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She holds a Master's degree II in "International Diplomacy and Negotiation" done over "The Role of Italian Cooperation in Women's Empowerment in Lebanon." Since 2014 she has been employed as an archivist working with the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, AICS Rome and DGCS. She was hired in 2017 permanently for the duties of Management assistant with the executive profile.

An Italian-Lebanese interpreter and translator, she holds a Master's degree in Tourism and Cultural Geography and Touristic Planning. She also obtained a Diploma in Italian Language and Culture and a Certification in Teaching Italian to Foreigners ''CEDILS'' University Ca Foscari Venice. Since 2008, Joelle has assumed the duties of archive manager/translator and document platform management at the AICS office in Beirut.

Graduated in Business Computer with a Master's degree in Management and another degree in Business administration, she started her working activity from February 2008 to date at AICS Beirut where she is in charge of ordinary administrative and accounting management.

A graduate in Development and International Cooperation Sciences, she has worked with international organizations in Ethiopia and Uganda in education/training and humanitarian emergency. She worked in 2017 with a Danish CSO in East Africa managing projects in Disaster Risk Reduction under the European Aid Volunteer initiative. Since 2021, she has been working at the AICS Headquarters in Beirut as a Junior Administrative Accounting Assistant.

After graduating in Foreign Languages and Literature, she worked for several years in Italy in the field of social cooperation. She began her experience in the field of international cooperation in 2009, working with several Civil Society Organizations, first in the Balkans and then in various countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Niger, Central African Republic and Kenya). Since April 2023, she works for the AICS office in Beirut as a Financial Administrative Expert supporting initiatives in response to the Syrian crisis.

International lawyer with many years of professional experience in the field of development in emerging countries and countries with political and commercial risks in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. She has been working on infrastructure and human rights projects, combining experience in the legal field with international cooperation activities for more than eight years at AICS Beirut.

A graduate in Civil Engineering, with professional experience in various fields, he began his experience in international cooperation working as a Consultant and WASH Expert at several CSOs in Lebanon. Since May 2010, he joined the staff of the AICS office in Beirut as an Infrastructure Expert.

Civil Engineering graduate with years of experience in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He joined the staff of the AICS Beirut office as an Infrastructure Technical Expert in 2013.

A graduate in Economics and Agricultural Development, with a noticeable passion for the environment, he has been the Environment Expert at the AICS Beirut office since July 2022. In this role, he oversees all projects funded to local ministries, international organizations, and CSOs in the areas of environment, food security/agriculture, and renewable energy, while also supporting Team Syria. His previous professional experiences include AICS offices in Sudan and Egypt and Italian CSOs in Kosovo and Lebanon. Collaborating with the University of Copenhagen he also worked in Mozambique and Kenya.

With a degree in International Relations, he began his experience in international cooperation working at several CSOs in Zambia, Benin, Chad and Tanzania. In September 2019, he assumed the responsibilities of Administrative Assistant for the WEFE-SENEGAL program at the AICS office in Dakar. In January 2022, he joined the staff of the AICS office in Beirut as Administrative and Finance Officer of the ISOSEP delegated cooperation project.

Graduate in Diplomatic and International Sciences she started her career at the Italian Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Thereafter, she held various positions at Italian CSOs COOPI and AVSI managing programs in the MENA Region. She also worked on emergency projects in Syria and on protection and education projects in Lebanon. Since January 2024, she has assumed the duties of Project Officer of the ISOSEP Delegated Cooperation Project at the AICS Beirut office.

After graduating in Political Science and International Relations, he worked on local development with several Civil Society Organizations in Guinea Bissau, Kosovo, Albania and Lebanon. Since November 2021, he has been serving at the AICS office in Beirut as team leader of the ISOSEP delegated cooperation project.

Professional Italian journalist of Cameroonian origin holds a Master's degree in Communication Sciences and a Master's degree in Humanitarian Operations Management. After a long career in journalism, in 2014 he began his journey as a communications officer for the Italian Cooperation in Ethiopia, and later in Tunisia and Pakistan. Since September 1, 2023, he has been part of the staff of AICS Beirut.

He obtained his master's degree in Political Science - Development Cooperation in 2010 and starting in 2011 began working as a cooperator between Africa and Latin America. Mainly dealing with migration and refugee issues in West Africa and the Great Lakes Region, serving for 6 years as VIS Country Representative in Ghana. In 2022 he obtained a Master of Arts degree in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies at the University of London. Since 2022 he has held the position of Team Leader in the education sector at AICS, first in the San Salvador office and then in the Beirut office.