Giacomo Rambaldi

Current

Sr. Programme Coordinator, ICT4D Innovation at CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation)
Founder and developer at PPgis.net
Founder and Developer at Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD)

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Past

Natural Resource Management Specialist at Asian Development Bank
Information Communication Specialist (Community-based NRM and Biodiversity Conservation) at SECA Société d'Eco-Aménagement
Sr. Community Development and Sustainability Advisor at Agriconsulting S.p.A.

Chief Agricultural Operations (Deputy Branch Manager) at Lodagri SpA
Regional Representative and Project Co-ordinator at Lodagri SpA, Nairobi Branch
Project Manager at Lodagri SpA, Nairobi Branch
Expert in Tropical Agriculture at FAO

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Education

Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
Università degli Studi di Milano
Deutsche Schule Mailand

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Giacomo Rambaldi’s Summary

Giacomo Rambaldi is senior programme coordinator at the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in Wageningen, Netherlands. He has 26 years of professional experience in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, South-East Asia, South Pacific and the Caribbean where he worked for a number of international organizations including FAO, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and on projects funded by the Italian Aid to Development and the European Commission.

He holds a degree in agricultural sciences from the State University of Milan, Italy and is currently conducting a PhD research with the Communication and Innovation Studies Group, Communication Science, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.

Giacomo is founder and developer of Participatory Avenues www.iapad.org, a web site dedicated to sharing knowledge on community mapping and collaborative spatial information management and of www.ppgis.net a worldwide network of participatory mapping practitioners.

Giacomo Rambaldi’s Specialties:

Areas of professional interest include visualizing indigenous spatial knowledge for improving communication, facilitating peer-to-peer dialogue and managing conflicts on issues related to the territory; collaborative natural resource/protected area management; participatory spatial planning; networking and web publishing.

Giacomo Rambaldi’s Experience

Sr. Programme Coordinator, ICT4D Innovation

CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation)

(Media Production industry)

October 2003 — Present (6 years 2 months)
Founder and developer

PPgis.net

(Internet industry)

2003 — Present (6 years )

PPgis.net is a virtual network which serves as a global avenue for discussing issues, sharing experiences and good practices related to participatory mapping, counter mapping, Public Participation GIS (PPGIS), Participatory GIS (PGIS) and other geographic information technologies used to support integrated conservation and development, sustainable natural resource management and customary property rights in developing countries and First Nations.
Founder and Developer

Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — Present (10 years )

Participatory Avenues acts as focal point for sharing lessons learned and innovation in practicing ethically-conscious community mapping and participatory GIS as means to add value and authority to people's spatial knowledge and improve bottom-up communication.
Natural Resource Management Specialist

Asian Development Bank

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)

September 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Information Communication Specialist (Community-based NRM and Biodiversity Conservation)

SECA Société d'Eco-Aménagement

(Environmental Services industry)

March 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 6 months)

Working as long term consultant in the framework of the EU-funded ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity Conservation (ARCBC) based in Los Banos, Philippines
Sr. Community Development and Sustainability Advisor

Agriconsulting S.p.A.

(Program Development industry)

January 1996 — March 2001 (5 years 3 months)

Working in the framework of the EU-funded National Integrated Protected Areas Programme (NIPAP) in the Philippines http://www.iapad.org/pa/
Chief Agricultural Operations (Deputy Branch Manager)

Lodagri SpA

(Civil Engineering industry)

March 1993 — October 1995 (2 years 8 months)

In charge of agricultural operations for projects in Africa and Latin America.
Regional Representative and Project Co-ordinator

Lodagri SpA, Nairobi Branch

(Civil Engineering industry)

October 1989 — February 1993 (3 years 5 months)

In charge of the regional branch office and acting as regional representative for Lodagri Spa and Agriconsulting SpA. Sector of operation: agricultural and rural development.
Project Manager

Lodagri SpA, Nairobi Branch

(Civil Engineering industry)

August 1987 — August 1989 (2 years 1 month)

In charge of agricultural operations. Project description: Land reclamation and improvement of 700 ha of dryland in the Rift Valley. Development - among Indigenous Peoples (Pokot) of a smallholder irrigation scheme (300 ha). Production of food and cash (seed) crops. Coordinated the implementation of agroforestry activities including soil and water conservation techniques (Award winning activity).
Expert in Tropical Agriculture

FAO

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; International Affairs industry)

June 1982 — July 1987 (5 years 2 months)

Responsible for organising and supervising fruit tree nurseries; establishing greenhouses, irrigation facilities, virus free mother blocks, collection orchards; training counterparts and skilled personnel in nursery management; improving plant production technologies and organising tree production on a commercial basis; introducing quality control measures.

Giacomo Rambaldi’s Education

Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum

Communication Sciences 2002 — 2010 (expected)
Università degli Studi di Milano

Dott. in Scienze Agrarie , Agricultural Sciences , 1976 — 1981

Graduated with Summa cum Laudae (110 e lode)
Deutsche Schule Mailand

High School diploma 1963 — 1976

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Giacomo Rambaldi’s Groups:

Since October 2007 – Nominator for the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.
Since June 2007 - Member of the Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) International Advisory Board. PLA, an IIED publication, is the world’s leading informal journal on participatory approaches and methods.
Since March 2007 - Member of the IFAD Consultative Group on the project “Development of decision tools for participatory mapping in specific livelihoods systems (Pastoralists, Indigenous People, Forest dwellers)”
Since 2004 - Member of the Board of Advisors to The African Conservation Foundation.
Since 2001 - Member of the Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights (TGER) of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP)