«I would like to work in development and war context, so I think I’ll use every concept I learnt in my job. There might be some courses that are less useful than others. Focus more on the most relevant courses, even if it means to extend the lecture until the end of June. It was a really good experience, in which I met wonderful people from every part of the world, and I learnt a lot. It might be useful to help more the students in finding internship, through collaboration with some NGOs».

Many faculty members of the ASERI Masters' programs have themselves been our students. Once graduated, they have gone on to brilliant careers in various fields and now return to share their knowledge and skills with the 'new generation' of the ASERI family.
And this is why we are particularly happy that Martina Albini and Eleonora Mattacchione have been the ambassadors of the NGO We World, where they started working, first as MICAD interns, and now as analysts in the Advocacy and Policy Department. During their lecture they held at the MICAD, they presented WeWorld and the results of their research.

Combining theoretical skills and a practical approach for Cooperation and Development. This is the mission of the MICAD. A concrete example? The experience of Vincenzo Gangone, MICAD Alumnus 2020/21, during his internship in Ivory Coast with the NGO AVSI.
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What about participating (and organizing) the 77th UN General Assembly? Thrilling experience? 
That's what Francesca degli Agostini, MICAD 2021/22 student, did during her internship experience at the Coordination, Information and Press section at the Delegation of the European Union to the UN. 
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When we spoke to Arianna Boriani, she was about to leave to Uganda to complete her internship at Fondazione Italia Uganda, where she had already been working for two months from the Italian offices.

What were the reasons that made her choose the Master in International Cooperation and Development?
What was the added value of the MICAD?
Which the takeaways that she's applying now to her job?

Thank you for the opportunities to work with esteemed professors, who treated us as colleagues rather than students, sharing their professional and personal experiences. Thank you for challenging us to affront academic subjects that we wouldn't have otherwise dared. Thank you for providing a space where we could share our ideas knowing that our colleagues would use our input to collaborate and build well-founded, intelligent arguments. A six-month adventure that would teach us so much about the world, and ourselves.

Besides providing the practical and academic training needed to understand the complex nature of this field, MICAD challenged students to think creatively while exploring a wide range of topics that are at the heart of international development: gender, innovation, partnerships, migration, climate change, participation and social change. One of the very interesting aspects of this program was its internationality. Thanks to students from different parts of the world, discussions were enriched and the whole learning experience was amplified.