Julie Smolnitchi

Water and Governance Specialist

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Areas of expertise

Designing, steering and facilitation of learning processes
Knowledge Networks
Project design, planning, monitoring and evaluation, particularly in water and local governance
Policy dialogue, policy influencing, thinking and working politically
Sustainability of rural water supply systems

Julie Smolnitchi is a committed and results oriented water and governance specialist, with a passion for power dynamics and dedicated to supporting teams and groups to engage in inspiring dialogues.

Key data

Qualification (Institute)	MA in International Relations – Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland
Working languages	French and Italian (native), English (fluent), Romanian (fluent), German (intermediate)
Years of Experience	17
Nationality	Swiss and Italian
Country experience and regional expertise	Eastern Europe & Balkans: Ukraine, Moldova, North Macedonia, Kosovo Sub-Saharan Africa: Mauritania, Kenya Asia: India, Bangladesh, Nepal
Select projects, roles, achievements and publications	Manager, Civic engagement in local governance in Moldova – Ma Implic, since 2019 Governance and Political Economy backstopper in Kosovo (Integrated water resources management, IWRM-K) and North Macedonia (Groundwater Management Programme), since 2023 Network Facilitator to the SDC Climate, DRR & Environment Network (since 2020) and the water Network (since 2017); Facilitator and collective learning advisor for the SDC Peace, Governance and Equality Network since 2022; Deputy Project Director (2019-2021), DESPRO – Decentralisation Support Project in Ukraine, 2019-2021 Planning and Monitoring Manager, Swiss Water and Sanitation Project (ApaSan) in Moldova, 2013-2019 Co-author of the RésEAU Brief n.4, “Why political economy matters in the water sector”, 2023 “Serving those beyond utility reach in the Danube Region”, regional study lead by the World Banks’ Danube Water program, leader of the study for Moldova, 2018 “Safe Water School Manual” (first edition, 2011), co-author of a SODIS and Antenna Technologies Foundation publication “La tarification de l’eau en Suisse romande”, water utility of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007
Key clients	Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Affiliations and networks	SDC Peace, Governance and Equality Network SDC Water Network RésEau SDC Climate, DRR & Environment Aguasan, Swiss community of practice RWSN

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