Selected participants from Italy
National Olympic Committees have completed the selection of participants of the Sport Management Training Programme 2016-2017. The selection was ruled by criteria set in the brochure “Sport Management Training Programme” which was published on 14 March 2016 together with the Call for proposals.
Target group were women in sport organisations who were identified as future leaders in sports by their sport organisations. They had to meet the following basic minimum criteria:
Work with sport organisation as paid staff or volunteer;
- Be endorsed by their NOC;
- Have a University degree or comparable professional experience;
- Have sufficient skills to effectively follow the selected course of study;
- Be in a leadership position in sport organisation, e.g. president, board member, secretary general or director, or in a decision-making position at the lower level in sport organisation, e.g. less senior member of staff or volunteer who had responsibility for managing projects in the sport organisation.
The call was open until 11 April 2016. Afterwards, candidates were interviewed by the representative of own National Olympic Committee who evaluated candidates’ leadership potential before making a decision.
The list of participants from Italy (in alphabetical order):
ARDU, Barbara
Manager of Education Department of the Italian Equestrian Federation
BERTOLLI, Marta
Sport Marketing Manager of the Italian Ice Sport Federation
DI SPIGNO, Elvira
Deputy Secretary General of the Italian Table Tennis Federation
FASCIOLO, Sabina
Head of Legal Affairs and Compliance of the Italian Football Association
MASTRODOMENICO, Angelica
Head of Sport Department of the Italian Paralympic Committee
PALAZZOTTI, Alessandra
National Director of Special Olympics Italy of the Special Olympics Italy
VALERI, Raffaella
Deputy Secretary General of the Italian Paralympic Committee
VALLONE, Nada
Secretary General of the Italian Tambourine Federation
