1969, Florence - Italy

Education
University of Florence, Italy     1990 - 1995
"Cesare Alfieri", Faculty of Political Sciences,
Degree in Political Sciences/International Relations. Final Thesis: Audiovisuals, ICT's and Multimedia: Social and Economic Global impacts. Final Result 107 out of 110.

ULB and UCL, Belgium     1995 - 1996
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculties of Political Science and Sociology, European Union Erasmus scholarship. Seminars 95-96 and 96-97 at CERCAL (Centre d'Etude des Relations entre la Communauté Européenne et l'Amerique Latine, ULB) on "European Union and Latin America: Co-operation, Civil Society and Democracy". - Université Catolique de Louvaine la Neuve, Faculty of Social Sciences, Course on Globalisation of Technology and Economy: Marginalisation, Specialisation and Co-Development.

European InterUniversity Association on Society, Science and Technology
Roskilde University, Denmark:     Sept 97 - Jan 98
University of Oslo, Norway:     Feb 98 - Aug 98
12 months, english as working language: coursework at Roskilde University. Preparation of the Disseratition at University of Oslo within the specialisation "International Political Economy: Growth, Trade and Development". The title of my dissertation, published by the ESST Department at the University of Oslo, is "Telecommunications for a Global Sustainability".

United Nations Institute for Training and Research     Sep 1998 - Jan 1999
UNITAR-POCI - Programme of Correspondence Instruction in Peace Keeping Operations
Courses in English language on: a) Principle for the Conduct of Peace Support Operations; b) The History of UN Peacekeeping During the Cold-War Period: 1945-1987. In Spanish language on: c) Logistical Support of UN Peace-Keeping Operations (therefore "Apoyo Logistico a las Operationes de Mantenimento de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas").

United Nations Development Program Sep 1999 - Jan 2000
Web Training, Learning Resource Centre – Office of Human Resources
Courses on Decision Making, Resolving Conflict, Expert Negotiating, Stress Management and High Performance Team.

Languages
French: Very good spoken and written thanks to: Work Experiences in France, Belgium, Haiti and Central African Republic; one academic year in Belgium with the EU Erasmus scholarship;
English: Very good spoken and written thanks to: Work Experiences in USA, UK, Bosnia, Nigeria, Indonesia,Suriname and Zimbabwe. TOEFL 570, TWE 4 at University of Miami. Courses UNITAR-POCI on "Principle for the Conduct of Peace Support Operations" and on "The History of UN Peacekeeping During the Cold-War Period".
Spanish: Very Good comprehension, good spoken and written thanks to: Work Experience in Miami, 72 hours of intensive course at Hispaniola, Academia Caribe de Lengua, Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic; Course UNITAR-POCI on "Apoyo Logistico a las Operationes de Mantenimento de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas".
Haitian Creole: Good comprehension, fair spoken, basic written thanks to: Work experience in Haiti and to a 40 hours intensive course language organised by UNDP in Port au Prince.

Computer Knowledge
Operating Systems: Ms-DOS xx, Ms-Windows (3 xx, 95, 98, NT), MacOS xx.
Software: MS Word, MS Publisher, MS PowerPoint, MS Acces, NetMeeting, MS Excel, Netscape Navigator, MS Internet Explorer, Hot Metal Pro, Net2Phone, Eudora, Ms Outlook, Corel Draw.

Work Experiences
I.S.T.A.T. (Italian National Institute of Statistic)     October 1991 - February 1992
Rome, Italy
Operator for the 13th Census of the Italian Population and for the 7th of the Industry and Services.

C.G.I.L. (Italian Trade Union)     March - June 1992
via Puccini 105, 51100 Pistoia, Italy
Assigned to the income Tax Return for subordinate workers and retired citizens.

Municipality of Terranuova Bracciolini     July 1992 - July 1993
Piazza del Comune 1, 52028 Terranuova B.ni - Arezzo (Italy)
In place of the Italian compulsory 12 months army's service I chosen, as conscientious objector, to do the civilian service. I operated as welfare worker for disabled persons assisting them in their studies thanks to the latest applications of Adaptive technologies in optical and voice recognition for vision, hearing and speech impairments.

Antiquary Old World Antiques     August 1993 - March 1994
4444 SW 71st Avenue, 33155 Miami, Florida, USA
Sales Agent in an import-export Antics furniture company.

Village Vacances Vogué     June - August 1994
Vogué 07200, Ardèche, France
Customers assistant and in a Tourist Village within the European Union's Programme "Petra 1/b".

Speciality Travel     July - September 1995
19 Stannery Street SE11 London 4AA, United Kingdom.
Customers assistant for a Tour Operator within the programme "Work in Britain" organised by the CIIE (Council on International Educational Exchange) and the BUNAC (British Universities and North American Club).

Titan a.s.b.l     August 1996 - August 1997
127, Boulevard Brand Whitlock, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
External relations and co-ordination of a non-profit organisation developing and promoting multimedia services, within the European Union “Leonardo” Program and in collaboration with the “Association for Managerial and Vocational Training in Software and Information Technology in Europe”. Main tasks: a) Organisation and participation to conferences and seminars related to new information technologies; b) Collaboration to the Titan issue: “La Cité Multimedia”.

Municipality of Agliana     June 1989 - June 1997
Piazza della Resistenza 4, 51031 Agliana-Pistoia, Italy.
In this range of period I have held three times the post of monitor, five times that of supervising secretary and I have been also charged 6 times of the voter's cards distribution in occasion of general/municipal/European elections and referenda on behalf of the Municipality of Agliana.

Italian Foreign Affairs Minister - OSCE     7-20 Sept and 13-27 Nov 1997
Ministero degli Affari Esteri, DGAP uff. XIII, Piazzale Farnesina 1, 00194 Rome
Polling Supervisor under the direction of the "Organisation for the Security and the Co-operation in Europe" for the Municipal Elections in the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina and for the National Assembly Elections in the Srspka Republic (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Duty stations: Vogoska (Sarajevo) and Banja Luka. Main tasks: a) confers with and advising the local Chairperson of the Polling station on adherence to the rules and regulations; b) observing that the rules and regulations were followed.

Italian Foreign Affairs Minister - OSCE     25 May - 2 July 1998
Ministero degli Affari Esteri, DGAP uff. XIII, Piazzale Farnesina 1, 00194 Rome
Registration Supervisor under the direction of the "Organisation for the Security and the Co-operation in Europe" for the electoral registration process in view of the Bosnia's general elections scheduled for September 1998. Mobile Registration Centre, Sarajevo. Main tasks: a) Confers with and advises the local chairperson of the voter registration centre on adherence to the rules and regulation; b) Monitors and presents an independent confirmation that registration procedures are being followed in an impartial and appropriate manner.

United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic     18 Oct - 22 Dec 1998
MINURCA, Electoral Unit P.O. Box 2732, Bangui - CAR
Long Term Observer for the National Assembly Elections. Duty station: Berberati. Main tasks: a) Monitoring of the technical preparation for the election as the voters list, appeals and electoral campaign; b) Providing weekly reports to the Electoral Unit HQ; c) Preparing the arrival, briefing and co-ordinating the Short Term Observers.

Progetto Sud (Italian non-governmental organisation)     1 Jan - 30 April 1999
Via Lucullo 6, 00187 Rome
I have been charged, as consultant, of the revision of a co-operation project to build a multimedia center for disabled in the Chilean region Tarapacá between the cities of Iquique and Arica. The project sees the collaboration between the "Centro Telematico Multimediale" in Milan, the Region's Administrations of Lombardia and Tarapacá and the "Centro de Multimedia e Informática Educativa" within the University "Arturo Prat" in Iquique.

European Union - UN Electoral Assistance Secretariat     12 Feb - 5 Mar 1999
UN - EAS, 11 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive Ikoyi, PO Box 2075, Lagos - Nigeria
Electoral Monitor to the National Assembly and Presidential Election in Nigeria. The monitoring has been made on behalf of the European Union but under the umbrella of the United Nations Electoral Assistance in Nigeria. Duty Station: Kano. Main Tasks: a) To Establish links and consult the local election administration, political parties and communities; b) To watch, listen and report without intervening in the conduct of the election; c) To report to the EU and UN EAS responsible where appropriate about developments in the area concerning the election process.

European Union     12 May - 24 July 1999
UNDP - Jakarta, 14 Jalan M. H. Thamrin, Jakarta 10340 - Indonesia
Regional Co-ordinator/Long Term Observer for the Presidential Elections. Main Tasks: a) To Establish a close working relationship with the domestic observers with a view to assist in building their capacity; b) To assist and prepare all logistics with a view to get the short term observer (EU member states observers) ready to operate upon deployment; c) To Report to the ECC about developments in the area concerning the electoral process.

United Nations Development Program 6 Aug 1999 - 31 Jan 2000
UNDP, Avenue Ducoste 18 - PO Box 505, Port au Prince - Haiti
Electoral Logistician within the UNDP technical assistance team for the Parliamentary and Municipal elections in Haiti. Duty Station: Department of Artibonite. Main Tasks: a) To Supervise all the decisions of the Regional Electoral Commission on logistical matter b) Supervise the dispatching, retrieval and withdrawal of the electoral material; c) To make proposals with the aim to ameliorate the electoral process/system in a future perspective; d) to train four UNDP electoral logisticians.

European Union - United Nations Development Program 19 Feb - 12 June 2000
UNDP Sub Office – Gravenstraat 60, PO Box 1863 – Paramaribo, Suriname
Long Term Observers (LTOs) Co-ordinator for the EU technical assistance/observation mission within a project implemented by UNDP to support the democratization process in Suriname. Main Tasks: a) Day to day co-ordination, operation and reporting of the LTOs; b) Ensure the necessary technical backstopping to the LTOs under the direction of the EU Observation Co-ordinator; c) Support the EU Observation Co-ordinator in post-electoral analysis and observation of the final stages of counting and tabulation, the processing of complaints and appeals. d) To assist the EU Media expert in media monitoring activities e) To assist the EU Logistics expert with a view to get the 50 short term observers ready to operate upon deployment;

European Union - DG Development East-Southern Africa 19 June 2000 - Present
EC-DG Development - Rue de la Loi, Office G12 4/29 - Brussels
Campaign/Poll Observer for the EU electoral observation mission in Zimbabwe. Main Tasks: a) To Establish a close working relationship with the domestic observers with a view to assist in building their capacity; b) To Report to the EU Observation Unit about developments in the area concerning the electoral process.;

Joint UN/EU Electoral Assistance Secretariat 22 July 2000 - 22 November 2000
Matalasamat Mansion, Samora Avenue, Dar Es Salaam - Tanzania
Main Tasks: a) Prepare standard reporting forms for the use of observers and establish procedures of reporting; b) To prepare briefing materials for long term observers (LTOs) and short term observers (STOs 250) including background information on electoral laws and regulations for the observation process; c) Assist LTOs with guidance and central backstopping and maintain open lines of communication; d) To draft and submit to the Head of Secretariat weekly synthesis reports plus statistical reports on training of electoral officers, registration, nomination of candidates, civic education, campaign and voting/counting procedures; e) To assist the Head of Secretariat with all matters pertaining to coordination and reporting; f) To conduct briefing and debriefing for STOs and LTOs; g) To train the members of the Diplomatic Corp in Tanzania acting as STOs; h) To design the structure and select the content of the web site of the project, see at www.jeas.tanzania.org .;

European Commission Delegation in Mozambique 11 January 2001 - Present
Avenida do Zimbabwe, Maputo - Mozambique
Responsible of the Democracy and Governance areas of the Delegation’s work programs. Main Tasks: a) Identification and preparation, together with the local authorities (at governmental, regional, local or other level) of EC-financed activities, regardless of the type of financing (grants, loans...), and of the source of financing (Commission budget…) mainly on the fields of elections, media, culture and human rights; b) Preparation and implementation of a program in support to the Judiciary and the Prison System. c) Reporting to Brussels headquarter on the different steps of discussions during preparation and implementation of activities; d) Keeping contact with the donors in the country in order to optimise co-ordination among donors and the host country in the interest of EC-financed activities; e) As well follow up and supervise the EC Delegation projects on Demining, Small Weapons, Research & Technology and Consultants’ Appraisals f) To be responsible of the press&information issues and of design of the structure and select the content of the incoming web site of the Delegation www.eudelmoz.cec.eu.int