Blaž

 Gasparini  
 
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Updated  on  12  Feb.  2011  

 
 
General  Information  
Birth  date:  
1st  May  1988  
 
Address:  
Gregoriči  25  
6276  Pobegi  
Slovenia  
 
Contact  info:  
Mobile:  +386  40  872  912  
E-­‐mail:    blaz.gasparini@noexcuse.si
blazgasparini@gmail.com
 
Education  
 
1995  -­‐  2003                                              “Dušan  Bordon”  Elementary  School                Koper  
2003  
• Golden  “Vega”  award  for  the  success  at  the  national  mathematic  competition  
 
2003  -­‐  2007                                                  Gimnazija  Koper                                                                                  Koper  
• Graduated  with  33/34  points  (Golden  Matura,  awarded  for  the  proficiency  at  
the  final  exams)  
 
2007  -­‐  2010                                                    University  of  Trieste                                                                  Trieste,  Italy  
• Bachelor  degree  in  Physics  at  the  Faculty  for  Mathematical,  Physical  and  
Natural  Sciences  with  the  final  grade  of  98/110  
 
2010  -­‐  ongoing                                          University  of  Trieste                                                                Trieste,  Italy  
• Master  course  –  “Laurea  Magistralis  in  Physics  of  the  Earth  and  of  the  
Environment”  
 
 
Working  experiences:  
 
2006  –  present  
• Volunteer  at  the  youth  association  No  Excuse  Slovenia  
2008  –  present  
• Project  leader  of  the  sustainable  development,  environmental  and  climate  
change  related  projects  for  No  Excuse  Slovenia  
2010  (April  –  November)  

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 • Stage  and  thesis  work  at  the  TASC  Laboratory  for  Advanced  Technology  and  
Nanoscience  
2010  –  present    
• British  Council’s  Climate  Advocate  for  Slovenia  
 
Experiences  
 
1996  -­‐  2003    
• Class  representative  in  the  school  youth  council  
2000  
• Successful  participation  in  the  youth  quiz  “Male  sive  celice”  (Little  Grey  
Cells)at  the  national  TV  (eliminated  in  quarter-­‐finals)  
2001  -­‐  2003  
• Member  of  the  Koper  municipality  children  council    
 
2003  -­‐  2007  
• Class  representative  in  the  school  youth  council  
 
2004  
• 2-­‐week  beginners’  German  language  course  in  Klagenfurt,  Austria  
 
2005  
• Participant:  Youth  Festival  United  Games  of  Nations  (UG),  Murzzuschlag  
(Austria)  
• 2-­‐week  upper-­‐intermediate  1  English  language  course  in  Bournemouth,  UK  
 
2006  
• Vice-­‐president  of  the  high  school  youth  council  
• Joined  the  Youth  Association  United  Games  of  Nations  Slovenia  
• Organizer:  United  Games  festival  2006  in  Izola,  Slovenia  
• Participant:  high-­‐school  exchange  with  a  high  school  from  Stockholm,  
Sweden  
• Participant:    youth  exchange  -­‐  Adana,  Turkey  
• 2-­‐week  upper-­‐intermediate  2  English  language  course  in  Wimbledon,  UK  
 
2007  
• 2-­‐week  intermediate  German  language  course  in  Berlin,  Germany  
• Organizer:  “02  Belongs  to  You”  smoking  prevention  campaign  
• Organizer:  United  Games  Festival  2007  in  Izola,  Slovenia  
• Organizer:  “Europeer”  program  based  on  peer-­‐to-­‐peer  workshops  led  by  
Peace  Child  International  
 
2008  
• Workshop  chairman:  energy  consumption  and  climate  change  workshop  on  
the  United  Games  Festival  2008  in  Izola,  Slovenia  

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 • Participant:  4th  World  Youth  Congress  -­‐  Regeneration  2008  in  Quebec  City,  
Canada  
• Participant:  National  Youth  Event,  environmental  working  group,  Brdo  pri  
Kranju,  Slovenia  
• Organizer:  Europeer  peer-­‐to-­‐peer  education  based  project,  Slovenia  
• Participant:  youth  seminar  “Sustainability”  in  Kimito,  Finland  
 
2009  
• Project  leader:  Youth  capacity  building  seminar  “Sustainability”  in  Izola,  
Slovenia  
• Campaign  coordinator:  “Ukrepaj  zdaj”  (Act  Now)  campaign    
• Organizer:  pilot  project  “Masovka”  (big  presentations  of  climate  change  
and  sustainable  development  for  high  school  students)  
• Workshop  chairman:  Sustain!ability  workshop  United  Games  Festival  2009  
in  Izola,  Slovenia  
• Delegate  at  the  COP15  conference  in  Copenhagen  
• Participant:  3rd  European  Youth  Congress  in  Izola,  Slovenia  
• Participant:  youth  advocacy  training  course  in  Buntingford,  UK  and  Brussels,  
Belgium  (speaker  at  the  youth  roundtable  in  the  European  Parliament  in  
Brussels)  
• Participant:  youth  exchange  in  Kvamskogen,  Norway  
 
2010  
• Stage  and  work  for  the  bachelor  thesis  at  the  TASC  –  Advanced  Technology  
and  Nanoscience  National  Laboratory  in  Area  Science  Park  Basovizza,  
Trieste  –Italy  (overall  duration  5  months);  thesis  title:  “Study  of  the  
Nucleation  of  GaAs  Nanowires  on  GaAs/Si  Substrates  “  
• Project  leader:  Sustain!ability  project  -­‐  “Masovka”  (bigger  presentation  -­‐  
education  about  sustainable  development,  climate  change  and  activation)  
• Slovenian  Climate  Advocate  (a  British  Council  project:  Challenge  Europe)  
• Youth  delegate  at  the  5th  ministerial  conference  on  Environment  and  Health  
in  Parma  
• Participant:  Project  FREE  (Friendship  Reaches  Ethnic  Equality)  Evaluation  
Workshop,  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil  
 
2011  
• Editor:  publication  “What’s  the  Flavour  of  Sustainable  Development”  
• Project  leader:  Sustain!ability  2011  project  
• Slovenian  Climate  Advocate  (a  British  Council  project:  Challenge  Europe)  
 
 
Skills  
• Fluent  in  English,  Italian  
• Intermediate  German,  understanding  Serbo-­‐Croatian  
• Driving  license:  B  category  
• Advanced:  MS  Word,  Excel,  Power  Point  

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 • Certified:  Rhetorics  (beginner  and  intermediate)  
• Certified:  Young  Alpinist  
• Programming:  basic  Fortan,  basic  Labview  
• Basic  knowledge  of  the  work  with  UHV  (ultra-­‐high  
vacuum)  systems  
• Non-­‐formal:  facilitating  skills,  advocacy,  Photoshop  
 
 
Working  fields  
• Nanotechnology  
• Programmes  of  non-­‐formal  peer-­‐to-­‐peer  education  and  
youth  policy  in  the  area  of  sustainable  development,  
environment  and  climate  change  
• Programmes  and  projects  for  intercultural  learning  
through  international  youth  exchange  -­‐  programmes,  
youth  festivals,  conferences,  congresses  and  youth  led  
action  projects  
• Programmes  promoting  active  citizenship  
• Programmes  and  projects  to  support  Millenium  
Development  Goals  
 
 
Partnerships  
1. Scientific:  
• TASC  –  Advanced  Technology  and  Nanoscience  
National  Laboratory  (http://www.tasc.infm.it/)  
 
2. Other:  
a. National:  
• Umanotera,  Slovenian  Foundation  for  Sustainable  
Development  (http://www.umanotera.si)  
• Focus  društvo  za  sonaraven  razvoj  
(http://www.focus.si/)  
• Greenpeace  Slovenia  
(http://www.greenpeace.org/slovenia/)  
• Municipality  of  Izola  (http://www.izola.si)  
• Municipality  of  Koper  (http://www.koper.si)  
• Municipality  of  Ljubljana  (http://www.ljubljana.si)  
• Student  clubs  of  Koper,  Izola,  Piran  
• Student  organisation  of  the  University  of  Ljubljana  
(http://www.sou-­‐lj.si)  
 
b. International:  
• United  Games  of  Nations  International  
(http://www.unitedgames.org)  
• Peace  Child  International  (http://www.peacechild.org)  

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Interests  
• Sustainable  development,  climate  change  and  other  
environmental  topics  
• Science,  especially  physics  
• Youth  led  development  
• Travelling,  meeting  new  people  and  cultures,  sport  
 
Reference  
• Dr.  Silvia  Rubini  
Istituto  Officina  dei  Materiali  CNR  
TASC  –  INFM  National  Laboratory  
tel:  +39  40  375  6437  
email:  rubini@tasc.infm.it  
web:  http://www.tasc-­‐infm.it  
 
• Jan  Peloza  
No  Excuse  Slovenia  
tel:  +386  40  732  212  
email:  jan.peloza@noexcuse.si  
web:  http://www.noexcuse.si  
 
• Vida  Ogorelec  Wagner  
Umanotera  –  The  Slovenian  Foundation  for  Sustainable  
Development  
email:  vida@umanotera.si  
web:  http://www.umanotera.org  
 
• Neda  Pavlin  Masle  
Gimnazija  Koper  
email:  neda.pavlin.masle@gmail.com    
web:  http://www.gimnazija-­‐koper.si/