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> Ms Matias is a dynamic professional, an expert in policy issues, especially networking and lobbying, with 10+ years' experience in government and public affairs in different environments. Strong performance in shaping policy, project management, stakeholder engagement and advocacy.
> She has experience as consultant managing projects and teams remotely; she has also assisted with technical and judicial procedures to support international technical cooperation agreements.
> She has supervised cooperation projects and co-management of projects and budgets with UN agencies.
> She has worked in the development, bidding and management of a gender project on behalf of SCRAP weapons, highlighting women's voices from the South in disarmament and peace transition processes.
> She has also conducted research and analysis of regulatory Occupational, Health and Safety, Environmental and Social obligations on behalf of Whirlpool to ensure regulatory compliance for a new private facility installed in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
> She has written votes for Brazilian deputies, having obtained approval to vote against the Tijuca National Park's privatisation around Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. She also has followed-up with solid waste guidelines, Waste Duty of Care - Transversal logistic, circular economy, Ballast water management to protect local marine biodiversity and Sustainability of recyclable materials.

My academic and professional career echoes my ambition to understand the fascinating socioeconomic mechanisms in developing countries at a microeconomic level, especially on topics related to ICTs, employment and climate change.

My PhD consisted in investigating the digital shift in Sub-Saharan Africa and understanding how it is transforming the business environment. Coordinating a unique mixed survey in Dakar (Senegal) and shedding light on specific effects of mobile phones on economic performances has awakened a great thirst to understand what works and what doesn't help the vulnerable population's in the global south.

This is why, today, I am a monitoring & evaluation specialist at C4ED where I am responsible for designing and conducting impact evaluations as well as disseminating the results. in the past years I have been leading impact evaluations on projects implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, Lesotho, The Gambia, Guinea, Benin, Senegal) and Central America (Ecuador, Mexico and Barbados) with a wide arraw of clients (such as the EU, GIZ, Enabel, ITC, UNICEF, GCF) and topics (employment, education, migration, climate change and health).

My aim is to pursue my career in using rigorous tools to raise awarness on what works, for whom and when, shape future policies and improve the efficiency of the resources invested in development.