Category: I (Senior) CURRICULUM VITAE 1. Family name: Prof. LUIGI 2. First name: Luigi 3. Date of birth: 13.04.1965 4. Passport holder: Italian 5. Residence: Lecce, Italy 6. Education: Institution (Date from - Date to) University of Bologna - Faculty of Law, Italy (11/1992-06/1995) University of Bologna - Faculty of Law, Italy (10/1989-06/1990) University of Bologna - Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy 11/1985-03/1989 7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Doctorate in Research (Ph.D). in Public Law Master (MD) in Advanced Law Studies Laurea (BD; cum laude - with Honours) in Law Language Reading Speaking Writing Italian native native native English 1 1 1 Spanish 4 4 4 French 4 4 4 8. Membership of professional bodies: Italian Association of Comparative Law Italian Association of Constitutional Law 9. Other skills (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.): Advanced computer literacy;windows/office, Mac, Linux,Web-based applications, Basic HTML, Content Management Systems, SEO/Meta-Data Management, Google Analytics, case-management software 10. Present position: Full Professor at the State University of Salento (Italy) (www.unisalento.it), (ranked in the TIMES top 400 World s Higher Education Institutions) since 03/2006). Director of the Training School for magistrates and advocates, University of Salento Member of the Scientific Committee of the Comparative and European Review 11. Years within the firm: Full University Professor since 2002; Freelance Consultant since 2004 CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 1/6
12. Key qualifications (Relevant to the project): - For almost 15 years, very experienced Team Leader (in 4 occasions and for 6 times on long term assignments, all concluded succesfully) and/or Scientific Coordinator in EU Masters and Training and Research projects. - Wide project and sector expertise in Justice and Home Affairs. - Outstanding professional experience in the Justice sector, sound experience in the reform of the Judicial system, and in particular: Role and organizational structure Ministries of Justice, Pre Trial Investigations in criminal law, Constitutional reforms in various States, Constitutional Justice. - In the Home Affairs sector, sound experience in security studies, combat of illegal immigration, police and law enforcement agencies reform, international anticorruption policies, trans-border security cooperation, analysis of financial flows of criminal organisations from non EU countries. - Also sector experience in PA reform at central and local level (reforms on conflict of interests of Public Servants, capacity building. 13. Specific experience in the region: Country Date from - Date to Russian 2005/2011 Serbia 2003/2004, 2009/2010 Azerbaijan 2001/201 Kingdom of Jordan 2004/2005 Croatia 2005 CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 2/6
14. Professional experience: International experience Date fromto Company & reference person 1 2011/2012 Azerbaijan Particip Gmbh 2010/2011 Russian Jan.Muegge@particip.eu Soges elisabeta.pop@sogesnetwork.eu Team Leader 2010/255824 Support to the Republic of Azerbaijan on developing the Twinning Fiche on Migration An assignment aimed at designing a large long term EU twinning project for professional development and strengthening the skills of the staff of the State Migration Service and adjustment of current legislation on migration to EU standards. Has been finally responsible for the drafting of the project twinning fiche, log-frame, budget, work-plan and implementation chart Team Leader European Commission project: LOT 7: Governance and Home Affairs. EuropeAid/127054/C/SER/multi. Improvement of the Mechanisms of Advocate s Investigation within the Framework of Current Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian. 2009/2010 Serbia 2007/2009 Russian Ars Progetti DFanciullacci@arsprogetti.it DFC European Commission project. Methodological proposal for the Implementation of the Lot. 7 Ros nr.2009/209548 version 1: Assistance to the Serbian Commissariat in preparing a draft strategy for Migration management. European Commission/Tacis Policy Advice Programme Promotion of Migration policies in Russia. 2005/2007 Russian 2006/2007 Russian 2005/2006 Russian ATOS Origin Belgium State University of Salento (Italy) Transtec Belgium epradez@transtec.be Atos Origin (Belgium) 2005/2006 Croatia SEMA Group (Belgium) (now in Atos Origin) European Commission Project/TACIS TA Project, AP 2006 (28 months/ 3,5 Meuro): Raising Public Awareness of the Russian Legal System. I High Level long term Policy and Legal Advice project to the Russian State DUMA in support for capacity building of selected parliamentary committees and of the Central Legal Department, in charge of drafting all main laws of the country. The project had a very important legal awareness campaign component (1,0 Meuro) and also one dealing with training for Judges, in cooperation with the RF Supreme Court As TL, holding final responsibility for the design and implementation of 3 International Conferences and 9 Regional Workshops, 3 Study tours, 1 National Media Legal Awareness Campaign (made of 6 TV Public Service Advertisements, 10 Radio Jingles, 6 short-film documentaries, series of related 4 TV and Radio Talk Shows). One 34 hours legal training programme, 3 regional and one national Contest for Journalists, 8 policy and legal advice papers, 2 sociological surveys. As Team Leader, has received an encomium from the Head of the Legal Department of the RF DUMA. Team Leader/Senior Senior Legal expert Team leader, European Commission Project/TACIS TA Project - Support to the Russian Constitutional Court in developing tax related sentences. Team Leader coordinating the panel of experts and Senior Legal expert on functioning of the EU Constitutional Courts. EU/TACIS through FWC AMS 451 Tacis Bistro Project: Avoidance and Settlement of Conflict Interest in the Public Service: Setting up a Non-governmental Monitoring System Senior on EU best practises and drafting of legal recommendations. EU / CARDS through FWC AMS 451, Mission: EU acquis and case law teaching at Universities in Croatia. Team Leader and EU law expert setting up a system for the integrated introduction of the EU case law teaching in all Law Faculties in the Universities of Croatia. 1 The Contracting Authority reserves the right to contact the reference persons. If you have any objection to this fact, kindly state so and provide a justification. CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 3/6
Date fromto 2004/2005 The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Company & reference person 1 SEMA Group (Belgium) (now in Atos Origin) Team Leader/Senior EU / MEDA Support to the EU-Jordan Association Agreement (SAAP) Mission: TA to the Strengthening of the Ministry of Justice of Jordan. Assessment and indepth analysis of the Justice sector in the Kingdom. Definition of a JUST (Judicial upgrade strategy) Institution building of the Ministry of Justice To draft a training needs assessment of the Ministry of Justice key-staff positions and draft To draft a series of recommendations of change and improvements to be introduced to the current ministerial organizational structure, including job descriptions 2003/2004 Serbia and Montenegro, Ministry of Justice SEMA Group (Belgium) (now in Atos Origin). EU/CARDS EAR (European Agency for Reconstruction). Support to the Judiciary system in Serbia and screening of the Courts system Most important experiences in Italy Date fromto 2012 ongoing Reggio Calabria Company & reference person 2 Presidency of Calabria Regional Council Legal Advisor Support to the President of Regional Council in the evaluation of the constitutional conformity of legislations enacted by Regione Calabria Assembly. pasquale.crupi@consrc.it 2011 ongoing Lecce 2008/2012 Lecce Unisalento Law Department Unisalento. Rectorate segreteria.rettore@unisalento.it Director Delegate for international Affaires Training School for advocates and magistrates, University of Salento. It s a school provided by national law which deal with the training of those graduated in law who have to pass the exam to be magistrate and advocates. Each Law Faculty in Italy has to set up these Schools and has to appoint the School Committee (composed by professors, Advocates, Magistrates and Notaries). Then, the committee elect the Director. More than 140 students yearly attend the school. Delegate for international Affaires of the University of Salento. 2012 Lecce Unisalento. Law Department Scientific Coordinator EU Project. Judicial Training and Research on EU crimes against environment and maritime pollution. JUST/2010/JPEN/AG/1540. 2008/2012 Lecce Unisalento. Law Department University of Salento Director Master Professionnel Européen d'administration Publique (MPEAP) e learning course. Universities: San Quintin (Versailles, France), Petru Maior (Tirgu Mures, Romania); Miskolc (Hungary). Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Salento 2 The Contracting Authority reserves the right to contact the reference persons. If you have any objection to this fact, kindly state so and provide a justification. CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 4/6
Date fromto 2007/2012 Lecce Company & reference person 2 Vice Dean 2004/2006 Rome Ministry of Equal Opportunities. Antidiscrimination Office stefano.laporta@isprambiente.it Antidiscrimination Office. It s an Office set up by EU Member States in compliance with the EU Directive on the discriminations based on racial equality. The Office is assisted by four legal experts chosen by the Minister among magistrates and university s professors. 2003/2006 Rome Commissione per l attuazione della legge sullo sciopero nei servizi essenziali. pierferdinando.casini@senato.it Member of the Committee Commissione per l attuazione della legge sullo sciopero nei servizi It s a national independent authority in charge of dealing with the strikes claimed in public services. Members are selected by the presidents of the Italian Parliament. The Committee is in charge of the correct evaluation of the strikes claimed by worker Associations in accordance to a national law enacted with the view to safeguard, both users and workers rights. Other relevant information (Publications): Four books, 35 academic articles, more than 250 various journalistic articles. Most relevant and recent scientific publications (full list available upon request): Curatore della sezione monografica Principle of Equality of Arms in the context of the Pre trial: the Defense Independent Investigation, DPCE 2011 IV. Autore dell introduzione alla ricerca Milano,2012 Media Law and Ethics in comparative law: USA and Europe, Università Libera della Moldova. Articolo redatto per il corso di formazione rivolto a giornalisti moldavi Chisinau,2011 Ripensare le Autonomie nell ottica del federalismo fiscale. Forum dei Quaderni Costituzionali. L evoluzione dei partiti e del sistema dei partiti, in AA.VV, La Democrazia italiana forme limiti e garanzie (Cerreto R. a cura di). Rome, 2011 Rome, 2011 Note critiche sul giusto processo e sulla sua riservatezza, pubblicato su www.giust.amm.it Rome, 2007 Voce Sussidiarietà in Dizionario di Diritto pubblico Giuffrè. Rome, 2006 I federalismi latinoamericani. Journal "Sravnitelnoe Konstitutsionnoe Obozrenie"(Comparative Constitutional Review) n. 4 del 2005 e n. 1 del 2006 (pubblicazione in lingua russa); Modscow, 2005/2006 Book. European Constitutional Development. Collana del Dipartimento di Studi Giuridici Università del Salento. Casa Editrice, Edizioni Scientifiche Napoli, 2012 CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 5/6
Book. Fondamenti costituzionali della coesione europea. Collana della Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell Università degli Studi di Lecce, Casa Editrice Iovene, 2006. Rome,2003 Book. Federalismo e libertà in America Latina. I modelli di Messico, Argentina e Venezuela, Cedam 2002. Book. Lo Straniero extracomunitario. Valori costituzionali e identità culturale, Casa Editrice Giappichelli, 1996 Padova,2002 Turin,1996 Has also participated as key-note speaker on a number of relevant National and International Conferences, mainly dealing with European integration and related issues, institutional and political transitions allover the world, migration and related issues. CV Prof. LUIGI MELICA 6/6