About us
Vita Europe was born from within the well-established Vita non profit contents group which, since 1994, has been publishing the benchmark third sector weekly newspaper in Italy.
One of its most promising and vibrant journalists thought that what Vita had brought to Italy in terms of civil society identity and culture, it should also bring to Europe.
A challenge, to say the least. What started out as Vita Fax, has now transformed into Vita Europe or www.vitaeurope.org; and a couple of years on, we have managed to assemble around us a young, inspired and energetic team not afraid to roll up its sleeves and get to work. Here we are:
Carlotta Jesi
Managing editor/journalist
I admit it: a degree in philosophy and several pit stops across Europe thanks to the Erasmus programme made me think I could make the world a better place landing in Brussels. Alas! An internship at the European Parliament and I quickly changed my plans: as a journalist, I was going to give voice to the best practices of civil society. That is, to you. Are you ready for an interview?
Rose Hackman
Content manager/journalist
Ending up behind a desk in one of the lesser known parts of Milan working for Vita Europe was by no means planned, but somehow it all makes sense. You see I am British, but having lived in different cities around Europe including Brussels and Rome, I really consider myself European. Add to that a fascination for social issues and civil society, with an ever so slight leaning towards women’s movements and you have a very enthusiastic Vita Europe journalist and activist. Have a story to tell?
Maddalena Plebani
Head researcher/journalist
I was driven into Vita Europe’s office with an idealistic view: make people aware and active about civic engagement, volunteerism, non-profit organizations in Europe, and concretely get to know it myself. I am in charge of the Non Profit Atlas: an ongoing project that wants to describe the third sector as it is in the different European countries. Challenging task, I have realized. Also, I have discovered that, unfortunately, not all that glitters is gold…
Yet, I keep on finding these topics very interesting. I hope you do too.
Any questions/suggestions about the Non Profit Atlas?
Cristina Barbetta
Events and profile manager/translator
After a degree in Law, I found myself allergic to codes and courts, they were not creative or inspiring enough for me! So I committed myself to what I had always liked: languages and foreign cultures. I have been working for Vita Europe for two years now, translating the most thought-provoking articles and dealing with the agenda of non profit events across Europe. I am also responsible for a new development to the website: non profit identity cards. Have an event to tell me about? A project story to be mapped?
Our team could not survive without the regular input of the following freelance contributors:
Liuba Jannsen
Ruben Soza
Vita Sgardello
Olivia McConhay
