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Listening as an operations skill

Trails of Participation reflections

Paola Beltrami 2022 EN 6 min read

On 750 conversations in the woods of Lago d'Orta, and what a forest can teach a sub-granting officer.

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Paola Beltrami

International cooperation and social impact — sub-granting, operations, participatory design.

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