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Giovanni Gabassi (2008 - 2009)

Italy

Giovanni Gabassi

Giovanni Gabassi holds a Masters degree (magna cum laude) in international and diplomatic sciences from the University of Trieste, and a Masters of advanced international studies from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. He has worked on issues of multilateral diplomacy with a number of organizations, including the Central European Initiative Executive Secretariat in Trieste. Through an internship at the Delegation of the European Commission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), he honed his diplomatic skills and expanded his knowledge base, which enabled him to take on the position of European Union Presidency Advisor at the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the OSCE. His fields of interest include post-conflict rehabilitation in South Eastern Europe and conflict prevention. He has also lectured on negotiation theory at the University of Trieste.

After completing the Sauvé Program, Giovanni attended a 2-week training course on UN Peacekeeping Operations offered by the Université du Québec à Montréal, Faculté de science politique et de droit, observatoire sur les Missions de paix de la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand  en études stratégiques et diplomatiques.

Country of origin

Italy

“Leaders must dream of changing the world.

They must have an inspired vision of the changes they want to make and be prepared to consecrate all
their energy to that purpose. A capacity to communicate their objectives is indispensable to sustain
the enthusiasm of their collaborators and their perseverance in action.”
— The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Opening Speech to the National Conference for Young Leaders, June 2-8, 1991