Nello De Padova: is a founding member of the Learning Cities Association .
An electronic engineer and expert in project management, he has been for 15 years a consultant for public administration authorities and enterprises on organisational issues and informatics.
Nello is a part-time employee of the Municipality of Bari and advises organisations by using organisational learning methods and supporting sustainability enhancements in communities and companies. He is the author of a book “dePILiamoci ” (creative word joking with the GDP index, which is now translated in English as GROSS ). This offers a new social and economic model for fighting the idea of a progress based only on economic grow. He is a founding member of the Italian No Growth Association .