Office of the President

Office of the President

• Advised Director of External Relations• Implemented strategy to improve relations with Member States and former-Member States• Liaised with government, non-government, stakeholders, and media• Prepared missions for senior management. Drafted material, briefing documents and speeches• Drafted 2018 Update to UNIDO Countries Engagement Strategy, guiding global interactions and outreach• Drafted proposals to secure €0.5M for Countries Engagement Strategy Implementation• Devised mechanism to select countries to engage, prioritising resource allocation• Devised implementation plans for five countries, guiding work during 2018 and 2019• Led outreach to Government of Canada to have them re-join the organisation• Led two missions to Canada. Built stakeholder networks and secured meeting with Office of Prime Minister• Co-drafted articles featured in Canadian media (National News Watch, The Hill Times, Policy Options)• Led outreach to Irish Government, with missions to build relationships and partake in stakeholder events• Drafted guidance for, and coordinated, UNIDO field office outreach to international embassies• Organised visit of Director General to Ireland

Office of the Deputy to the Director General and Managing Director of External Relations and Field Representation.• Supported and advised Deputy to Director General and MD of External Relations and Field Representations• Drafted speeches, presentations, reports and other texts for DDG and Director General• Drafted Terms of Reference for UNIDO’s United Nations Development Group• Coordinated organisation of major side event at UN’s General Assembly in New York, 2015• Chaired weekly Head of Department meetings on behalf of Deputy to Director General• Reported to management on General Conference, Industrial Development Board, and Programme and Budget Committee meetings• Implemented project ‘UNIDO’s Active Role in the 2030 Agenda’• Devised survey of 47 field offices to assess engagement with Agenda 2030 and UN Development Group• Organised training for entire division on Diplomatic Protocol and Media Relations with UNITAR

Swiss 2014 OSCE Chairmanship• Organised three international OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum meetings• Drafted and negotiated two Ministerial Decisions agreed by foreign ministers of 57 countries• Drafted speech for President of Switzerland at opening of OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, Prague• Represented Switzerland during successful negotiations for OSCE’s 2015 budget• Established new format for annual Economic and Environmental Dimension Implementation meeting• Led training course in Sarajevo on Disaster Risk Reduction for Project Managers in Western Balkans• Facilitated negotiation of Swiss funding for Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, €4M• Coordinated project funding and monitoring• Liaised with OSCE Secretariat and Swiss Chairmanship Task Force• Part of team that launched the mission’s Twitter presence

• Drafted speeches, including for Parliamentary Committee meetings, and for the daily Order of Business in the Seanad (Irish Senate)• Presentation, briefing, report, and policy proposal writing• Liaised with government departments, ministers’ including the Taoiseach’s (Prime Minister’s) offices on policy issues and conducting policy research• Advised and briefed the Senator on national and international political and policy issues including through two major national referendums on social welfare and EU economics issues• Represented the Senator at meetings and briefings• Office administration, database management, constituent representation• Managed all online activities for the Senator including running online elements of referendum campaigns.

• Briefed and advised Senator on the agenda for EU Affairs Committee meetings and on important developments within the EU,• Drafted speeches and interventions for EU Affairs committee meetings, writing and delivered briefings and reports on national and international policy issues,• Drafted press releases.

Drafted reports for publication, maintained institute database on EU Presidency