JPO Global Workshop on SDGs and the MAPS March 2016 Speakers and Resource People Nicholas Rosellini Deputy Regional Director, Asia & the Pacific and Director of Bangkok Regional Hub Location: Bangkok, Thailand Contact details: [email protected]Topics: International Development, Capacity building and development, International Relations, Policy analysis, sustainable development, humanitarian assistance Since January 2009, Nicholas Rosellini (Italy) was appointed as Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Regional Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific and most recently also appointed as Director of the Bangkok Regional Hub. Prior to that, Nicholas served as UN Resident Coordinator/ UNDP Resident Representative in Bhutan (2005-2008); Director, Office of the Assistant and Director, BoM (2000- 2005); Deputy Resident Representative, Viet Nam (1996-2000); Assistant Resident Representative, Pakistan (1992-1996); Programme Advisor, Ethiopia (1989-1992) and Programme Officer, Ghana (1986- 1989) in the positions of Programme Advisor and Programme Officer respectively. Nicholas holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Bristol University in the United Kingdom.
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JPO Global Workshop on SDGs and the MAPS March 2016
Speakers and Resource People
Nicholas Rosellini
Deputy Regional Director, Asia & the Pacific and Director of Bangkok
JPO Global Workshop on SDGs and the MAPS March 2016
Support, UNDP, where he covers issues related to data and indicators for measuring the new sustainable development goals. Prior to that, Serge had the dual roles of Governance focal point in the UNDP Team on Post-2015 and Policy Specialist for E-governance and Access to Information in the Democratic Governance Group at UNDP's headquarters in New York. In the Post-2015 team, Serge contributed to the organization of worldwide consultations on the priorities of the new development agenda, particularly on governance and institutional capacity. Serge started his career with the Sustainable Development Networking Programme, a UNDP pioneering initiative that played a major role in introducing Internet to many developing countries. Serge then went on to UNDESA where he remained involved in ICT for Development issues at the United Nations ICT Task Force and the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. Prior to returning to UNDP, Serge worked on strengthening e-governance and parliamentary ICT capacity at the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament in Rome.
Antje Watermann
Communications Analyst, RBAP, UNDP HQ (JPO) Location: New York, New York Contact details: [email protected] Topics: Digital Media, International Relations, Product Management, Strategy, Marketing, Communications, Asia Pacific Antje started working as Communications Analyst for the Asia-Pacific Bureau after completing two years of supporting the SDG negotiation process in her role as Knowledge & Advocacy Officer in the Post-2015 Team at the UNDP in New York. Antje brings to this assignment fruitful experience with the Reuters News Agency and a traineeship with UNCTAD. Her first UN affiliation was an internship at the United Nations in 2007.
Antje holds a Master’s degree in Economics & International
Scott is a Policy Specialist with the Inclusive Growth team in UNDP’s
Bangkok Regional Hub. He has previously worked as Economics
Specialist in the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific in New
York. Before joining UNDP, he worked in the IMF’s Independent
Evaluation Office primarily on analyses of IMF programmes and
policies in low-income countries and was also formerly a researcher
at the Center for Global Development.
Scott holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University and
a BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Matteo Pedercini
Director of Modeling and Capacity Development Location: Washington, USA Contact details: [email protected] Matteo Pedercini is professionally engaged in sustainable development since 1999 and holds a PhD and a Masters in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen. He is currently director for capacity development and modeling at the Millennium Institute (MI) and has created several simulation models for national, regional, and global sustainable development planning in collaboration with governmental and international institutions. He teaches at the University of Bergen and other MI’s partner universities and has been leading training programs for development professionals in many countries. Matteo has been publishing in various fields, including integrated planning, epidemiology, agriculture, income distribution, migration, simulation and gaming techniques, and others.
Topics: International Development, Programme Management,
Policy Verena is currently the Desk Officer for Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka at the UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub. Prior to joining RBAP 2012, she served as Policy Specialist for Aid Effectiveness in BDP and before this as Team Leader for Governance & Crisis Prevention in UNDP Azerbaijan. Before working with UNDP, Verena held several positions as Head of the UN Resident Coordinator's Office and UN Coordination Officer in Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. She started her UN career as a UN Volunteer with the UN mission in Kosovo in 1999.
Verena holds a Master’s degree in International Humanitarian Assistance from Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Topics of Expertise/Interest: migration, human trafficking and sustainable development
Responsible for coordinating and facilitating the implementation of two small grants facility projects: Water for People Partnership and Mangrove for the Future. 10-year experience of project management on labour migration and counter- human trafficking issues particularly for migrant workers and their families from Myanmar. Of which, 7 years of community work as the Field Coordinator for International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Ranong and Phang Nga provinces, Thailand, focusing on improving migrant well-being and right accessibility through capacity building and awareness-raising to local authorities and Thai and migrant communities from different cultural and religious backgrounds and ethnicities. Saranya holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration, Department of Social Science from Michigan state university
Michaela Prokop
Programme Advisor, Sustainable Development Goals, UNDP
Kirstin has joined the Asia Pacific Secretariat of the UN Development Group as an Australian JPO. Kirstin has most recently worked with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, where she focused on the negotiation process for the Sustainable Development Goals as well as issues around multilateral effectiveness and performance assessment across the Australian aid program. Prior to her time with the Australian Government, Kirstin worked in the non-government sector specializing in climate change policy, advocacy and programming advice. Kirstin holds a Master of Development Studies, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (History) and a Diploma of Modern Languages (French) from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Ashley Palmer Governance and Development Effectiveness Specialist , UNDP Location: Bangkok, Thailand Contact details: [email protected] Ashley Palmer is Governance and Development Effectiveness Specialist at UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub, a position she has held
JPO Global Workshop on SDGs and the MAPS March 2016
since 2014. Prior to this, she worked in the Capacity Development team of UNDP BRH from 2007-2014. Ashley holds a Master’s degree in International Economics and International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.
