We are thrilled to announce that Mikaela Gavas of the Center for Global Development Europe will provide the keynote address at our upcoming Annual Conference in Edinburgh on the 29th September.
Mikaela is the Managing Director of the Center for Global Development Europe (CGD) and a Senior Fellow. With over two decades shaping policy at the intersection of research, advisory and public affairs, she is a recognised authority on international and European development strategy and finance, and we are looking forward to bringing her wealth of global experience to Scotland. CGD works to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers.
She has served as a member of the Standing Advisory Group on Technical Assistance and Cooperation for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency and as a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons International Development Committee.
Before joining CGD, she was the Head of ODI’s Development Strategy and Finance programme, and she worked as a strategy adviser to governments, including France, Italy, the Republic of Korea, Qatar, Switzerland and the UAE. She was an adviser on European development cooperation in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and has worked for several NGOs.
For any of our members not familiar with the work of CGD.. please do check them out www.cgdev.org especially a recent blog that deals directly with the issues of policy priorities: