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London, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Graduate student consultant for UNESCAP - United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.Consultancy Project to help ESCAP increase the uptake of inequality assessments - evidence of marginalized populations in the access to Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS).- Developed an extensive literature review on Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBP), barriers to the uptake of evidence into policy and relevant tools to ease its integration in the policy-making cycle.- Interviewed key stakeholders to contrast the findings of the literature review with their experience in implementing Inequality Assessments in project countries in Asia and the Pacific- Elaborated a one-country case study to root the findings to the reality of Asia & Pacific countries.- Created three detailed toolkits destined to counter the three main identified barriers to the uptake of evidence into policy.

Luxemburgo, Luxemburgo

Trainee in the Operations Directorate - Mandate Management - Institutional Mandates Division- Provided administrative assistance to the Head of unit.- Co-elaborated operational and financial report of two mandates.- Created frameworks for data systematisation for internal and intra-institutional distribution- Configured mandate-related data on internal servers and platforms

Luxembourg

I worked in Chamber I: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, under the supervision of a Member of the Court of Auditors. I assisted in audit reports within this matter, evaluating the consistency of the application of the EU budget and policies and the underlining material errors. My direct responsibilities passed through being up to date with the development of audit reports in the Chamber, drafting summaries and mapping next steps; assisting in the presentation elaboration of specific reports, and contributing to the planification of said audit reports and strategic concerns.

Lisbon Area, Portugal

Msc Development Management, Development Economics And International Development

Specialism: Applied Development Economics Grade: Merit Dissertation: Responsiveness of Workfare Programs to Increases in Child Labour.

Bsc In Management, Business Administration And Management, Upper Second Class Honors (16/20)

Exchange Program, Business Administration And Management, General, First Class Honors (9/10)