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Lead consultant on the design and delivery of the Climate Skills programme (Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Vietnam and India) which supports young people to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and take a lead role in the ‘just transition’ away from fossil fuels.

Lead consultant in the design and delivery of the facilitator and participant learning experience for the programme Youth Connect which is being delivered in eight countries across the Middle East and North Africa.

Vietnam

- Training and mentoring Can Tho University (Vietnam) to deliver a climate action youth programme and network. - Developing a network strategy guide and supporting the development of a network that advocates on climate issues.

Morocco

- Working with a team to design and deliver a programme which strengthens the 'collective leadership' and resilience of a network of community organisations in Northern Morocco. - Facilitating a training programme enhancing the networks ability to work collaboratively to build trust, opportunity and inclusive action in their communities.- Providing support and coaching to the network mentor- Facilitating the design process for a proposed 3 year project

London And Internationally

Lead consultant in the design and delivery of British Councils’ Active Citizens programme which builds trust, understanding and sustainable development in over seventy countries. Developing the initial concept and programme model with the British Council. Lead author of four Active Citizens global toolkits 2010-21. Working with consultants to develop thematic content: how to design digital strategies and workshops, peace-building, social enterprise and arts based approaches to social change.Delivering over fifty training of trainer workshops face to face and online in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Working with refugees, indigenous people, arts practitioners, corporates, social entrepreneurs and NGO's

- Designing a global programme which builds relationships, generates new ideas and increases respect.- Working with communities, governments and companies through providing workshops and mentorship. - Designing the Respect Process and authoring the Respect in the Commonwealth toolkit.

London, United Kingdom

Lead consultant in the design of the Faith in the Commonwealth programme which builds the skills and networks of young leaders to foster peaceful co-existence and youth empowerment.Writing the toolkit and delivering workshops in eight conflict affected countries.

London

A leading member of arts-based collective ‘The Change Collective’Co-designing a toolkit and arts-based workshops for British Council programme Create Syria.Delivering the 'Art Of Peace' programme in the post-conflict area of Mindanao, Philippines.Designing and delivering the six week 'Changemakers Academy' for artists and culture shapers on behalf of Guildhall and the Barbican.Hosting The Change Collective’s Summer Ideas Labs. These labs are public events in which big questions are explored through new experiments in learning design.Co-authoring the British Council thought piece: 'Doing Development Differently Through The Arts'

London

A prototype blogging platform which invites us to re-think how we approach education and learning. Drawing on insights from art, psychology, science and technology.

London, United Kingdom

Co-author of the research paper Youth Engagement Mapping The Landscape.

London, United Kingdom

Co-authoring The Education We Want: Advocacy Toolkit - launched by Ban Ki Moon in 2014.

London, United Kingdom

Coordinating the relationship between DfID, Restless Development, Youth Build International and War Child as part of an eight million pound strategic partnership contract. (Jan – April 2011)Facilitating the development of War Child UK’s five year strategy.

London, United Kingdom

Managing a four person team and 1 internationally based consultant to deliver high quality youth-led projects. Setting performance objectives, carrying out performance reviews and providing support.Leading on designing and delivering pioneering projects including: The Two Kingdoms Youth Project which supports inter-cultural dialogue and youth participation in and between the UK and Saudi Arabia. This involved coordinating 12 partner organisations and facilitating the first ever mixed gender youth forum in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (FCO).‘Young UK Ambassadors’, a UK wide programme: coordinating 5 partner organisations each hosting funded staff to support effective and inclusive youth representation to international platforms. (DCSF). Training and supporting young people to deliver DfID's first Youth Working Group residential involving DfID representatives and 30 major international NGO’s who work with young people. Delivering capacity building and research projects with partners in Iraq (youth organizations, FCO), South Africa (youth councils, British Council), Columbia (Youth Ministry, FCO), Poland (LGBT organisations, European Commission), Pakistan (Youth Parliament) and Saudi Arabia (universities, FCO).

London, United Kingdom

Supporting the participation and voice of UK young people in youth policy development at the European level.Organising ‘Rebel Youth’: a European citizenship focused music festival for NEET young people.

London, United Kingdom

- Recruiting, placing and supporting young people to voluntarily participate in European Voluntary Service projects across Europe. Building the capacity of and coordinating 10 partner organisations.

London, United Kingdom

Recruiting, supervising and managing a team of 100 Oxfam campaigners. Developing campaign strategies and negotiating Oxfam’s campaigning scope at festivals in the South of England.

Lima, Peru

In partnership with local NGO CEDRO: supporting 17 UK volunteers to participate in an education programme tackling youth ‘drugs and alcohol abuse’ for a marginalized community in Lima.

First Class, Latin American Studies

Dissertation (1st class): ‘Youth culture and identity in Cuba’. Training attended: Monitoring and Evaluation (’07), Conflict Management.

Culture Studies, Anthropology, Literature, Politics