Career
He currently serves as the Vice President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. He has collaborated with world leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Betty Williams, and is currently a spokesman for the Gorbachev Foundation in charge of institutional relations at World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. During the Ciampi administration, Cursio held government positions in the Ministry of Environment, Urban Areas, European Union Policies.
From 1996 to 2000, he worked in the Defense Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
During the second Prodi administration, Cursio held the position of Head of Press Office of the Minister of Youth and sports activities. In 2008 he founded the non-governmental organization "Africa Must Unite" chaired by Ghana"s leader Samia Nkrumah.
In recent years, Cursio has been a leader of "The Movement for the Referendum" led by Mario Segni, aiming to reform Italian electoral law. Cursio is Managing Director of the City of Peace for Children Foundation, chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams.
Cursio was one of the original promoters of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. is a non-profit organization based in Rome that operates on a permanent basis in both Moscow and Rome.
The main task of the Permanent Secretariat is to organize the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and to ensure cohesion of Summit activities. The Permanent Secretariat also interacts with participants of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates for the purposes of preparation, organization and development of the Summits’ meetings, and to monitor and support the activities of Nobel Peace Laureates who participate in the annual Summits.
