Andrea Canepari

Andrea Canepari (born 7 June 1972 in Pavia, Italy) is an Italian diplomat.

Andrea Canepari
Personal details
Born7 June 1972
Pavia
EducationEconomics at Bocconi University in 1996

Life and diplomatic career

Andrea Canepari is an Italian diplomat currently in charge of office VII (inside the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs) responsible for Internationalisation of local governments, tourism, sport, Italian chambers of commerce abroad and foreigners in Italy, EXPOs, creative industries and the promotion of Italian F&B. He previously was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary with Letter of Credence for Italy in the Dominican Republic since 2017.[1][2] In 2017, he reopened the Embassy of Italy, inaugurating a new Diplomatic Chancery[3] and a new Residence and resuming political, cultural, and economic relations. In 2018, he promoted a cultural year program with more than 120 events in conjunction with institutions, companies, universities, and local cultural centers to celebrate 120 years of diplomatic relations between Italy and the Dominican Republic.[4] This series of events aimed at commemorating and highlighting the long-standing relations between the two countries, namely by enhancing the pivotal figure of the Genoese merchant Juan Bautista Cambiaso, in the name of whom the first Dominican School Ship was inaugurated in August of the same year. The [former] ambassador is the editor of the book “El legado italiano en República Dominicana,Historia, Arquitectura, Economía y Sociedad” - “The Italian Legacy In the Dominican Republic, History, Architecture, Economy and Society”, which was also published in an italian version by the Saint Joseph's University Press. Also many illustrated albums were published within the framework of “Ciao Santo Domingo” to honor the relations, the “amistad” between the two countries. These albums well represent the story of crucial actors of the two countries’ relation establishment, such as Juan Bautista Cambiaso, Padre Francisco Fantino Falco, Alessandro Geraldini or Cristóbal Colón. In 2019, he spearheaded another cultural year program to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the first resident bishop in Santo Domingo, the Italian Alessandro Geraldini.[5] The celebrations of the two cultural years aimed to highlight the significant common history that Italy and the Dominican Republic share and to create new opportunities for future collaboration. During this initiative, many political institutions and scholars coming from both countries participated and gave their contributions to the events. Canepari is the Honorary President of the revamped Dominican-Italian Chamber of Commerce, which now includes several prominent entrepreneurs from the Dominican Republic on its board of directors. From 2013 to 2017, he was the Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with consular jurisdiction for the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey (southern counties), North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. He has received numerous awards and more than 200 mentions from the press, radio, and television.[6][7][8] In 2016 he received the 2016 “Global Philadelphia Awards”[9] biennial award from Temple University, awarded to those who stand out for their enhancement of international relations for the city of Philadelphia. He has been a part of numerous committees and commissions with the objective of consolidating the international status of the Philadelphia region through increasingly deeper cooperation between Italy and Europe, among which include: the Papal Event Committee (on the occasion of the Pope’s visit to Philadelphia in September of 2015); the Presidential Advisory Board of Jefferson University, facilitating the creation of the first medical degree recognized in both Italy and the United States; the Hearth Ball Executive Leadership; the Board of Directors of Mid-Atlantic Division of the American Liver Foundation; Member of the Studio Incamminati, School of Contemporary Realist Art Board; Honorary Founding Member of “USA250,” the committee in charge of organizing the celebrations in Philadelphia for America’s 250th Anniversary in 2026; External Advisory Board Member for the Professional Science Master Degree Program in Bioinnovation, Department of Biology, Biotechnology Center College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia; and the International Advisory Board of Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS of Pavia, Italy. On top of that, as Consul General of Italy in Philadelphia, he promoted the successful initiative of “Ciao Philadelphia”, a month-long series of events bringing to light the Italians’ and Italian Americans’ contributions to Greater Philadelphia, which has been carried out for eight years now and has recently developed into a year-long virtual series of Ciao Philadelphia for the 2021 edition. Among previous publications, in 2021 Andrea Canepari co-edited the book “The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia”, an academic work published by Temple University Press that embraces essays and images showcasing the rich contribution of Italians and Italian Americans to Global Philadelphia. He was Deputy for the North American Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013 and the Diplomatic Adviser of the Under Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in 2010. From 2006 to 2010, he was the First Secretary of Political Affairs and Relations with the United States Congress at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Chief of the Economic and Commercial Office at the Embassy of Italy in Ankara. His international decorations include: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Knight of Magisterial Grace; Order of Malta (Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta – SMOM); and the EUFOR Libya CSDP Service Medal for Planning and Support, awarded by the European Union.

Publications

Honours

References
  1. Stato di servizio del dr. Canepari, in Stati di servizio del personale della carriera diplomatica al 15 marzo 2022, pp. 53. Fonte: MAECI
  2. http://www.aise.it/anno2017/andrea-canepari-ambasciatore-a-santo-domingo/90090/1. Source: aise.it, Agenzia Internazionale Stampa Estero, June 14, 2017, (Andrea Canepari Ambasciatore a Santo Domingo).
  3. Diario, Listin (2018-10-22). "La embajada de Italia estrena sus oficinas". listindiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  4. D'Italia, Ambasciata (June 8, 2018). "Celebraciones de los 120 años de relaciones diplomáticas entre Italia y la República Dominicana".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Figueroa, Rocío. "Italia celebra 500 años de la llegada de Geraldini a RD". www.diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  6. https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-della-sera/20141024/282965333361872. Source: Corriere della Sera, October 24, 2014
  7. http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/PhiladelphiaInquirer/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=PHQP%2F2017%2F05%2F28&entity=Ar05301&sk=4B348036&mode=text . Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2017
  8. https://www.italiaoggi.it/news/diplomazia-che-spinge-l-italia-2205542 Italia Oggi “Diplomazia che spinge l’Italia” di Francesco Cerisano, August 30, 2017
  9. "Temple honors 2016 Global Philadelphia award recipient". Temple Now | news.temple.edu. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  10. Canepari, Andrea. Italianos en la Républica Dominicana. Historias y aventuras de viejos amigos. Umberto Allemandi.
  11. "The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia | Temple University Press". tupress.temple.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  12. Canepari, Andrea; Chez Checo, José, eds. (2021). El legado italiano en República Dominicana: historia, arquitectura, economía y sociedad. Turín: Editorial Umberto Allemandi. ISBN 978-88-422-2541-6.
  13. "Crónica de Autores: La legado italiano". Acento (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  14. "Academia dominicana de la historia catalog › Details for: L'Ereditá italiana nella Repubblica Dominicana". catalogo.academiadominicanahistoria.org.do. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  15. Lantigua, José Rafael. "Italia en la etnia y la historia dominicana". www.diariolibre.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  16. Canepari, Andrea; Chez Checo, José, eds. (2021). The italian legacy in the Dominican Republic: history, architecture, economics, society. Philadelphia, PA: Saint Joseph´s University Press. ISBN 978-0-916101-10-7.
  17. Onorificenza della Repubblica conferita a Andrea Canepari. Source: Sito della Presidenza della Repubblica (http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/Onorificenze.aspx?pag=172&qIdOnorificenza=58&cognome=&nome=&daAnno=1800&aAnno=2016&luogoNascita=&testo=&ordinamento=2 )
  18. https://news.temple.edu/news/2017-01-25/andrea-canepari-2016-global-philadelphia-award. Fonte: news.temple.edu, Temple University Rome, Global Temple, posted January 25, 2017,(Global Philadelphia Award).

Articles on the Book “The Italian Legacy In The Dominican Republic”

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Articles on the Book “The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia”

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