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New York, Ny, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

New York, Ny, Us

As the Head of UNDP's Corporate Social and Environmental Standards Policy (SES) Portfolio:- Pioneering the execution of UNDP's latest Social and Environmental Standards (SES), ensuring their seamless integration.- Spearheading the advancement of institutional environmental and social systems and cutting-edge tools to enhance due diligence, including the SES Online Screening Tool and SES Tracker.- Offering strategic policy guidance to project teams and senior management, facilitating sound decision-making.- Orchestrating the global deployment of the SES learning strategy across regional bureaus, country offices, and collaborative partners.- Supervising a proficient team of consultants dedicated to internal and external capacity development, knowledge product creation, and the refinement of internal processes and procedures.- Serving as the corporate nexus for addressing grievances and conducting inquiries through UNDP's accountability mechanism, the Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU).- Exercising vigilant oversight over the enactment of regional action plans, reinforcing SES governance.- Providing expert guidance for high-stakes projects in Yemen, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Malawi to optimize operational success.- Overseeing the resolution of high-risk issues and delivering expert counsel on the establishment of environmental and social oversight for the FSO SAFER Yemen operation, ensuring its responsible execution.

Fargo, Nd, Us

Peer Reviewer for Courses on Involuntary Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration.

Washington, Dc, Us

Conducting rigorous assessments of environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts across the spectrum of Bank operations, programs, and sector strategies. Devising innovative strategies for the mitigation of identified impacts and risks, and assigning precise risk and impact classifications while skillfully negotiating contractual E+S clauses within the official loan agreements.Pioneering the advocacy for Environmental and Social Standard 1: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, overseeing the successful implementation of the New Environmental and Social Framework.Spearheading a comprehensive livelihood restoration process benefiting over 3000 project-affected individuals. This inclusive initiative encompasses the provision of agricultural resources, targeted training programs, employment facilitation services for more than 400 at-risk youth, and secure access to land for the most vulnerable populations.Accumulating substantial expertise in Environmental and Social Management within Financial Intermediary and Lending-Based Results projects, with a notable focus on the health and finance sectors. Fostering effective collaboration with project teams, in-country stakeholders, and government counterparts.Proficiently managing the scoping and retrofitting of environmental and social impact assessments, environmental management plans, as well as resettlement and livelihood restoration plans. Oversight of a team of over five external consultants responsible for delivering on ongoing projects spanning various countries.Exercising vigilant Environmental and Social Risk Supervision, conducting thorough Due Diligence, and adroitly managing more than 20 projects in the process of implementation across Latin America and the Caribbean. With extensive in-country experience in Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Washington, Dc, Us

Conceived and led a comprehensive on-the-ground assessment of the intricate resettlement, livelihood restoration, and compensation procedures for a substantial industrial venture.Adroitly navigated negotiations and fostered constructive engagement with community leaders, individuals displaced by the project, and government authorities regarding compensation and livelihood restoration concerns. The culmination of these efforts resulted in a landmark agreement, outlining a three-year phased strategy to reinvigorate the livelihoods of over 2000 affected individuals.Provided invaluable support to the resettlement and land acquisition processes in collaboration with the executing agency of the Haitian Ministry of Economics and Finance. This encompassed bolstering their expertise in project-related matters, the development of internal procedures, and the promotion of awareness and sensitivity to social issues.Demonstrated meticulous oversight of Environmental, Social, Health, and Safety (ESH&S) considerations within the context of IDB-financed and project-related construction undertakings. Actively managed the environmental and social impacts associated with projects in both the preparation and implementation phases, ensuring adherence to best practices and regulatory standards.

Washington, Dc, Us

Diligently providing vital support to the Environmental and Social Standards Advisory Team (ESSAT) in ensuring global compliance with environmental and social safeguard policies and proficient risk management:• Spearheaded an essential needs analysis for the worldwide launch of the new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). Emphasis placed on crafting a suite of innovative risk-rating tools to be strategically deployed at various stages within the project lifecycle.• Pioneered the development of a comprehensive guidance note focused on the management of adverse impacts on communities stemming from project-induced labor influx. This note, along with its integrated screening tool, now stands as the benchmark for task team leaders in the screening of their respective projects for potential impacts and offers an extensive toolkit of mitigation measures.• Conducted meticulous reviews to ensure safeguard compliance and uphold quality standards for environmental and social impact assessments, as well as Resettlement Plans, for Bank projects spanning East Africa/Latin America.• Forged strategic partnerships with the IT department, collaborating to establish Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) tools geared towards tracking environmental and social performance and project-related grievances throughout the project cycle.• Actively contributed to shaping the procedural framework and organizational structures of the newly established Corporate Grievance Redress Service (GRS). Conducted extensive outreach and external communications initiatives to promote this service to bank clients and project-affected individuals and communities.• Demonstrated unwavering commitment to addressing grievances from project-affected communities and individuals, actively working to rectify harm in the development process. Provided mediation and arbitration services, effectively resolving high-level disputes involving bank management, project-affected parties, and the borrower/contractor.

London, Gb

• Research on global trends in energy investment. Case studies on renewable energy investment, the domestic energy sector and the role of external funds in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Nicaragua and Bolivia. Identification of major obstacles for renewable energy deployment and global drivers for fossil fuel investment.• Research on global trends in energy investment. Case studies on renewable energy investment, the domestic energy sector and the role of external funds in Cambodia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Nicaragua and Bolivia. Identification of major obstacles for renewable energy deployment and global drivers for fossil fuel investment. • Primary evidence analysis on gender-based violence in rural Uganda.

Brighton, East Sussex, Gb

• Macro-Evaluations of the Department for international Development's (DFID) Strategic Vision for Girls and Women and DFID's policy frame for Empowerment and Accountability. • Preparing a database of DFID’s portfolio in Empowerment, Accountability and Gender. • Visualisation of primary evidence. • In-depth coding of DFID projects to create a portfolio of projects for ex-post evaluations. • Write-up of donor reports.

• Research on environmental issues fueling the Middle-East conflict at the center, in particular about the increasing water scarcity in the West Bank and its potential to become an additional source of conflict. • Organization of the foundation’s youth-exchange program between Israeli and Palestinian youths. • Liaison and communication with authorities such as the Israeli Embassy in Berlin and the high representative of the Palestinian Territories.

Bonn, Nw, De

Capacity building for transitional justice and peace-building: • Preparing and implementing training programs for public prosecutors.• Research on truth and reconciliation efforts in the post-conflict era. • Monitoring the conflict and ongoing negotiations between the government and armed groups. • Developing learning and knowledge products for internal and external use. • Engagement with indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and research on their role in the conflict.

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, De

Developing a report including policy recommendations for the growing miningsector in Colombia with the view to environmental protection and economicgrowth. Independent planning and implementation of a project on the transnationaldrug trade in the Andean region. Compilation and Interpretation of statistics on natural degradation and the economic performance of different economic sectors.Contribution to the regular mining and sustainability reports to the headquarters ofthe organization in Germany.

Follow-up on the environmental committee and regular reporting on the work to the office to the vice-chairwoman of the partyResearch and speech writing on topics such as renewable energy and the German “Energiewende”. Event planning including panels on climate change mitigation and resource management.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Environment And Development

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And History

Diploma About The Successful Participation In The European Summer School 2011, European Politics, History Of Eu-Turkey Relations

Education record

German Abitur, Main Courses: English, German, Politics