I am working DG DEVCO/B3 Migration, Employment as Program Manager. I am responsible for migration related issues for Africa, follow-up on the Joint Valletta Action Plan, the Khartoum Process, legal migration and diaspora.
Head of country office of ADA in Kosovo, then Burkina Faso; responsible for programming, planning, monitoring etc of AUT dev. support to the partner country. Focal areas - rural (econ.) dev., education. Increased activity in gender, minority support, environment.
Then Team Leader of IPPSHAR (IGAD Promoting Peace and Security in the Horn of Africa Region) programme (financed via EUTF with cofunding from AUT, SWE, NL).
Now Country Director Swisscontact Mali - professional education, labour market insertion, entrepreneurship, rural development; focus on gender, climate change sensitive programming.
I have twenty plus (20+) years of experience in development, gender and humanitarian contexts. I am a gender, diversity and protection specialist. I hold a master’s degree in Human Rights, in Public Health, and in Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping. My areas of expertise include M&E in humanitarian settings, capacity building and policy-oriented research on gender, protection and diversity.. I have worked for the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for several Civil Society Organizations, such as Save the Children, for universities, for UN agencies, such as UNICEF and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for UN Women, for WHO, for UNFPA, for bilateral agencies (Expertise France, AECID, GIZ, SIDA), for the European Commission (both, DG ECHO and DG INTPA) and for think tanks. Flexible and patiente. I am a team worker, but I am also used to work with autonomy. I love multicultural enviroments and I am highly committed to my job!
