Secretariat

Contact details:

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Climate, Energy and Tenure Division
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, ITALY
GBEP-Secretariat@fao.org
Tel. +39 06 57052834

Maria Michela Morese

Executive Secretary

Ms. Morese is the Manager of the GBEP Secretariat which is based at FAO Headquarters in Rome. She worked on the establishment of the Partnership since 2005. She is responsible for the development of the GBEP programme of work and its related field projects.

Previously she worked for six years for the Government of Italy as negotiator in various international environmental processes.

Michela holds a degree in Political Science-International Relations and a post graduate certificate in International Protection of Fundamental Human Rights from La Sapienza University in Rome, as well as a Master in Environmental Governance and a PhD in Forest Ecology from La Tuscia University in Viterbo.

Marco Colangeli

Programme Adviser

Mr. Colangeli joined the GBEP Secretariat in 2012. He is Programme Adviser assisting the GBEP Secretariat in the overall project implementation, with particular focus on FORBIO project.
Prior to joining GBEP, Marco served as Bioenergy Consultant for the FAO BEFSCI project and worked for the International Relations Office of the Universitá degli Studi della Tuscia as Environmental Studies Coordinator.
He holds a BA in Forestry and Environmental Science, a MSc in Environmental Science for Large Urban Areas from Universitá degli Studi della Tuscia, and a MSc in Environmental Science and Policy from PACE University of New York.

Tiziana Pirelli

Programme Adviser

Ms. Pirelli joined the GBEP Secretariat in 2016. She is Programme Adviser assisting the GBEP Secretariat in the overall project implementation, with particular focus on capacity development activities and for the implementation of the GBEP sustainability for bioenergy at country level, with a focus on Paraguay and Viet Nam.
Prior to joining GBEP, Tiziana served as project manager of the “Biochar Plus” project funded if the ACP Group, and  worked on sustainable techniques of Conservation Agriculture at the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy.
She holds a BA in Agricultural Science and Technology and a PhD in Ecology and Preservation of Agricultural and Landscapes Environmental System at the University of Udine, Italy.

Constance Miller

Programme Adviser

Ms Miller joined the GBEP Secretariat in 2016 and is responsible for supporting the development of the GBEP programme of work.
Prior to joining GBEP, she worked at FAO YUNGA (Youth and United Nations Global Alliance), bringing environmental issues to youth through publications and conferences. Previously, she worked for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on Agricultural Advocacy and conservation of agricultural habitats for endangered bird species,  and for the Borneo Nature Foundation conducting research on the behavioural ecology of wild primates in Indonesia. She has also worked in the private sector in an environmental consultancy.
Constance holds an MA in Natural Sciences and Management from the University of Cambridge. She is currently working towards an MSc in Sustainable Development at SOAS, University of London, with a specialization in Rural Development. 

Lorenzo Traverso

Programme Adviser 

Lorenzo Traverso is Programme Adviser supporting the development of the Horizon 2020 BIOPLAT-EU project, as well as supporting the selection of available extra-budgetary funding opportunities. He joined FAO/GBEP for the first time in 2014 as a volunteer on GBEP sustainability indicators and bioenergy related matters. Between 2016 and 2018 he worked in FAO as consultant in the context of the Horizon 2020 FORBIO Project, contributing to the FORBIO sustainability indicators development and implementation in Italy, Germany and Ukraine.

Lorenzo has several years of experience in international cooperation. He worked with La Tuscia University (Italy) and the Tribhuvan University (Nepal), as well as with the Italian Development Cooperation (DGCS) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI) in the context of a technical cooperation project from 2012 to 2016 between Italy and Nepal.

He holds a B.A in agricultural sciences and technologies and a MSc in agricultural and environmental sciences. During his academic career, Lorenzo was awarded with research scholarship on agriculture, food security and climate change at La Tuscia University. In 2018, Lorenzo started his PhD in Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at the Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization of La Tuscia University.

Bastian Golden

Volunteer  

Bastian holds a BSc. in General Biology from the University of Erlangen – Nuremberg (Germany), achieved in 2008. Afterwards, he finished his MSc. in Biodiversity and Ecology at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) in 2012. Furthermore, in 2016 he defended his Ph.D. in Ecology and Biogeography at Aarhus University in Denmark, in collaboration with Amsterdam University and UFMS Campo Grande in Brazil (Dissertation: Geography and ecology of functional traits in palms).

Bastian joined FAO in October 2018 and before that he was working for several months at a non-profit organisation in South Africa to participate in the conservation and husbandry of wild and captive cheetahs.

Giulia Micheli

Administrative Assistant

Giulia joined the GBEP Secretariat team in 2019. She will provide support to the team assisting in the preparation of meetings, workshops and seminars, as well as with all day-to-day administrative tasks. Prior to joining GBEP Giulia worked in the FAO Visa Unit (CSGP).

She holds a Master Degree in Translation and Interpreting from the “Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma”.