Barbara Engelstoft Email & Phone Number

Denmark

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Amman, Jordan

Programme management of EU projects on good governance - focal point for human rights, civil society, and gender.

Monrovia, Liberia

Analysis and reporting on national and regional political developments. Focus on reconsiliation, drivers of conflict, and democratic institution building.

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Organisation of European Commissioners' visits to Denmark during the Danish EU Presidency (January to July 2012), political reporting, and press and communication activities

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

• Programme Management of development aid programme Good Governance (Human Rights, Civil Society and Decentralisation)
• Reporting on the political, social and human rights related situation in Burkina Faso and West Africa
• Donor coordination, harmonisation and alignment with regards to the poverty alleviation strategy of Burkina Faso and in the sectors of decentralisation and human rights

Sana'a, Yemen

• Reporting on Yemen’s political and economic situation, trade, investment and public financial management issues
• Representation and negotiation in the area of economics, trade and social protection
• Project management of trade-related or economic cooperation projects as well as good governance projects (Accession to WTO, Electoral Support and Juvenile Justice, De-mining, Support to the Social Welfare Fund)
• Policy Development (priorities in the field of bilateral trade with Yemen)
• Policy analysis (Yemen’s stance on multilateral trade policy, GCC integration, export promotion schemes)
• Trade policy coordination (EU Member States and other donors)

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Monitoring of EU legislation
• Drafting of fact sheets, memos and general information on EU affairs for the multilingual database SCAD+ on external relations, education, youth and training, financial services
• Updating of the online glossary dedicated to European activities and institutions

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Taking the initiative to and leading of meetings with actors in the European Commission, the Council, the European Parliament, and NGOs
• Presentations, briefing notes, monitoring of EU affairs
• Drafting of position papers, speeches, articles
• Preparation of conferences and information days
• Preparation and following up of meetings of the EU committee, the bureau, and the General Assembly

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Management of research projects on the CFSP, the Convention and economic governance
• Management of the office
• External/internal communication in the network
• Organising conferences

Copenhagen Area, Denmark

Drafting of conference reports from the Conference of European Affairs Committees in European national parliaments during the Danish EU Presidency

Brussels/Strasbourg

• Political and administrative responsibility
• Drafting of speeches and articles
• Negotiating directives, working on the 6th Framework Programme
• Planning of meetings, agenda, monitoring
• Attached to the press service of the EPP-group in the European Parliament

Ma, Political Science

Ma, European Administrative And Political Studies

Certificat D'Etudes Politiques, International Relations And French Foreign Policy