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Phase Two of Changed by Women: A Roadshow Around the World and Mentorship Program

Phase Two of Changed by Women: A Roadshow Around the World and Mentorship Program

by Andrea Celauro

After an inspiring, grand evening of stories and music on 8 March, the project is now kicking off a series of events at various Bocconi Alumni Community chapters around the world. A women's mentorship program along with the Women Fund in support of female students have been launched as well  

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Chaptr Global, the Kenyan startup that improves access to education

Chaptr Global, the Kenyan startup that improves access to education

by Camillo Papini

Based on the learn now, pay later concept, the company cofounded by Cyril Michino promises to improve the financing of education in a system that puts young people without a credit history at a disadvantage  

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South Africa: Engaging consumers in a country with 11 different languages

South Africa: Engaging consumers in a country with 11 different languages

by Camillo Papini

Sadie de Wet, Bocconi Alumna and Group Head of Marketing at Avacare Health Group, talks about the specifics of the country's market, where traditional marketing strategies are giving way to socioeconomic consumer measurement to differentiate demographics  

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Alessandra, the Legal Expert Who Contributes to Ensuring That the Work of the Court of Justice Is Not Only for Insiders

Alessandra, the Legal Expert Who Contributes to Ensuring That the Work of the Court of Justice Is Not Only for Insiders

by Camillo Papini

Her work is supported by the Court of Justice, as told by the Alumna, a lawyer at the Research and Documentation Directorate. But it needs to be digitized and disseminated and sentences need to be explained – all in the name of transparency  

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COP28 Will Be a COP of Action

COP28 Will Be a COP of Action

by Valentina Gatti

Interview with Ragy Saro, Program Manager for the COP28 Youth Climate Champion Team  

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A COP Full of Tense Discussions, But They Should Be Productive

A COP Full of Tense Discussions, But They Should Be Productive

by Andrea Celauro

Cristiano Rizzi, Bocconi alumnus and Senior Partner at BCG in Dubai, identifies many topics on which this Conference of the Parties in the United Arab Emirates can also make its voice heard, from project funding to issues raised this year, such as food security  

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COP28 on Global Climate: A Focus on Corporate Disclosure

COP28 on Global Climate: A Focus on Corporate Disclosure

by Valentina Gatti

So argues Pietro Bertazzi, Bocconi alumnus and Global Director, Policy Engagement External Affairs at CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)  

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Crises Strengthen, Not Weaken, the European Union

Crises Strengthen, Not Weaken, the European Union

by Pietrro Masotti

Alumnus Giancarlo Viola, Attache' for Infringement Procedures at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union, reflects on some of the misconceptions about the Institution – some of which are being disproved by recent events  

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Europe? A Dash Forward Is Needed to Address the Status of Permanent 'Polycrisis'

Europe? A Dash Forward Is Needed to Address the Status of Permanent 'Polycrisis'

by Pietro Masotti

Arianna Vannini, Chief Economist of the European Commission's DG for International Partnerships and Bocconi Alumna, explains how the time has come to clarify the objectives that the EU aims to achieve in twenty years  

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Working with a View to the Long Term

Working with a View to the Long Term

by Pietro Masotti

The fiveyear terms at an institution like the European Commission protect against the variability of national calendars, says Alumnus Gabriele Giudice, Head of Unit in the Economies Division of the Member States at the Commission. His work is engaging, which allows him to get in close touch with the progress of economic and political integration  

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Angela, Working to Ensure the Sound Financial Management of EU Bodies

Angela, Working to Ensure the Sound Financial Management of EU Bodies

by Camillo Papini

From preparing annual reports on the implementation of the EU budget and the European Development Funds, to auditing institutions' administrative expenditure: this is Alumna Ortiz Munoz's trajectory at the European Court of Auditors  

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Mario Nava's European Dream: If the EU Manages to Raise the Bar, We'll All Be Better Off

Mario Nava's European Dream: If the EU Manages to Raise the Bar, We'll All Be Better Off

by Michele Chicco

The head of the DirectorateGeneral for EU Reform is Bocconi Alumnus of the Year of 2023. After graduating from Bocconi he began his long career in Brussels and now looks to the future with confidence: 'But the Union shall always remain consistent with its vocation of being a social market economy'  

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Europe? For Antonio It Is the Crowning of a Dream

Europe? For Antonio It Is the Crowning of a Dream

by Pietro Masotti

The desire to be part of a supranational institution excited the Bocconi Alumnus early on, who now as Head of section in the ECB's Legal Service, explains his work behind the scenes. It is not a highly visible job perhaps, but it contributes in a concrete way to the process of European integration  

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