Saskia Bauner, MA
Saskia Bauner has over 20 years of international development experience across Africa, MENA, South Asia, and Latin America in local governance, citizen engagement, civil society, socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable groups and working in and on conflict and forced displacement settings, and gender-transformative approaches. She is driven by the desire to contribute to a positive change to improve people’s lives and to unlock local potential with a strong focus on citizen empowerment and inclusive institutional development.
Areas of Expertise
· local governance,
· accountability, citizen engagement, civil society
· socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable groups, migration, forced displacement
· gender, iPCA, PEA analysis and approaches
· project design, management and backstopping
· project evaluation
Education
Master in (Human) Geography, Ludwig Maximilian Universität, 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