Boris Meggiorin
In 2014 I have been invited as a guest contributor at the Turin international book fair in Italy, in the frame of the initiatives of the Marche Regional Council. The purpose of my presence was to present different regional development practices linked to culture as a vector for territorial development and in particular for the “Distretto culturale evoluto di Urbino e del Montefeltro”.
PordenoneLegge is one of the most prominent literature festivals of Italy. In September 2004 I have been a guest author presenting a sample of my work as a writer and blogger, in a time when scholars where investigating the impact of online publishing platforms on literature and novel production.
In 2004 I have published on my personal blog a serialised story, called “Romanzo d’appendice per la casalinga infelice” which became the feature story of several Italian news outlets and magazines.
This Italian radio network features a special yearly coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest, named “Citofonare Passoni” for its host Diego Passoni. In 2022 I have supported their work as an author and guest of the live streamed show covering the Final of this pan European music competition.
BRGM, the French geological survey, is France’s leading public institution for Earth Science applications for the management of surface and sub-surface resources with a view to sustainable development. As an EU funding consultant, I conceived and produced a quarterly newsletter with its team, presenting the EU calls for proposals in line with the research and development topics of the BRGM.
Interkoop is an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce of the province of Alava, in the Basque region of Spain. This programme aims to support internationalization and cooperation for businesses and organisations. Under its umbrella I have provided local companies such as Teklak, a communication agency, with technical assistance to analyse their internationalization strategy in the sector of audience development. For one year we have worked on the international positioning of the brand, the identification of potential partners and relevant topics in Europe. This also brought a reflection on the evolution of Teklak’s services and the analysis of local effects of international efforts in terms of credibility and innovation capacity.
La Baule is a French seaside resort that consolidated its position as a national tourist hub growing into a small size city. The shift from leisure destination to an organic urban area required an upgrade of its infrastructure. In addition, being the home of one of the most beautiful French bays, the threat of environmental risks prompted the project for a complete renewal of its seafront. My role has been to explore and define the European funding opportunities that could co-finance the urban redevelopment of the promenade.
https://www.labaule.fr/municipalite/les-ambitions-de-la-municipalite/promenade-de-mer-1
On behalf of the innovation agency Conexiones Improbables (Spain) I contributed to the production of two cycles of international events to define the role of cross-sectoral innovation in different sectors of the economy and the society. These events in 2021 and 2024 were produced in the frame of the New European Bauhaus, the interdisciplinary platform for innovation and sustainability of the European Commission.
DeuS is an Erasmus+ Vocational Educational Training (VET) project, coordinated by the Matera – Basilicata 2019 Foundation, that aims to co-create a European-wide learning and training approach in critical thinking and entrepreneurship to find participatory, creative, and cost-effective solutions to local challenges, by unlocking the potential of the cultural and creative sector. The project brings together relevant players from the cultural and creative sector from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Slovakia and UK.
The DeuS project is shaped around the unique Open Design School, a pillar project of Matera 2019 (Italy), European Capital of Culture. It is a design laboratory using a peer-to-peer challenged based approach, where professionals of any discipline work together and share knowledge and expertise while designing, prototyping, delivering and testing design solutions.
The Open Design School methodology goes one step further than existing design thinking processes by applying real solutions to real problems, validated by real people: it transforms applied research in the real domain. In the process, DeuS works as a “think and do tank” where professionals with different backgrounds can upskill and re-skill while responding collaboratively to current societal and economic challenges.
My role in 2021 was to support the production of 10 Living Labs, one for each partnering organization, to test and integrate the Open Design methodology in solving local challenges.
In the frame of the Deus project financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU, I have conceived a new format to rebrand the final conference of the project, in the shape of a pop-up radio, featuring radio shows led by each partnering organization. The event took place in 2021.