Angiolo Martinelli

Angiolo Martinelli currently holds the role of Director of the Division for Sustainable Use of Water Resources and Development of Global Water Initiatives within the USSA General Directorate of Ministry of the Environment and of Energy Security. He is an environmental expert with specialised skills in geochemistry-geohydrology and agriculture-environment. He began his professional career as an external researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Perugia. He has worked as a consultant for both public administrations and private companies in the fields of water management, spatial planning, environmental remediation, and design. From 1986 to 2002, he worked periodically in various international cooperation contexts, working on projects and partnerships in several countries (Africa, Latin America and the Middle East) with NGOs and international organisations. From 2004 to 2019, he held managerial roles at the Environmental Protection Agency of the Umbria Region (2004 – 2011) and subsequently at the Environmental Protection Agency of the Lazio Region. Among his various responsibilities, he was in charge of environmental reporting, monitoring and control of the water cycle, air quality, contaminated sites, IPPC installations and waste, as well as project development and management and the coordination of human and financial resources. He is the author and editor of books on environmental protection and water resource management, as well as various national and international publications on the same topics.