Profile

ARS Progetti, Ambiente Risorse e Sviluppo (Environment, Resources and Development) is a consulting firm working all over the world. It is also a think- tank elaborating themes of Culture, Environment and Human Rights.

Today we consider ourselves as an open laboratory, where innovative ideas are identified, translated in action tools and put in practice. The raw material, i.e. the ideas, originates from our network of collaborating institutions and colleagues of the international scientific community, as well as from our internal staff. The process engineering is our own, based on the know -how accumulated in 30 years of international experience. Our main asset is the experience accumulated through decades of multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural work and research in developing and developed countries and with international donor agencies.

Strengths

• Creativity and ability to be innovative
• Wide network of international relations
• Extensive experience in complex integrated planning and system approach
• Multidisciplinary and trans -disciplinary skills

Main areas of competence

• Cultural Heritage: Restoration and conservation of historic buildings and monuments, urban planning in historic towns, archaeological areas, cultural tourism and sustainable tourism, museums, conservation and development, creative uses, linkage with Living culture,involvement of local communities
• Institutional building and organizational strengthening: Technical assistance to the public and private institutions, communication strategy, vocational training and education strategy, training needs assessment, design and implement information system programmes, organization and management, human rights and civil society, democratization, state reform and conflict prevention.
• Communication / Information: Institutional communication, awareness campaigns, organization of events, audiovisual production, communicationfor development and EU policy, strategic advice, action planning, monitoring of communication programmes, mediarelations,
communications and websites
• Environment: Environmental planning, conservation -based development of natural resources, E.I.A. Evaluation and Monitoring: Our experience includeex-ante and ex-post evaluation, thematic and geographic evaluation

Services

• Planning, feasibility studies, preliminary and final design, supervision of works, monitoring
• Surveys, diagnosis of problems and identifications of viable solutions in the areas of competence
• Technical assistance and management assistance, management consultancy
• Evaluation ex ante, on -going, ex post
• Training, education and communication for development

Countries of recent assignments

• International clients : European Commission (Europe Aid, DG Development, European Agency for the Balcans); World Bank; UNESCO;
• Italian clients: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, General Directorate for Development Co-operation, Ministry of Treasury, different universities.