Institutional relations
Stakeholder analysis, structured dialogue and transparent representation of interests and proposals.
Social economy · Territories · International cooperation
Social economy and Eurasian cooperation
Territories, institutions and businesses working together for development grounded in trust.
Italian Chamber of DeputiesRegistered interest representative with the Italian Chamber of DeputiesOfficial register ↗Chengdu · 2025 · interview shown without sound
Profile
Trust as an infrastructure for development.
A registered interest representative with the Italian Chamber of Deputies, I have worked for over twenty-five years across public institutions, organisations, territories and businesses.
Transparent representation is central to my method: listening to shared needs, building evidence-based institutional dialogue and translating it into proposals. Institutional communication, economic diplomacy and international cooperation converge in this responsibility.
Full professional profile ↗Professional engagements
Expertise for complex projects.
I advise businesses, public bodies and organisations when interests, institutions and territories need to be connected, turning a need into a documented and workable course of action.
Social economy and territories
Design and support of partnerships, Social Economy Districts and local development programmes.
Eurasian cooperation
Qualified relations among institutions, administrations, productive systems and organisations in Italy, China and Eurasia.
Advisory and knowledge
Strategic analysis, public speaking, education and research contributions in the areas of expertise.
Confidentiality and transparency
This website does not publish a list of clients or information concerning confidential assignments. Experience and results are documented through selected cases and public sources, in accordance with applicable transparency requirements.
Defining an engagement
Objectives, responsibilities and fees are defined in proportion to the complexity and quality of the work, in accordance with applicable law and, for public-sector appointments, the relevant principles of the Italian Public Contracts Code and fair remuneration.
For businesses and public bodies
When an engagement can be useful.
When an organisation needs to open an institutional dialogue, build a partnership or shape a project across territories, the first task is to define objectives, stakeholders and conditions of feasibility with precision.
The contribution may concern transparent interest representation, social economy and territorial development, or cooperation between Italy, China and Eurasia.
Each possible mandate is considered individually, with confidentiality, independence and clear responsibilities.
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In focus
News, agreements and analysis are shown in reverse chronological order. Current work comes first; professional history provides the supporting context.
24 May 2026 · Analysis · Social economy
Cooperatives and legality: quality is the real issue
The essential distinction is between organisations that build trust and those that consume it.
Learn more ↗19 May 2026 · Agreements · Italy–China
A stable Italy–Beijing platform for 2026–2030
A five-year memorandum between the Italian OBOR Institute and the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
Learn more ↗18 February 2026 · Cultural diplomacy
Culture as a bridge between people, economies and territories
An initiative in Rome linked to Chinese New Year and cultural dialogue between Italy and China.
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18 December 2025 · Italian Senate · Social economy
Peace economy, trust and Social Economy Districts
A contribution on Social Economy Districts as territorial infrastructure for cooperation, development and cohesion.
Learn more ↗1 December 2025 · CNEL · Social economy
Social and Solidarity Economy Districts
Presentation of a measurable territorial model integrating welfare, sustainability, business and social cooperation.
Learn more ↗2 November 2025 · Address · Eurasia
Italy is at a historic crossroads
The Silk Road, global governance and Eurasia as a space for cooperation.
Learn more ↗31 October 2025 · Eurasian Economic Forum · Istanbul
The new revolution of work
Robotics, artificial intelligence and the need to combine Asian innovation, European rules and human dignity.
Learn more ↗Press review
A substantial and documented public presence
Italian and international media have covered contributions and proposals across two main fields: Eurasian relations and the social economy. Items are ordered by date.
Prima Notizia 24 · 10 July 2026
Italy and China: twelve pages devoted to Michele De Gasperis’s experience
A professional journey through economic diplomacy and cooperation among institutions, administrations, businesses and territories.
Read the original source ↗Meridiana Notizie · 10 July 2026
A contemporary interpreter of dialogue between Italy and China
Recognition of the daily work of building connections and concrete opportunities for cooperation.
Read the original source ↗2 July 2026Prima Notizia 24
Housing policy: urban regeneration begins with people
↗2 July 2026Meridiana NotizieQuality of living also depends on services
↗2 July 2026AGC NewsEvery intervention should include a lasting social project
↗2 July 2026European AffairsHousing policy will work only if communities come first
↗28 September 2025CGTN ItalianFair and inclusive global governance: an Italy–China round table
↗27 November 2019Inner Mongolia DailyItaly–Inner Mongolia economic and cultural exchange
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Inner Mongolia Daily · 27 November 2019
On the front page of the Chinese press
The front page of the Inner Mongolia Daily reported on the Italy–Inner Mongolia economic and cultural exchange held in Hohhot the previous day. It documented the contribution of the Italian OBOR Institute and listed its President, Michele De Gasperis, among the speakers.
View the Chinese source ↗A verified selection from a broader press archive. Links lead directly to the original sources.
Selected projects
Experiences that define the professional journey
CNEL · 1 DECEMBER 2025 · STRATEGIC PROJECT
Social Economy Districts
At the national conference on social cooperation held at Italy’s National Council for Economics and Labour, Michele De Gasperis presented the Social Economy District model: a territorial platform connecting welfare, businesses, cooperatives, public authorities, sustainability and the UN 2030 Agenda.
The proposal contributes to the implementation of Italy’s social economy agenda and translates interest representation into an open, operational and measurable model.
Conference programme ↗ITALY · CHINA · CONTINUING ACTIVITY
Relations between territories
Italian OBOR Institute · Opening in China and agreement with the Beilin District of Xi’an
Bringing administrations, productive systems, universities and social organisations closer together, turning institutional dialogue into stable cooperation.
Most recent project ↗RESEARCH · UNIVERSITALIA · 2022
Circular Economy in China
Author of the chapter on China in the collective volume Circular Economy, covering reforms, productive sectors, international agreements and future prospects.
Publisher’s page ↗INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION · 2003
La mia seconda patria — My Second Homeland
For the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II: forty international events and a commemorative postcard distributed by Poste Italiane in one million copies.
Read the case ↘ETICA ONLUS · SOCIAL ECONOMY · 2004
Breaking the Silence
A public initiative for the protection of children, calling institutions, media and communities to account for those with less voice.
View the project ↘Method
One method, two fields of action
Social economy and territories
Cooperation, welfare, legality and regeneration: the quality of development measured through the quality of communities.
Eurasian cooperation
Institutional relations, internationalisation and dialogue between territories built around concrete interests and shared responsibilities.
A social economy project
Breaking the Silence
The protection of children as a public responsibility and a measure of community quality. A historic ETICA ONLUS campaign that makes the social economy dimension tangible.
Archive · 2003
Institutional communication case
La mia seconda patria — My Second Homeland
A communication idea transformed into a national initiative.
Commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michele De Gasperis devised the communication initiative linked to forty events organised by the Italian Cultural Institutes. The commemorative postcard was produced and distributed by Poste Italiane in one million copies, with the support of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications.
Experience and standing
Academic and institutional work
Field experience and shared knowledge: appointments, education and research serving international relations.
Geopolitics and geoeconomics of business
Member of the Master’s scientific committee.
Learn more ↗Diplomacy and international relations
Professional contributor representing the Italian OBOR Institute.
Learn more ↗Director of the Belt and Road Department
Professor and member of the scientific committee of the academic publishing series.
Archive source ↗Author in Circular Economy
Author of “Circular Economy in China”, pp. 235–252.
Publisher’s page ↗Roma Smart City Lab Advisory Council
Member of the Council Assembly supporting the city administration on innovation and digital transformation.
Institutional source ↗Selected archive
Relationships built over time
A concise selection of encounters with leading figures in politics, science and culture. The archive supports the professional record without overshadowing current work.
Addresses and audiovisual archive
Continuity in public engagement
Contributions documented through official programmes, original texts and television records.
18th edition · Istanbul · Çırağan Palace · 31 October 2025
Session 7 · Digital technologies as a driver of economic development
The new revolution of work
Robotics and artificial intelligence are converging into a new productive infrastructure. The address proposes a permanent Eurasian platform combining Asian industrial scale, Europe’s culture of rules and social responsibility.
“Progress cannot be stopped. But it can be guided. And that direction must remain clear: toward the human being.”
Fuzhou · 22 November 2023 · International cooperation
Together: an economy for peace
“Together” as a method: learning about one another, overcoming cultural barriers and building economic relations grounded in trust. At the Fuzhou forum, Michele De Gasperis set an economy for peace against the logic of conflict, identifying cooperation among territories, associations and productive systems as a path to shared prosperity.
“Only by working together, truly together, we can achieve shared prosperity.”
This passage anticipates and gives international expression to the thesis of No One Grows Alone: no community and no economy can develop in isolation.
Download the full address ↓Canale 5 · Special programme after TG5
In the Garden of Genghis Khan
A 40-minute Canale 5 special broadcast at 8:30 p.m., immediately after the TG5 evening news. Michele De Gasperis explores Mongolia through its history, culture, society and international relations.
Watch on YouTube ↗“No one grows alone.”
Trust, reciprocity and lasting relationships as infrastructure for development.
Contact
Discussing an engagement.
An initial conversation helps clarify objectives, stakeholders and working conditions before any mandate is defined.