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S-com is an International non-profit association based in Brussels.

Since 2005, the association has been working towards improving the role of communication in sustainability and social innovation, in line with the European strategy. The creation and dissemination of shared knowledge, research and innovation are the essential conditions to build a sustainable society in economic, social, environmental and institutional terms. It follows that the creation of a sustainable model depends on a communication based on principles such as societal integration and participation.
The work of S-com is based on this premise and is and it aims at identifying languages and innovative communication methodologies, operating through participatory approaches and contrasting perspectives from various institutional representatives across the board, including researchers, professional practitioners and NGOs.
S-com is a smart network of european communicators.

ROLES

PRESIDENT

Marcello Aglietti Zanon – founder of ID Consulting srl. He started his career as researcher in the Joint Research Centre of the EU and he has more than 20 years of experience in European policy consultancy and in management and administration of European projects. From the beginning, he focused the mission of S-Com on supporting the new European paradigm of smart local development and competitiveness.

SECRETARY GENERAL

Valentina Zoccali – After a Bachelor’s degree in Letters and Philosophy, she studied Social Media Marketing and in 2008 she started to work in the fields of communication, advertising and culture. Since 2013, she has been living in Brussels, where she manages the communications of several EU-funded research projects, as Secretary General of S-Com. In 2015, she designed and started to promote the WISE4ALL initiative.