Tiziana Pirelli is the coordinator of the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Secretariat which is based at FAO Headquarters in Rome. She is responsible for the development of the GBEP programme of work and its related field projects.

Dr. Pirelli is dedicated to the implementation of projects aimed at improving the sustainability of natural resources management in agrifood systems, especially through the establishment of integrated bioenergy pathways.

In 2016, she joined FAO and GBEP as lead technical advisor for the implementation of the GBEP Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy in Paraguay and Vietnam; she delivered trainings to build and strengthen the capacities of local stakeholders to implement the GSI for bioenergy in Ghana, Togo and Philippines; and she worked to strengthen positive linkages between Wood energy and Forest Landscape Restoration realms in SSA, as a contribution to the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative - AFR100. She contributed to the work of the Climate Smart Agriculture and the Forest and Farm Facility teams in FAO, respectively in Botswana and Ecuador, and in Zambia.

Her field work has brought her in more than 20 countries across Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, South America and South-East Asia.

She holds a BSc and a MSc in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies and a PhD in “Economics, ecology and preservation of agricultural and landscapes-environmental systems” from the University of Udine.