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Prof. Franco Bassanini
President of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti - Astrid Foundation
Franco Bassanini, former Italian Cabinet Minister for Public Administration and Regional Affairs (1996-2001) and Professor of Constitutional Law at the First University of Rome, is now Chairman of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (the most important Italian long term investor in infrastructures, energy, and public utilities) and President of Astrid, a think tank gathering together about 300 scientists in the field of European and national institutions, public policies, public administration, market regulation and e-government (www.astrid.eu ). He is also member of the french Commission pour la Libération de la Croissance française (Attali Committee) and Commission pour la coopération euromèditerranèenne (Milhaud Committee) . He has been member of: Italian Parliament (1979 to 2006); E.N.A. (École Nationale d’Administration) Executive Board (2001-2005) ; Comité d’évaluation des strategies ministérielles de réforme (2003-2005).