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Vic, Catalonia, Spain

• Managing EU and PRIMA-funded projects, focusing on agri-food and environmental sustainability • Leading the development of communication and dissemination activities, in various languages accross the Mediterranean region • Designing and implementing strategic communication plans, including social media campaigns, press releases, and targeted outreach• Developing and writing EU project proposals, reports, policy briefs and deliverables• Building strong partnerships with stakeholders across various European and Mediterranean countries to foster collaboration and exchange• Organising and facilitating meetings, workshops, and conferences to promote international knowledge exchange and collaboration

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• Research and analysis on current socio-economic issues in the Euro-Mediterranean region.• Production of reports on topics including the Blue Economy, the Green Transition, Climate Adaptation.• Support in the evaluation, correction and editing of publications of the department.• Collection and verification of documentation and initiation of administrative and payment procedures.• Organization of events and conferences across the Mediterranean to promote the activities of the programme.• Production of concept notes for the preparation of various seminars and conferences.

Belgium

• Identifying relevant EU Funding opportunities, review and analyse funding results and share relevant information internally.• Supporting the consolidation and monitoring of the grants database.• Analysing DG ECHO’s Annual Action Plans for thematic and geographic programmes.• Maintaining an up-to-date contact database of relevant focal points and staff within Plan International. • Supporting the development of internal processes and tools for grants acquisition and implementation.• Supporting the elaboration of tools for internal coordination, information-sharing and quality control of project proposals submitted to DG ECHO.• Supporting the drafting of briefing notes and toolkits on ECHO compliance. • Supporting the preparation of internal meetings and trainings around ECHO Grants.• Supporting the preparation and organisation of training sessions, online courses and webinars.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Liaising and collaboration with various ECF country offices and different partner NGOs working in climate change.• Researching on international decision makers and climate change policies for advocacy purposes.• Collaborating with the French NGO “On Est Prêt” in the creation of a European network of young influencers in light of the 2019 EU elections. • Ensuring timely implementation of the “On Est Prêt” project and reporting on activity updates to all parties involved. • Creation of various social media content on climate change news and information notably using Canva and Wochit.• Running Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads, to disseminate and target messages to specific audiences.• Conducting media analysis reports via Meltwater.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Directorate General for External Policies, Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) • Focus on European Neighbourhood Policy, EU-UN Relations, EU-Middle East Relations, Climate Diplomacy.• Drafting official policy reports: EP Recommendations to the UN 73rd General Assembly; Climate Diplomacy.• Monitoring and research on policy developments and political debates.• Writing briefs on current political situations and developments. • Updating the internal AFET database with official EU documents and speakers’ information for future events. • Assisting in the organisation of official committee meetings and working groups.• Writing speaking points and chairs notes for official meetings.

London, United Kingdom

• Training in Public Affairs, Financial, Corporate, and Consumer PR (in association with FTI Consulting)• Weekly English tuitions designed to improve my communication skills and be comfortable with different writing styles• Creating daily newspaper reviews on a variety of newspapers from broadsheets to tabloids• Weekly team presentations delivered in front of FTI’s Strategic Communications team• Improving my networking skills through weekly visits to PR agencies and in-house communications departments including Oracle, MWW, Freuds, Milltown, Experian, and Morgan Stanley

Beirut District, Lebanon

• The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SDGs), Climate Change and Environmental Issues after the COP 21, European Neighbourhood Policy, Building Social Dialogue in the Middle East.• Research and analysis on the above topics.• Wrote clear policy reports and project proposals on the above issues, in collaboration with my internship manager.• Assisted in the planning and social media promotion of a regional workshop on gender and development in the Middle East.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Transnational Governance, Specialisation In Sustainability

Dissertation Title: Gender and Humanitarianism: Evaluating Mental Health Policies in Zaatari Refugee Camp and their Success at Closing.

Ba (Hons.), Politics And International Relations, 2:1

Activities and Societies: SOAS Debating Society • International Political Economy • Globalisation and Global Governance • War.

Modern Standard Arabic (Msa) And Egyptian Arabic, Middle/Near Eastern And Semitic Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

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