Matteo Tarasco

Experience

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  SMG

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Children’s Entertainer

  VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY- Organizing games and activities for children between the ages 6 and 13 for every Saturday afternoon throughout the whole year;- Organizing and carrying out activities for 1 week summer excursions on mountain with children from 8 years old to 13 years old;- Leading a group of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 to educate them to be children’s Entertainer with high levels of responsibility;- Playing with children of different ages in free-time;- Educating children in social values (such as sharing, ethnic and gender equality, etc.);- Responsibility for caring children Show less

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  Taizé community

  Jul 2006 - Jul 2006

  Volunteer at the Kitchen Coordination Team

  VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY- Involvement in the Kitchen Coordination Team serving meals to more than 2,000 people daily;- Interacting with young people and teenagers from all over the world in a community and very friendly context;- Participation in international discussion groups;- Use of English as lingua franca

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  Universität Innsbruck

  Apr 2010 - Apr 2010

  European Psychology Student Meeting

  Exchange Student Meeting- European Psychology Student Meeting organized by the Student Association "IGI - Innsbruck Goes International";- Interacting with Psychology Students from all Europe;- Participating at the activities organized by the IGI Organization;- Discussing about the different university systems in Europe and other relevant cultural fields;- Use of English as lingua franca

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  Youth & Society, Center for Developmental Research, Örebro University

  Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

  Research Assistant

  I worked as an intern at the Center for Developmental Research at Örebro University (Sweden), which employs several leading researches in the fields of Developmental Psychology and Political Science. For example, Professor Håkan Stattin and Professor Margaret Kerr publish articles that are among 1% most often cited articles within Developmental Psychology.I worked at the Center on a new project that has never carried out before in the research field of Psychology. I had to help coordinate and organize a longitudinal data-project on adolescents' emotional and behavioral development. This project spanning over four years, is funded by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research and includes over 5.500 Swedish adolescents and their offline and online friendships. This is the first project in the world to gather longitudinal data on online friendships and is likely to result in unique insights into the risk and benefits of having friends online. The unique nature of this project demanded to be autonomous, flexible, and able to cope with high loads of stress. Show less

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  International Camping Village Park Albatros

  Jun 2012 - Sept 2012

  Tourists’ and Teens’ Entertainer

  WORKING ACTIVITY- Responsible for the organization of the activities of free time for teenagers from 11 to 16 years old;- Organizing events for day and night entertainment for a total of 9,000 guests;- Involvement in night shows held in English for the guests of the Camping Village;- Being able to cope with high loads of stress and showing an adeguate behaviour in front of the guests;- Ability to work in team;- Use of English as lingua franca

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  UNESCO

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  World Heritage Volunteer

  VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY- Preservation, protection and promotion of the World Heritage Site “Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forest Kinondo” co-organized by CCIVS and UNESCO (WHC, World Heritage Centre) through the local NGO KVDA (Kenyan Voluntary Development Association - Development against Dependence);- Improving working team and inter-cultural skills in an international context;- Involvement in the Health committee to prevent and check health problems among international and local volunteers;- Direct environmental activities such as potting for planting trees, tree nurseries, labelling trees, cleaning forest and beaches from waste, etc.;- Working together with local people and children in the villages for cultural and environmental promotion;- Planning and teaching Environmental, Hygienic and Intercultural Education to children and teenagers in local schools (Kindergarten, Primary School and High School);- Home visits, intercultural meetings and playing time with children;- Carrying out activities in the Fishermen village;- Adaptability to live in life conditions very different from those I was used to;- Extra curriculum activities with international and local volunteers for a good community life, as for example fetching water, cooking, cleaning rooms, and so on;- Use of English as lingua franca Show less

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  MAMRE ONLUS Association

  Nov 2013 - Apr 2014

  Ethno-clinical Assistant

  - Attending as an intern at psychosocial analysis to immigrant patients together with psychotherapists and cultural-mediators;- Management of cases history and archive;- Participation in training and educational activities;- Clinical monitoring;- Participation in local workshops and schools;- Engagement in ethno-psychiatric counsel groups;- Drafting reports about personality profile and first interview;- Being able to cope with difficult situations and open-minded to understand people from very different cultural backgrounds and life experiences Show less

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  HealthLink Young Group Association

  Nov 2013 - Mar 2014

  Trainer for teenagers in high-schools

  VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY- Participation in the courses and activities offered by the association about teaching Sexual and Health Education, in particular: Sexually Transmitted Infections; Contraception, Emergency contraception and Voluntary termination of pregnancy; Gender identity and Sexual orientation;- Test and consequent certification as Peer educator;- Teaching Sexual and Health Education in High-schools to teenagers between 14 and 16 years old for sexual awareness, diseases prevention and well-being promotion Show less

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  Università degli Studi di Torino

  Nov 2013 - Apr 2014

  Student Representative of the Department of Psychology and of the Master Course in “Cognitive Science”- Responsibility in the interaction with Students and Professors from the Department and the Master Course to identify problems and needs;- Participation to official meetings with professors and other university personnel to vote and determine the policies of the Department about use of state and regional funds, modification in the academic curriculum, purposes, etc.;- Part of the Professors-Students Joint Committee for the evaluation of the quality of the Program Courses of the Department;- Confrontation with other student representatives to decide which goals carry out, to organize activities and how to act in the different fields;- Defending students’ rights when violated;- Leading group of students to establish and achieve different purposes;- Organizing events, meetings and urban protests to spread, make aware and get participation about several issues;- Controlling and modulating mediation skills in controversial issues;- ERASMUS mentor for foreign students Show less

  • Student Representative

    Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Collaboration at “Student Services”

    Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
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  Giovani nel Mondo

  Apr 2014 - Apr 2014

  Model United Nations - Scholarship for a Free participation at Mannheim MUN

  - Learning the processes of the United Nations Conferences by participating in simulations;- Interacting with students with interests in international relations and political sciences from all over Europe and the world;- Use of English as lingua franca

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  South African National Parks (SANParks)

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2014

  Junior Researcher

  - Field-research internship for South African National Parks' administration about the activity of harvesting, thatching grass and processing in Agulhas National Park, in order to analyze the ecological sustainability as well as the socio-economic impacts on the surrounding communities;- Study of the previous works and knowledge about harvesting and thatching activity;- Observation of harvesting and thatching sites in the Park;- Interviews to old and current local workers as well as Park's personnel, such as the Senior People & Conservation Officer, the Training Center Officer, the Project Manager, etc...;- Evaluation of harvesting and thatching in ANP in terms of social-and-ecological sustainability, elaborating recommendations to ensure a responsible and sustainable use of thatching reed Show less

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  School for Wellbeing Studies and Research

  Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

  Junior Researcher

  - Academic research internship on bottom-up activism and alternative economic approaches- Participation in projects on organic food farming for unprivileged people and peasants in an Alternative development framework- Field work and interaction with Thai peasants of both organic and non-organic farms- Discussions within an international équipe about wealth's and well-being's concepts- Discussions and proposals for future strategies to apply in the organization's projects

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  Instituto Brasileiro de Análises Sociais e Econômicas (IBASE) & Instituto Raízes em Movimento

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2015

  Junior Project Manager

  - Research intern on Solidarity Economy and participation in local development projects at favelas of Rio de Janeiro- Organization and coordination of voluntary activities (building a square, etc.)- Team work and participatory discussions on the organization's strategies and aims- Networking with other organizations and social movements with common goals- Research and investigation on municipal and national social-economic issues (inequality, discrimination, solidarity economy, etc.)- Promotion of social values such as active citizenship, equity, human rights, pluralism, and sustainable development- Influence on public policies through concrete alternative proposals and actions- Education and awareness raising on the main issues pursued by the organization- Use of Portuguese as working language Show less

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  European Commission

  Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  - Selected Blue Book trainee as Policy-maker at the Directorate-General Education & Culture- Contributing to the Policy review of the European educational framework on Key Competences for lifelong learning and training- Identification of best practices and policy analysis of national legal frameworks- Responsible for the management of the public consultation process on KC- Management and coordination of external contractors- Ensuring uploads of relevant documents on KC consultation web site- Assisting in preparation of consultation expert meetings, taking notes- Organization of conferences and meetings with relevant networks and governmental representatives on KC consultations- Monitoring expert discussions on the European Commission's platform School Education Gateway- Monitoring and editing of expert articles prior to publication in the SEG- Part of the trainees' subcommittee "Think Young. Think Europe", organizing events for EU trainees and EU staff on topical issues such as European identity crisis and EU-citizens communication gap Show less

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Blue Book Trainee

    Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
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  CATAPA

  Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  Volunteer

  - Translation of documents between Spanish and English- Support in managing public activities and awareness rising on issues related to sustainable development, in particular related to the consequences of mining activities in Latin America

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  UNRISD

  Oct 2018 - Aug 2019

  - Policy analysis and research activities on impact measurement and business sustainability as part of the Social and Solidarity Economy Team (SSE)- Literature review of local public policies on Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) worldwide within the project "Promoting SSE through Public Policies: Guidelines for Local Governments"- Policy analysis on the interconnection between SSE, Responsible Business Conduct and the SDGs within the project "Sustainable Development Performance Indicators"- Policy advocacy in collaboration with partner organizations of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on SSE (UNTFSSE) to promote a UN resolution on enabling environment for SSE actors- Main responsible for the organization and management of UNRISD's conference "Measuring and Reporting Sustainability Performance: Are Corporations and SSE Organizations Meeting the SDG Challenge?"- Organization and management of the UNTFSSE's conference "Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?" in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO)- Assist on activities related to publication of commissioned research papers, projects and policy briefs- Reviewing and proofreading worldwide contributions to UNRISD's Call for papers on SSE and the SDGs- Contribute to the expansion of UNRISD's institutional networks and partnerships- Assist the Research Coordinator in the supervision of the activities of two interns- Collaborate in the submission of grant application and letters of inquiry, as well as identification of potential sources of funding for new research projects- Volunteer in the inter-agency committee "100-day Internship Challenge Initiative", aim at finding viable solutions to offer fair conditions to the interns working at the United Nations Office of Geneva (UNOG) Show less - Policy analysis and research of best policies and practices on SSE as means to reach the SDGs- Assistance in the development of new projects, including the four-year long project on "Sustainable Development Performance Indicators", the project "Promoting SSE through Public Policies: Guidelines for Local Governments", and the UNTFSSE's “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?"- As part of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE) I prepared and organized the conference “Implementing the SustainableDevelopment Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?"- Assisting with a systematic literature review and related research tasks, including copy editing, proofreading and formatting manuscripts prior to publication- Contributing to network-building with potential partner organizations- Contributing to day-to-day work related to project management, external relations, meetings and event organization Show less

  • Research and Project Management Consultant

    Apr 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Research Intern

    Oct 2018 - Mar 2019
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  Tarasco Entrepreneurship and Training - TET

  Nov 2020 - now

  Owner
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  Rainforest Alliance

  Feb 2021 - now

  - Support Certificate Holders in the implementation of RA’s requirements to foster sustainable and responsible business practices- Liaising with the Advocacy team on positioning RA on social and environmental regulations (Living Income, deforestation, etc.)- Improving training materials and methodologies in support of our Certificate Holders - Benchmarking RA’s Standard against other Food Certifications and Standard Setters, national and international legislations and recognized ISEAL members- Revising and improving the user-friendliness of the Standard and Guidance documents in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders - Processing data on the use of pesticides in accordance with the Integrated Pesticide Management system (IPM) Show less

  • Senior Training Officer

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Officer Sustainability & Certification

    Mar 2022 - Oct 2024

  • Training and M&E Associate

    Feb 2021 - Feb 2022