Gabriela Cecotti Nery Ferreira Email & Phone Number

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Boa Vista, Roraima

- I ensured the correct execution of yearly humanitarian projects by local partner NGOs, projects that provided shelter to over 10,000 Venezuelan refugees across ten camps. I communicated with partners daily, collected day-to-day execution data, and conducted quarterly financial and performance verifications based on extensive reports, expenditure samples, bank statements, and bank reconciliations. - I guided implementing partners through UNHCR's rules and regulations, ensuring compliance with yearly audit findings. I also prepared reports and analysed KPIs to ensure age, gender, and diversity were present in the indicators, guaranteeing a sustainable project impact. - UNHCR's corporate ERP tools were vital to my daily planning, budgeting, implementation, and reporting activities, generating data for evidence-based programmatic decisions and analysis. - I played an active role in adapting partners and office budgets to respond to the COVID-19 emergency, allowing for the construction of a field hospital and isolation spaces in the camps. - I ensured that each office unit was on track with their expenditure of the office budget. This included managing procurement processes, supplier selection, and processing financial transactions in ERP systems.

Brussels Area, Belgium

- I successfully planned and organised nine capacity-building activities across seven countries: Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Italy, and Belgium. My responsibilities included conducting background research, handling logistical arrangements, recruiting experts, and managing the events in person. I also directly communicated with impacted communities and ensured diversity in their representation. - I conducted various project implementation tasks such as drafting, inputting, and editing budgets on SAP. - I provided visibility to the community participation in the activities by supporting the development of visibility and practical tools.

Brussels Area, Belgium

DGD1 - Home Affairs- I assisted in preparing and following up on meetings and documents for Council preparatory bodies. In addition, I conducted background and legal research on internal security matters. - During European Council Summits and the Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region conference, I supported the Press Office and the Protocol/Meeting unit of the Council.

Brussels Area, Belgium

- I facilitated meetings between officials from UNODC and the EU, developed a guideline on contractual aspects of EU-UN cooperation, and searched for funding opportunities to implement UNODC programs globally.

Brussels Area, Belgium

- I assisted in the identification and diversification of donors and contributed to the development of donor mappings.- I daily undertook online research for open calls for proposals.- I researched EU regional priorities in human rights and created a document summarising the EU Country Roadmaps for Engagement with Civil Society.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

- I provided administrative support to team members.- I resesearched about the United Kingdom’s charity sector legal framework.

Legal Department

- Carried out extensive legal research on contractual law.- I assisted colleagues with contractual revision in social enterprise, including the investment from GDF Suez in EGG-energy, a company providing electricity in Tanzania.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Master 1 Droit International, Droit International Et Études Juridiques Internationales

Licence, Droit

French licence in Law with emphasis International Law

Public International Law - Summer Course