Books By Giulio Venneri - Author

Giulio Venneri is an official of the European Union, serving at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. He is currently Deputy Head of Unit in the Western Balkans Directorate, at Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. Among his previous roles at the European Commission, he was the Head of the Center of Thematic Expertise for Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights and Democracy and team leader for relations with Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also held a tenure as the Permanent Secretary of the International Monitoring Operation, deployed to oversee the vetting of magistrates in Albania. Earlier, he worked as coordinator for justice, freedom and security issues in the Enlargement process, the visa liberalisation dialogue, and mine action. Prior to joining the European civil service, he worked in the "Global Issues" unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in project implementation across the Middle East. Active in academia, he is adjunct professor at the School of Government of LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy. There he is also a member of the Steering Committee for the degree in Policies and Governance in Europe in the Political Science Department. He is coordinator of the policy skills lab in the Diplomacy and Global Politics programme of the University of Westminster in London, UK. He holds a PhD from the School of International Studies at the University of Trento, obtained with honours. His most recent publication includes the volume on "The European Union's Engagement with the Southern Mediterranean: Integrating the European Neighbourhood Policy". When he is not working in support of European integration, Giulio Venneri is a songwriter and guitarist.