Leonardo Becchetti teaches political economy at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and he is the scientific director of the Achille Grande Foundation. Columnist for the Catholic daily newspaper L’Avvenire, he has founded the School for Civil Economy and the Festival of Civil Economy. Economic advisor to the Italian Ministry for the Environment, he is the author of several books on economy, social and environmental sustainability in economics and ethical finances, including “Next. Vote with your wallet!” (2015), “The macroeconomics of wellbeing and sustainability” (2019), or “Bergoglionomics. The sober revolution of Pope Francis” (2020)”.

Mohamed is consultant for development and international cooperation projects and a specialist in public policies and strategies dedicated to employment, entrepreneurship, and the promotion of private investment in the territories. With proven experience with a benchmark consulting and audit firm, a leading financial institution in Tunisia, and the largest United Nations development program, he was able to develop expertise for economic development and social alongside, and for the benefit of, key players in the public and private sectors and national and international non-governmental organizations.

Nawel is the Founder and the Executive Director of Human Development Network – HDN, dedicated to strengthen the capacities of social actors and therefore led the change movement towards more education for social responsibility. She is also a youth facilitator, trainer and consultant on various topics such as promotion of citizenship, civic engagement, communications and social entrepreneurship. Nawel has developed through the years her expertise in the development sector by mainly working with NGOs, Associations through EU projects in the MENA region. She is also the founder of the Algerian Forum for the Promotion of Active Citizenship – AFPAC, and a contributor of Search for Common Grounds – SFCG, with articles on political, economic and social issues in the region.

Saber is a Tunisian Engineer Agronomist and a PIFEDian (member of International Program of Evaluation for Development) holding an advanced degree From Maryland University on Innovative entrepreneurship. He has more than 16 years of experience in several fields, including agronomy, environment, value chain and local development. As Monitoring & Evaluation expert, Saber has been conducting several consultancies with UNDP, FAO, EU and other international organizations to support private sector, NGOs and governments to develop suitable tools and conduct evaluations.