Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)

Programme Manager

ISPRA is the National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research under the vigilance of the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Territory and Sea. It is a research public body with legal capacity and autonomous budget, composed of 1,400 units of permanent staff (researchers, technologists, administrative employees). ISPRA was established in 2008 from the integration of three national technical-scientific entities, namely APAT, the Agency for Environment and Technical Services; ICRAM, the Institute for Marine Environmental Research; and INFS, the Institute for Wild Fauna. ISPRA operates within the Environmental Agencies System, presently composed of 20 Regional and 2 Provincial Agencies (named ARPAs and APPAs, respectively) according to a federative system combining direct knowledge and experience of local environmental issues with national and European policies for environmental prevention and protection.

ISPRA’s main areas of intervention encompass: data collection and validation of the National Environmental Information System (SINA); cooperation with international organizations, such as the European Commission, the European Environment Agency; promotion of research and diffusion of environment friendly technologies, products and systems; verification of the technical consistency and effectiveness of environmental norms and support to the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Territory and Sea; participation to thematic working groups on environmental topics at national, European and international levels for defining, sharing and adopting standards, procedures and best practices; realization of tools, websites and information systems (INSPIRE compliant), technical handbooks and guidelines on environmental issues for fostering a better involvement of stakeholders and general public; control of physical, chemical and biological factors of acoustic, air, water and soil pollution; support to public bodies charged with the evaluation and prevention of industrial risks; studies and activities in support to environmental impact assessment; control of activities concerning the use of nuclear energy; signing of framework agreements with Regions, Provinces, Universities, Public Research Institutions and other bodies.
Website: www.isprambiente.gov.it

Giuseppina MONACELLI
Function	Governing Board: representative Responsible of ISPRA Division for the National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA); Director of the Regional Activity Centre for Information and Communication (INFO-RAC);
Division	National Environemental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	giuseppina.monacelli@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 5007 4471
Areas of expertise	Doctor degree in hydraulic engineering and specialization in information technologies and telecommunication; Member of the national and international expert network in water scarcity and drought; Member of the working group on flood in the CIS of WFD and Governing Board/Task Forces of the Joint Programming Initiative “Water Challenges for a changing world”.
Role in Water JPI activities	Coordination / Leadership / Partner in the different types of activities: Governing Board: representative Member of the ad hoc TFs: Alignment, International Cooperation, Interaction with Horizon 2020 WaterWorks2014 Leader of WP4 – “Impact assessment and dissemination” and partner of WP1, WP5, WP6; WaterWorks2015 – Leader WP5 – Communication, Exploitation and dissemination of the results from co-funded call; partner of WP4, WP1, WP6, WP7 and Leader of T7.2 Mobility and Infrastructure; IC4WATER – Leader Task 1.6. Integration of the project communication in the Water JPI overall Communication Strategy – Leader Task 4.4. Development of cooperation tools to sustain/maintain the activities of the Knowledge Hub after the CSA Closure; WaterWorks2017 - Leader WP5 – Communication, Exploitation and Dissemination of the results and partner of WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP6

Fabio BAIOCCO
Function	Responsible Geographical data bases sector
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	fabio.baiocco@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072317
areas of expertise	Expertise in GiS (geographics information system) and WEB Gis
Role in Water JPI activities	Platform implementation

Alessandra CASALI
Function	Specialist in Communication and Training
Division	Department for inland and marine waters protection
Email	alessandra.casali@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 9581100
Areas of expertise	MA degree in Education Sciences and Master in “Training and Organization Development Processes” (Post-Graduate); Experience in the design, dissemination and evaluation of training activities in the environmental field; Previous experience as coordinator in the specific area of training and communication activities in European Project implemented by ISPRA; Previous appointed for the updating of ISPRA website dedicated to the dissemination on environmental education activities.
Role in Water JPI activities	Communication and dissemination activities including the development of the online dissemination tools in the Joint Calls: WaterWorks2014 ERA-NET Cofund – WaterWorks2015 ERA-NET Cofund - CSA IC4WATER - WaterWorks2017 ERA-NET Cofund; Collaboration in the management activities.

Rosanna CUCCHI
Function	Administrative Officer
Division	National Environemental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	rosanna.cucchi@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072005
Areas of expertise	Languages (English, French, and Spanish)
Role in Water JPI activities	Collaboration in Communication and Dissemination activities in the Joint Calls: WaterWorks2014 ERA-NET Cofund – WaterWorks2015 ERA-NET Cofund - CSA IC4WATER - WaterWorks2017 ERA-NET Cofund

Anna DI NOI
Function	Researcher
Division	National Environemental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	anna.dinoi@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072134
Areas of expertise	Doctoral degree, specialized in cellular and molecular biology, MA degree in Biological Science. She has had several experiences during her professional career, in particular: nature conservation and sustainable development environmental protection and restoration of ecological system water reuse, water purification and control of the performance of UWWT plants according to the WFD and national and local regulation
Role in Water JPI activities	Working at the DG–SINA, she is involved within Water JPI projects WaterWorks2014, WaterWorks2015, IC4WATER and WaterWorks2017. In particular, she deals with the Impact assessment of the funded projects in line with the objectives of the Water JPI SRIA Recommendations for future calls of the Water JPI.

Cristian DI STEFANO
Function	ICT Expert
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	cristian.distefano@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50074040
Areas of expertise	Information system architect, full stack web developer, linux system administrator, ICT expert. Degree in Philosophy and Master in Data Science, he has a strong experience in data mining techniques, information extraction and data analysis using python language and available libraries. He worked in different projects focusing on web and services development; EEA/EIONET - National Reference Centre for information system.
Role in Water JPI activities	Implementation of the WJPI website; Open Data and Open Access system development and management

Daniela GENTA
Function	Specialist in communication
Division	DIR-COM (Communication Division)
Email	daniela.genta@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50074973
Areas of expertise	Degree in communication, specialization degree in environmental communication, 10 years of experience in web communication, 2 years of experience in video editing
Role in Water JPI activities	Collaboration in communication and dissemination activities with development of multimedia material

Elio GIULIANELLI
Function	IT Technician
Division	National Environemental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	elio.giulianelli@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072271
Areas of expertise	MA degree in Electronic Engineering data architect
Role in Water JPI activities	Collaboration in Open Data and Open Access activities with particular attention to interoperability aspects

Carla IANDOLI
Function	First Technologist
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	carla.iandoli@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50074235
Areas of expertise	Degree in Economics, Economist in fishery and aquaculture, European research funding opportunities, Communication fishery and water research funding opportunities
Role in Water JPI activities	Communication and dissemination activities in the Joint Calls: WaterWorks2014 ERA-NET Cofund – WaterWorks2015 ERA-NET Cofund - CSA IC4WATER - WaterWorks2017 ERA-NET Cofund

Alessandro LOTTI
Function	Consultant
Division	National Environemental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	alessandro.lotti@isprambiente.it
Phone
Areas of expertise	Master in Civil Engineering, with specialization in hydraulics and coastal engineering, water management, hydrology, flood protection and water infrastructure subjects. He has worked as civil/hydraulic consultant / freelancer engineer and hydraulic modelling expert with experience in important projects related to water and coastal engineering. Junior Project Manager with certification of Project Management at ISPM (Italian Institute for Project Management); In July he participated at the Master in EU-Project Management with EU Project Management certification.
Role in Water JPI activities	Professional consultant involved in the Water Joint Programming Initiative, in particular as regards ISPRA implementation activities about revision of mobility programs and research infrastructures related to water (National, European level and Transnational level), aiming to identify new strategies for mobility and infrastructures related, new network actions to carry out within Water Joint Programming Initiative. Realization of two platforms for cooperation and collaborations among the EU Partners involved into Water Joint Programming Initiative. He is also part of Water JPI Newsletter editorial coordination staff.

Francesco Maria PASSARELLI
Function	Administrative Collaborator
Division	General Services Department
Email	francescomaria.passarelli@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50074861
Areas of expertise	Degree in Marine Biology, Experience in Administration: Project management of national and international research programmes; Responsible for financial reporting of European funds in particular Life 2014 – 2020; Horizon 2020 and FP7
Role in Water JPI activities	Partner in the different types of activities: Assistant to Responsible for financial reporting for IC4WATER ERANET Assistant to the preparation of the documentation and control for financial reporting

Antonio SCARAMELLA
Function	ITC Expert
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	antonio.scaramella@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072422
Areas of expertise	Expert in analysis, development and maintenance of web platforms, web apps and client server systems
Role in Water JPI activities	Platform implementation

Maria Chiara SOLE
Function	Researcher
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	mariachiara.sole@isprambiente.it
Phone	+39 06 50072282
Areas of expertise	Ph.D. graduate, specialized in sustainable development, MA degree in Economics. Lecturer in Corporate social responsibility and sustainability, she has had several international experiences during her professional and academic career (visiting scholar at Columbia University among others). She contributed to European projects and meetings held by academic and policy institutes. She worked as researcher on EU environmental regulation at the Roma Tre University and as working group coordinator for research streams.
Role in Water JPI activities	Collaborating in the activities ISPRA is involved within the Water JPI, supporting international cooperation on water. In particular: ▪ Project management and funding. Strategy of internationalization, with a sustainable socio-economic vision, in order to establish international networks. Impact assessment of the funded projects in line with the objectives of the Water JPI SRIA and recommendations for future calls of the Water JPI. Development of the Knowledge tools for the contribution to the Water JPI objectives. Communication and dissemination activities.

Roberta VINCIGUERRA
Function	Project management support
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	roberta.vinciguerra@isprambiente.it
Phone
Areas of expertise	Member of the staff of the Manager, currently she mainly deals with the preparation of tender documents for purchases, carrying out functional and administrative support, monitoring the implementation of the activities carried out by the Service, the organization of SINAnet meetings and events and the preparation and dissemination of the SINAnet newsletter as member of the editorial staff.
Role in Water JPI activities	Project management support

Roberto Visentin
Function	IT Technician
Division	National Environmental Information System (DG-SINA)
Email	roberto.visentin@isprambiente.it
Phone
Areas of expertise	GiS technician (geographics information system).
Role in Water JPI activities	Water JPI website updates and maintenance