Daniel Palestrina (dpa) holds an comprehensive experience in interdisciplinary research and the management of complex and multi-polar metropolitan and urban developments and their processes. In particular, he sets his focuses on issue management and ensuring coherence.
He is university experienced in the fields of research, development and theory, particularly for complex metropolitan and urban contexts.
He is an entrepreneur and investor in the field of cultural, society and social development. As the CEO of the Swiss-based company Joint Venture International, he is responsible for research, development and management within the company.

Daniel Palestrina is trained in the humanities (cultural studies, art history, philosophy and anthropology), in communication, architecture and in metropolitan and urban development and planning, as well as in human and economic geography with a university degree in Urban Management. Complementary with a specific training in “Planning for Climate Change in African Cities”, 2017 to 2020, focusing on metropolitan and urban development in arid zones in the Horn of Africa.

Personal statement: “My central topics and main fields are cultural developments. With projects for the preservation and further development of quality of life, which I initiate, I take responsibility for personally and share those with in interdisciplinary teams.
For me, cultural development includes the economy combined with international and local law as the essential basis of our lives and our global social communities. This is a responsibly and sustainably shaped economy, which is willing to share local and global responsibility. The long-term success of many small and medium-sized enterprises, corporations, organisations, cities and metropolises, as well as regions and countries, provides us with the evidence that this orientation can be beneficially developed and maintained. This awareness is an essential component of our mission with which we invest at Joint Venture International and with the Joint Venture Consulting, Development and Support Division.
In my youth I primarily gained cultural experience in parts of the Global South. I subsequently expand my activities in Europe and in the Middle East. For many years I have been involved with innovative cultural, social and economic projects, based on culture, science and education as well in the Sub-Saharan region at the Horn of Africa.“