Position in project: Responsible of International Festival of Games in the Streets “Tocatì” in Verona

Surname, First name: Puggioni, Simona

Organisation: Associazione Giochi Antichi (AGA)  

Position/Category: Secretariat Manager

Email: segreteria@associazionegiochiantichi.it

Website: www.associazionegiochiantichi.it

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

After an internship in 2010 within the Tocatì, International Festival of Street Games, she started working in the Associazione Giochi Antichi in March 2012.

Within the association she coordinates the association’s projects (international festival, publications, other cultural events and activities) and the activities of the general secretariat (management of the suppliers, collaborators, institutions, public and private, not only Italian). During these years she has also collaborated with the administration and treasury areas (accounting, financial reports) and the communication area (contacts with press offices and journalists, website, mailing list and social network management, international fairs participation). Since 2013 she started developing and coordinating European projects and in 2015 she coordinated the activities for the  ISO 20121 certification – sustainable events.

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND :

Current situation: student at the Continuing education and vocational training course “Pedagogical approach to the safeguarding and valorization of Cultural Heritage” (Univeristy of Florence);

October 2015: attendance at the Advanced course on European projects organized by the  Belgian-Italian Chamber of commerce (Brussels);

March 2015: Attendance at the training course “Introduction to European projects” organized by the  Belgian-Italian Chamber of commerce (Brussels);

March 2013: Masters in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce with a thesis “The application of the business plan to the no profit sector: the case Associazione Giochi Antichi” (evaluation 110/110 with honours) at the Univeristy of Verona;

June-July 2014: Attendance at the project “Sport and gender: empowering girls and women” within the “Youth in Action Programme, Action 4.6 – Partnerships” organized by  International Platform for Citizen Participation (Sofia).