Simone Deflorian City and Organization Participated Development Advisor Originally from Trentino, freelance expert on participatives processes of Community Development. Advisor for Social Policy, for the actions of Community Development, Tourism, Commercial, Environmental Local Participated Development and prevention on the territory, he collaborates with local authorities in respect of: - the realization (project management) - the participatory planning - the coordination - the participatory evaluation - the methodological supervision. www.studiokappa.it

He has adapted, tested and applied in different environments and contexts the Paulo Freire’s Pedagogical Method and he is among the foremost experts in Italy. In particular, he takes care of Participatory Processes for Empowerment, Active Citizenship, Community Development, Local, Tourism, Trade and Environment Development, Urban Planning and Organizational Development. In the training field, he uses active methodologies and he makes use of maieutic method of Danilo Dolci. He is designing and testing a new personal method of conducting medium and large groups, inspired by the Pedagogical Method of Paulo Freire, the Community Laboratory and the Open Space Technology. He has extensive knowledge of the suburbs in particular the cities of the Countries of Eastern Europe and the processes of urban regeneration. He collaborates with various Universities, Research Centers and Training Agencies in Europe. He was an advisor of the City of Asti (I), the City of Parma (I), the City of Vercelli (I). He has also collaborated with some consortia Social Care and several small towns in Piedmont. www.studiokappa.it