Children and Youth

This profile is managed by the DEAR Support Team, which works with DEAR projects and DG INTPA to help manage the EU DEAR Programme.

Euroclima is the European Union’s flagship Programme with the Latin America and Caribbean region that contributes to an increasingly ambitious, transformative and equitable action on climate and environmental issues. Through bilateral dialogues and regional engagement, the Programme works together with the 33 partner governments of the region and relevant regional organisations to identify priorities that lead to actions that foster the conditions for a Green and Just Transition.

Euroclima is a Programme under the Global Gateway strategy, co-funded by the European Union and the German federal government through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),

Euroclima is implemented in the spirit of Team Europe and through the synergistic work of eight agencies from EU Member States and the United Nations: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Agence française de développement (AFD) Group (AFD and Expertise France), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas (FIIAPP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 

> 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 passion and curiosity about people, about 'the living', led my personal and professional paths to different places and different countries, where I have experimented with a vast range of encounters and insightful experiences.

For about 30 years I have been involved in the development and coordination of youth-related projects encompassing training courses on intercultural sensitivity and communication, project management, training for trainers, learning 2 learn, and self-directed learning, among others. I also engaged in coaching and in facilitating development and learning processes, for groups or individuals (beyond youth). I had the chance to work with local, national, and European NGOs and platforms, as well as with institutional bodies (European Commission, Council of Europe).

Since then, my path crossed the one of Gestalt therapy and I got trained as a Gestalt therapist at the Belgian Institute of Gestalt Therapy, in Brussels. To support my learning, I continue exploring, discovering and in some cases, training, in different areas such as competence development, the Neurocognitive Behavioural Approach, Inspirational Leadership through Emotional Intelligence and the Process Communication Model. I now have a particular interest in further developing my competencies in the areas of trauma healing and systemic coaching, while being trained on Systemic Family Constellations and their connection with therapy.

From 2017 to 2023, I worked at SALTO Training and Cooperation Resource Centre where I coordinated the development and implementation of the European Training Strategy of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

My name is Ariella and I am the Capacity4dev Coordinator and Business Manager.

Within the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) I am responsible for knowledge management and communication in Unit D4 - Quality and Results, Evaluation, Knowledge Management.

My previous professional experiences with the European Parliament, UNCTAD and civil society organisations focused on management of projects and events in the field of social policies, culture, youth and development education.

Don't hesitate to contact me for feedback, ideas and collaboration opportunities for Capacity4dev!