Saskia Bauner, MA

Senior Advisor Governance

Saskia Bauner has over 20 years of internationaldevelopment experience across Africa, MENA, South Asia, and Latin America inlocal governance, citizen engagement, civil society, socio-economic inclusionof vulnerable groups and working in and on conflict and forced displacementsettings, and gender-transformative approaches. She is driven by the desire tocontribute to a positive change to improve people’s lives and to unlock localpotential with a strong focus on citizen empowerment and inclusiveinstitutional development.

Areas of Expertise

· local governance,

· accountability, citizen engagement, civilsociety

· socio-economic inclusion ofvulnerable groups, migration, forced displacement

· gender, iPCA, PEA analysis andapproaches

· project design, management andbackstopping

· project evaluation

Education

Master in (Human) Geography, Ludwig MaximilianUniversität, München, Germany (2006)

Country experience and regional expertise

Asia: Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal

Sub Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana,Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania

Middle East and Northern Africa:Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria

Latin America: Bolivia, Colombia,Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru

Balkan:Croatia, Albania