Bio

Luca Pastorelli is a European activist, cooperative and social economy expert and agitator in the European and international environment. As the head of ‘Diesis,’ he is in charge of the overall coordination and strategy of an ecosystem of SSE networks from 20 countries. Over the years, he has coordinated and carried out cross-border studies, research and activities to serve the needs and priorities of social economy enterprises and cooperatives, in partnership with the main co-operative and social economy organisations all over Europe and published by CIRIEC, ILO among others. While deepening a sound experience in project writing and management he has thereby gained a broad insight into the fields of social innovation, social dialogue and industrial relations, training and entrepreneurship.