Graduated in Economics, Savio was responsible for the Italian Christian Democratic Party’s relations with developing countries before becoming international press chief for Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro. He was then Director for News Services for Latin America with RAI, Italy’s national broadcaster, and in 1964 he founded Inter  Press Service (IPS), a non-profit co-operative of journalists and  experts specialising in global communications for development, acknowledged by  the UN. He then left Italian politics to pursue journalism, as a consultant on information and Communication issues for developing countries. Founder and managing director of the Technological Information Pilot System (TIPS), a major UN project to implement and foster technological and economic co-operation between  developing countries, he has also been actively involved with  international communication issues, introducing the Development  Press Bulletin Service Tariff in UNESCO’s International  Commission  for the Study of Communication Problems. He is Secretary  General  Emeritus of the Society for International Development (SID),was Senior  Advisor for Strategies and Communication to the Director General of  the ILO and Member of the Board of Directors of  the North-South  Centre of the Council of Europe. Member of the  International  Committee of Porto Alegre World Social Forum, he was  Coordinator of  the “Media, Culture and Counter-Hegemony” thematic  area of the III  World Forum in 2003 and Secretary General the foundation of Media  Watch International. He received a number of  awards for TV  documentaries, produced films and published several books, the  latest of which is “Verbo America”, dealing with the cultural  identity of Latin America.” He is also the chair of the International foundation Alliance for a new Humanity, based in New  York, and international adviser of the Spanish Foundation “ Instituto sur”.