Valentina Resente is is an experienced Urban Designer and Planner, with a post-graduate Master in Urban Reconstruction and Development and MSc and BSc in Architecture. She has more than 10 years of work experience in different geographical contexts in development cooperation programs. Main fields of expertise are: community-based planning, design for disaster risk reduction and mitigation in environmentally sensitive areas, leading participative planning exercises for the protection and conservation of urban historical areas and natural Protected Areas and Cultural Landscapes.