Arch. Giorgio Garelli
DIRECTOR of HYDROAID
for the Region of Piedmont
Personal details
• Marital status: married
• Nationality: Italian
• Date of birth: 12th June 1958
Work experiences
1978 – 1989:
Regional Council of Piemonte, Regional Ministry of Tourims, Turin (tourist
planning department).
1989 – 1991:
CISV - Burundi.
Coordinator of 4 projects of International Cooperation financed by Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Director of the training centre for building sector craftsmen of Gitega
(Burundi).
1992 - 2006:
Regione Piemonte: Regional Government – Cabinet the President International
and Communitarian Affairs Department.
In charge of the coordination of international cooperation activities
of the Regional Council and of the interventions on the matter of education
to peace and international solidarity.
Member of the board of directors of Hydroaid Association – International
School of Water, member of the board of directors of Interregional Observatory
for Cooperation to Development (OICS) and of Regional Council of adoptions
and familiar fostering.
Member of course and monitoring committee of the Support Program to regional
cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He has permanent and occasional collaborations with academic institutes
in the ambit of Master and university courses of international cooperation
(Master in Peacekeeping, University of Turin - Course of developing countries
economy, Course of tropical veterinary; Politecnico of Turin – Master
“Plans and projects for Third World Cities”; Institute of
studies Stoà Ercolano - Master in Cooperation to development; ISPI
Milano - Master in International Cooperation).
He is coordinator of the special project of Regional Government “Stati
Generali della Cooperazione Decentrata in Piemonte”
Education
1972 - 1977:
Technical Institute for geometers of Cuneo
1978 – 1985:
Degree in Architecture at Politecnico of Turin