Barbara Poggio

About

After her degree in 2002 in Politic Sciences at the University of Genoa with a specialization on Development Economics, and a Master in Economic, Political and Social Cooperation Development, in 2003 Barbara began to work in the International Relations Office of the Municipality of Genoa dealing with the development of Bilateral relations of the City of Genoa, the participation of the City in European networks as Eurocities, supporting EX -com terms of the city (2003-2012) organizing its Annual Conference in Genoa in 2011 and working on EU Projects. Since 2015 she is EU Policy Officer at International Relations Officer focusing on the redaction and management of EU Projects, such as MEDA, ENPI CBCMed, EUROP AID, and lately INTERREG MED, IURC and URBACT where the City of Genoa leaded 2 projects; Interactive Cities and Tourism Friendly Cities, ended in August 2022, the first action planning networks focused on the theme of Sustainable Tourism. In 2022 she worked on the candidacy to be coordinator of the new URBAN AGENDA Partnership on Sustainable Tourism, winning together with the city of Galati. Indeed since the end of 2022 her Office is co-coorindator of the URBAN AGENDA Thematic Partnership on Sustainable Tourism which produced first the Orientation Paper and then the Action Plan. Since 2023 she is working, together with the team of International Relations Office, on the AP network of Urbact Cities After Dark, on nightime economy.