Pietro De Matteis

Pietro DE MATTEIS (PhD, Cambridge)

Pietro is an experienced international relations expert, currently serving at NATO after 13 years working for EU institutions and supporting glocal engagement. He has extensive experience in promoting cooperation and mutual understanding through multi-level partnerships across the world. He speaks 5 languages and lived in 10 countries across Europe, the Middle-East, Asia and the Americas.

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Pietro is Programme Officer at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He is responsible for engagement with the Indo-Pacific and Latin America, focusing on Public Diplomacy to promote understanding of the Alliance's objectives: ensuring peace, stability, and respect for the rule of law. To do so he collaborates with think tanks, academia, NGOs, and stakeholders globally.

He previously spent over 13 years with the European Commission and the European External Action Service (the EU’s diplomatic arm), serving in various roles: Public Diplomacy advisor, Deputy Commissioner General for the EU at EXPO2020 Dubai, Public Diplomacy attaché at the EU Delegation to Canada, and Programme Manager for EU-funded initiatives with the United Nations in New York. He also managed cooperation programmes with Asia and North America. Additionally, Pietro has worked with the Milan Chamber of Commerce, a multinational in Shanghai, the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, and the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris.

Pietro holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Cambridge, with a focus on Energy and Climate Change Diplomacy. An economist by training, he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Milan-Bicocca after an Erasmus year at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and later earned a Master's degree from the European College of Parma. He has been a visiting scholar at both Columbia University in New York and Renmin University - 人民大学 in Beijing.

Pietro also served as an elected City Councillor in Brussels (Saint-Gilles), working to bridge the European project with local communities. He has actively supported European citizen engagement through various organizations, including JEF and GFE, and has launched initiatives like PowerCrowd.org, #EUsolidarity Now (a Facebook community with 80,000 members), Stand Up for Europe (formerly the European Federalist Party), and Alliance4Europe.

He speaks in Italian, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese.

AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS

Pietro has been a Rotary International Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar to China and he was awarded a scholarship from the Cambridge European Trust. He is also an Alumnus of the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) run by the US Department of State.

Pietro is part of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network, the International House of NY, the Mercator Foundation TEFF Network and the Bosh Alumni Network.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Italian (mother tongue)

English (fluent)

French (fluent)

Spanish (good)

Chinese (low-intermediate)

German (beginner)

IN THE PRESS

Below you will find a selection of my articles:

BNR.bg Euranet - Bulgaria - #EUsolidarity now – пространство за истории за европейска взаимопомощ
EEAS - Europe - Strong EU presence at EXPO2020’s Global Goals Week
EEAS - Europe - EXPO2020: an open window into the post-COVID world
New Europeans - Europe - Interview with Pietro De Matteis, #EUSolidarityNow
Le Soir - Belgium - Seuls 25 élus bruxellois sur 695 ne sont pas belges.

Alliance Magazine - Europe 2018 - New common spaces for culture (and for Europe).
Sounds in Europe - Europe - Issue 12 (page 16) 2017 - Culture, Empathy and Foreign Policy: a European perspective.
Katoikos.eu - Europe - Whose interest? Towards the emergence of a European constituency
Onet Wiadomosci - Poland - Słowa Donalda Tuska nt. integracji w UE. Pietro De Matteis: nie poddamy się, muszą usłyszeć nasz głos
L’Echo (Belgium), Calea Europeana (Romania), Via Diplomacy (Greece), The Open Cyprus Daily (Cyprus), Euractiv/Blogactiv.eu (Europe) – “Open letter to two and all European leaders (in 8 languages): “Angela and Alexis stop playing with our future” by Pietro De Matteis and Georgios Kostakos;
Treffpunkteuropa.de - Germany - „Wir brauchen einen dritten Weg für Europa“
The New Federalist - Europe - We need a “third way” for Europe!
Capital Finance International – World- Summer 2014 (page 58) - Democracy and a Social Contract: The Way Forward for Europe. ;
The Parliament Magazine – Europe- “Juncker appointment ensures first ‘democratically legitimate’ EU” Editorial by Pietro De Matteis;
The Parliament Magazine – Europe- “EU faces prospect of ‘coup d’état’ by European council” Editorial by Pietro De Matteis;
The Parliament Magazine - Europe- “Federalism would bring Europe ‘closer to the people’, says MEP candidate” (Pietro De Matteis);
Project for a Democratic Union – Europe- “A federalist vision for Europe” ;
Capital Finance International – Worldwide – “Europe’s First Transnational List has been Presented by the European Federalist Party“;
Capital Finance International – Worldwide – Autumn 2013 – Winter 2013/2014 – European Union: The end of the crisis brings a new beginning.
The New Federalist - Europe - Can today's EU stand a new wave of Enlargement?
Le Taurillon / The New Federalist - Europe - Obama to skip the EU summit: “there is confusion over the summit” US officials say
The New Federalist - Europe - The European Citizens’ Initiative: 1 million signatures to have our voice heard in Europe.
The New Federalist - Europe - Two challenging choices for EU’s future: President Van Rompuy and HR Ashton
The New Federalist - Europe - The President of the European Council: a brief analysis of the Risks and Opportunities
Le Taurillon / The New Federalist - Europe - The Independence of the European Central Bank
Eurobull.it - Europe - La Missione Imprenditoriale Italiana in Cina: La sfida di ridefinire il ruolo dell’Europa
The New Federalist - Europe - When Trade is not only about Economics: Airbus vs Boeing

Below a selection of research papers:

Ministry of Regional Development, Poland – 2013 – “Rural-Urban Partnership for Sustainable Development” by Pietro De Matteis and Sabrina Lucatelli;
European Union Institute of Security Studies – Occasional Papers June 2012 – The EU’s and China’s institutional diplomacy in the field of climate change;
The Sino-European energy and climate change cooperation – Journal of European Contemporary Research – December 2010;
OXPOL University of Oxford - Europe - The “Post-Copenhagen Era” and Cancún: an opportunity for the EU and China
The EU, the US, China and the Energy System: The Energy Diplomacy - Journal of East-European and Asian Studies – Issue n.1, April 2009;
The European Union and the Economic Governance: an International and European Perspective – AESI research paper – June 2006;
The Economics of Happiness: an Economical & Political analysis for Europe – Graduation thesis – 2005;
Les Temoignages de ceux qui font l'Europe - 2017- Chapter in book by Delphine Bourgeois