Silvia Sartori

Silvia Sartori

Silvia Sartori was awarded a bachelor's in international diplomatic sciences from Trieste University, a post-graduate certificate on business in China from the Milan-based Institute of International Political Studies and a master's in Asian studies from Lund University. During a three-year residence in China, she worked in the private sector before joining the European Union Chamber of Commerce. She was also deeply involved with local and foreign nonprofit groups. She has contributed to Italian and foreign media with articles and reports from Asia. Silvia served as a Devex fellow in the first half of 2008. Silvia is fluent in Italian, English French and German and has a working knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.

Latest Articles

  • Local Lessons for International Development
    18 Mar 2009

    Twenty years ago, Eurecna began to help small and medium-size Italian enterprises enter foreign markets. Now, the Venetian consultancy applies lessons learned to development projects in transitioning countries. The company particularly focuses on information technology and renewable energies.

  • Career Advice
    IC Net Ltd. Hiring Focuses on Mid-Career Professionals
    2 Sep 2008

    IC Net Ltd. is continuously looking for experienced staff to involve in its projects. The Japanese consulting firm encourages middle- and senior-level candidates to apply.

  • Career Advice
    Getting a Job With Japanese Consultancy Padeco
    29 Aug 2008

    If you are interested in joining a Japan-based international consulting firm, think about PADECO. Whether you are a junior professional or a senior expert, Japanese or foreign national, looking for long-term employment or a short-run assignment, the company is continuously searching for new staff. Find out where and how to apply.

  • A Japanese consultancy with international flair
    29 Aug 2008

    Yuichiro Motomura returned from the United States in 1983 to create an internationally competitive consulting firm in Tokyo with a diverse mix of Japanese and foreign experts in development aid.

  • Sichuan, after the quake: Setting up a field hospital
    17 Jul 2008

    Within days since one of China’s strongest earthquakes hit Sichuan, Dr. Giorgio Cortassa arrived in the region, helping to rescue victims. Cortassa remembers aftershocks, landslides, dilapidated cities, precarious hygienic conditions, water shortages, language barriers, hot temperatures - and good Chinese crisis management.

  • Myanmar dispatches: An aid worker remembers
    16 Jul 2008

    Nobuyuki Aoki spent almost two years in Myanmar overseeing aid projects for the international NGO Adventist Development and Relief Agency. He has not been back since Myanmar’s military junta suppressed Buddhist political protests in September 2007, and says he misses this troubled Southeast Asian land.

  • Myanmar after Nargis: A first responder remembers
    14 Jul 2008

    Aid worker Sayako Nogiwa entered Myanmar a few days after cyclone Nargis hit the reclusive Southeast Asian nation. She helped provide food to those living greater Yangon area - a starving population reeling from the destruction and trying to start a new life.

  • Africa’s Great Wall is Green But Needs Funding
    9 Jul 2008
  • Development in a hermit kingdom: A conversation with North Korea aid expert Massimo Urbani
    16 Jun 2008

    By dismissing North Korea, the international community and aid workers in particular are missing out on valuable cooperations, says Dr. Massimo Urbani, who has coordinated international emergency programs within the Hermit Kingdom for approximately 10 years.

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