Rishi Vijay Kumar Email & Phone Number

Brussels Metropolitan Area

• DG MOVE Unit A1 in charge of the interinstitutional relations with the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, as well as other Commission services.
• Supported the interinstitutional relations teams, with a specific focus on the Council under the French Presidency. Key responsibilities include the work on COVID-19, Ukraine Solidarity Lanes and Alternative Fuel.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

• DG MARE Unit C5 in charge of the management of fisheries shared with the UK, Norway and the other Coastal States
• Supported the annual consultations with the UK and Norway through the implementation of the TCA and fishery headings.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

• Supported E3G in developing a strategy for engagement with climate vulnerable countries. Managed a taskforce to track vulnerable countries in the run-up to COP26 and organised brainstorm sessions to structure E3G´s.
• Identified opportunities to promote the solidarity agenda (e.g climate finance, debt suspension, adaptation and loss and damage) through champion coalitions (HAC, CVF and G20) civil society and EU-US-UK collaboration
• Worked between the Climate Diplomacy and Risk Resilience teams to provide input on LDCs, SIDS and African countries. Provided input on negotiations on the Adaptation strategy and developed one-pagers on pressing issues.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

• Researched new initiatives of the United Nations in 2020-2021. Based on this, I presented an online seminar summarising recent relevant initiatives within the directorate. I also organised a directorate-wide brainstorm.
• Assisted the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe, and Southern Mediterranean teams: Researched Foreign Direct Investments Inflows, the geopolitical situation, and neighbourhood influences. Presented findings for.
• Coordinated the climate security file. Created a presentation on climate security, based on input from EU services (External Action Service, DG Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations and DG Migration and Home.
• Managed horizontal coordination of the Team Europe initiatives: Initial assessments of the proposals, underlined climate priorities and collected information from country desks or delegations. Ensured that climate.

• Facilitated dialogues on climate adaptation with organisations through group presentations, targeted briefings, and analysis. My role was to moderate discussions on recent developments and what can be done on an.
• Provided direction regarding organisational expansion and activities: Developed strategies and targeted briefings to reach wider audiences and acquire government funding. I facilitated brainstorm sessions and created a.

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

• Internship under the Chief Resilience Officer and Strategic Advisor on Urban Development that is dedicated to helping Rotterdam become more resilient to the growing physical, social and economic challenges in the 21st.
• Assisted in establishing Rotterdam as the city domain of the Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation and maintaining an international network of cities active in the field climate adaptation
• Applied resilience instruments to municipality activities: application of the resilience scan and framework on local initiatives, assignments, and projects. Ensured follow-up on action points

Mumbai, India

• Assisted Dutch companies interested in doing business in India, answered trade queries and made connections with relevant organizations (including participating in government and B2B meetings)
• Organized and managed the state visit of the Vice-Mayor of Rotterdam to Mumbai, parallel trade missions and high-level guests visits during the flagship ‘Holland meets Mumbai events’ (covering the sectors of affordable.
• Analysed data and produced country reports about India and Maharashtra for the Dutch Trade Network (including the evaluation of investment proposals and position papers for the Dutch government)
• Converted the Dutch DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) instrument into an understandable and appealing tool for local government officials and created a regional implementation strategy

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Conducted award-winning research on how the WFP could best use broadband technology to monitor and assess food (in)security in three vulnerable countries, namely the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal, and Honduras
• Compiled country briefs and weekly reports on ongoing developments
• Finalized a consultancy report based on a an interdisciplinary approach, which provided context-specific and multi-faceted recommendations for the WFP to these ongoing challenges
• As subgroup leader of the Food Fighters team directed the implementation of the project plan, tracked deadlines and delegated tasks for the area of focus, namely Nepal