Damien Lanfrey

Damien Lanfrey

Policy advisor, writer, digital innovation expert

Currently policy advisor at the Ministry of Education, University and Research, as member of the Minister’s Technical Secretariat.
Working on opening and innovating the Italian education system. Co-author of the education reform “La Buona Scuola”, project leader (with Donatella Solda) of the National Plan for Digital School and currently responsible for various themes, including skills policy, training, teachers’ professional development and human capital policies.

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Main Projects

Current Projects /

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    National Plan for Digital School

    A comprehensive policy framework and 1.1Bn Eur investment plan for digitizing and innovating Italian education by 2018

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    Programma il Futuro

    Bringing coding classes to every school in Italy. Involved 300.000 students, 5.000 teachers and 2.000 schools in Year 1 and currently in Year 2

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    La Buona Scuola

    Policy proposal for a comprehensive reform of the Italian education system, passed into bill in July 2015. Worth 3Bn per year and fully implemented in 2016

Open Government Projects /

  • Destinazione Italia

    Destinazione Italia

    Public consultation and stakholder engagement on Destinazione Italia, Italy's policy for foreign direct investment attraction

  • PartecipaGov

    Partecipa.gov.it

    Public consultation on constitutional reforms, involving 214.000 citizens in 3 months between July and October 2013

  • ASOC

    A Scuola di OpenCoesione

    An open data school on public spending data, dedicated to secondary school students. Currently involving more than 200 school across Italy