ITCILO

Laura Costamagna has worked at the ITC-ILO for the past ten years. She is in charge of administrative and financial support for projects financed by the European Social Fund. She is also involved in the organization, monitoring and evaluation of training activities on campus and at a distance.

Laura holds a Master’s degree in political economy of development, obtained at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, and a degree in sociology from the University of Rome.

Laura works in English, French and Italian.

Germana Peretti joined the International Training Centre of the ILO in July 1980, and worked initially for the Individual Fellowships Programme (1980-1994) and the Regional Programme for Africa, where she concentrated on French-speaking countries (1994-2000).

She joined the  Enterprise Development Programme in January 2000, again focusing on francophone Africa. She currently works mainly on training activities for Europe, especially Russian-speaking countries. She has studied law at the University of Turin.

Germana works in English, French and Italian.

Peter Tomlinson has nineteen years’ experience in the field of enterprise development, including long-term projects in Latin America, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. He has managed the Centre’s Enterprise Development Programme since 1999. He specializes in entrepreneurship, microfinance, business development services and creating an enabling business environment for small enterprises. He holds a Master’s degree in development administration and planning from Bristol University (1995), a degree in economics and accounting (1975) and is a chartered accountant (1978). He has also worked extensively on enterprise development projects for the International Labour Organization, the European Commission and the UK’s Department for International Development.

Monica Rossi Rizzi’s career at the ITC-ILO started in 1992, when she joined a European Union training programme concerning the European Social Fund (ESF). She went on to run an EU-funded programme on ESF governance for Italian and EU officials. Monica is now in charge of management and coordination of ESF programmes and projects concerning the Lisbon strategy.

She graduated in law, with specialization in labour law, from the University of Turin in 1991. She was called to the Bar in 1996.