Alessandro Messina (economist)

Alessandro Messina (born 1969) is an Italian economist and manager. His main fields of interest are nonprofit organizations, ethical banking and local development.

Alessandro Messina
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Economist, Manager
Known forNonprofit organizations, Ethical banking, Local development
Notable workHandbook on Non-Profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts (contributor)
AwardsEuropean Enterprise Award (2006)

Part of the Italian team, he contributed to the Handbook on Non-Profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts,[1] edited by the United Nations, New York (2003).

From 2001 to 2004 he has been President of the Italian Ethical Finance Association, who represented the national movement of citizens and operators active in ethical banking.

In 2006 the City of Rome received the European Enterprise Award[2] by the European Commission for the programme aimed at promoting new small businesses in the suburbs, which Alessandro Messina managed from 2004 to 2007.

In 2014 he has been Italian Rapporteur to the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce.[3]

From June 2015 to October 2021 he has been in charge of the General Management (CEO) at Banca Etica, the first bank active in promoting ethical banking in Italy, member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values and of FEBEA, the European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks.[4]

Essential bibliography

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  • Fare il microcredito. Manuale per l'operatore, Bancaria editrice, 2015.[5]
  • Servire lo Stato. Il mestiere del bravo burocrate, Edizioni dell'asino, 2009.[6]
  • La finanza utile, with Paolo Andruccioli, Carocci, 2007.[7]
  • La respuesta de las finanzas eticas en el mundo, with Cinzia Cimini, in Finanzas Y Economia Social, with contributions by Joseph Stiglitz and Muhammad Yunus, Editorial Altamira, 2005.[8]
  • Denaro senza lucro. Manuale di gestione finanziaria per il terzo settore, editor and author, Carocci, 2003.[9]
  • Italy. New welfare, new gaps, in The Social Impact of Globalisation in the World, Social Watch Report 2002.[10]
  • Lavorare bene. Manuale sull'organizzazione e le forme di lavoro nel terzo settore, with a preface by Serge Latouche, Edizioni Lavoro, 1999.[11]
  • All Alessandro Messina's articles and books are detailed on his personal website.[12]

References

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  1. ^ United Nations (2003). Handbook on Non-profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts. New York: United Nations. Statistical Division. ISBN 92-1-161461-9.
  2. ^ "European Enterprise Award". European Commission. DG Enterprise and Industry. European Enterprise Award. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01.
  3. ^ "G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force". socialimpactinvestment.org.
  4. ^ "European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks".
  5. ^ Alessandro., Messina (2015). Fare il microcredito : manuale per l'operatore. Roma: Bancaria. ISBN 9788844910471. OCLC 948279382.
  6. ^ Messina, Alessandro (2009). Servire lo Stato. Il mestiere del bravo burocrate. Edizioni dell'asino. ISBN 978-88-6357-013-7.
  7. ^ Messina, Alessandro (2007). La finanza utile. Carocci. ISBN 9788843041480.
  8. ^ Sabaté, Alberto Federico; Munoz, Ruth; Ozomek, Sabina (2005). Finanzas Y Economia Social. Modalidades en el manejo de los recursos solidarios. Buenos Aires: Editorial Altamira. ISBN 987-9017-43-9.
  9. ^ Messina, Alessandro (2003). Denaro senza lucro. Rome: Carocci. ISBN 9788874660339.
  10. ^ The Social Impact of Globalisation in the World. Montevideo: Instituto del Tercer Mundo. 2002.
  11. ^ Messina, Alessandro; Lombardi, Erika; Polimanti, Olivia (1999). Lavorare bene. Manuale sull'organizzazione e le forme del lavoro nel terzo settore. Roma: Edizioni Lavoro. ISBN 88-7910-944-8.
  12. ^ Messina, Alessandro. "Alessandro Messina's website".