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Simone d’Antonio

Lead Expert URBACT

Simone d’Antonio is an expert in sustainable urban development and supports numerous cities in Italy and Europe in the implementation of integrated strategies and plans. He is currently the leading expert of the European network on night policy issues Cities After Dark funded by the URBACT program.

He has worked with numerous European programmes on cities, including European Urban Initiative, Urban Innovative Actions, URBACT, Urban Agenda for the EU and Covenant of Mayors, supporting the realisation of exchanges between cities and the implementation of strategic plans and innovative actions on different dimensions of urban development, from sustainable tourism to the future of work.

At the global level, he has collaborated with C40 Cities on issues of correct transition and with UN-Habitat as part of the pathway on the New Global Urban Agenda. For Donzelli’s Interventi series, in 2021 he published the volume “Le città sono la soluzione” (Cities are the Solution).