Caroline Lesser Email & Phone Number

I am an international development professional with 20+ years of experience in elaborating and implementing external relations, strategic partnership-building and resource mobilisation strategies for intergovernmental and non-for-profit organisations (OECD, EU Joint Programming Initiative, World Resources Institute). Being passionate about climate and environmental issues, I decided to put my skills at the service of organisations that help countries transition to more sustainable, low-carbon and inclusive development pathways.My five key strengths:✅ Developing and managing strategic partnerships and collaborative research and policy support programmes with a wide range of governments and multilateral organisations across Europe, Asia and Africa, to support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ✅ Cultivating strategic donor relations and raising core and programme funding (7-8 figure grants) to support transformative climate and development action in a variety of countries ✅ Leading multi-stakeholder engagement and organising high-level meetings and events to facilitate exchanges between Ministers, senior civil servants, business and civil society representatives and researchers ✅ Monitoring public policy, conducting policy analysis (e.g., to advance international negotiations) and delivering trade and sustainable development policy advice to a wide range of developed and developing country governments✅ Leading multicultural, multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams in global organisationsHaving lived in Belgium, France, The Netherlands, the UK and Israel and speaking five languages, I love working in international environments.

Listed skills include International Relations, Policy Analysis, International Development, International Organizations, and 15 others.