Sept. 16 – The “Italian Democracy School” is preparing to make its debut in the United States. The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa is launching in the US its first Master’s degree in the world to train election observers, who ensure fairness, respect and promote democratic procedures during election periods (with particular reference to the countries and crisis areas). The announcement ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. Scientific director Andrea de Guttry (also Lecturer in International Law), Jeff Fischer and his colleague Claudio Bisogniero, Italian ambassador in the United States, will be present for the presentation, which according to Andrea de Guttry “will see broad participation of various international organizations, banks and financial institutions as well as foreign embassies, which have shown a strong interest in investing in this program to contribute to the promotion of democracy through transparent elections.”
