Elena Zaccherini

Background

About Elena Zaccherini

I have over 20 years’ experience in program design, gender mainstreaming, strategic planning, and RBA/HRA programming and capacity building with INGOs and UN agencies. In the last 15 years, I have worked as a consultant for UN Women, UNICEF, International Labour Organisation, Save the Children, Educo/Child Fund Alliance, and Italian NGOs, mainly in the West, Central and East Africa Region. Competencies- project/program design & quality development on multilateral and bilateral call for proposals (multilateral: EU, EU Trust Fund. Bilateral: AECID, DFID, SIDA, AICS, NORAD, etc.)- Result Based Management and Human Rights Based Approach (BRM - HRBA)- expert and trainer- Development of donor intelligence matrices & resource mobilization strategies/roadmaps for INGOs and UN country and regional offices- Gender mainstreaming (for projects and strategic planning) and gender equality assessment (certified Participatory Gender Audit Facilitator for ITCILO and Gender Scorecard Senior Expert for UN Women)- leading, supporting, or reviewing Country and Regional Strategic plans for UN and INGOs (including Situational Analysis & /or Organisational Assessment processes)- extensive experience in workshop facilitation and capacity building on resource mobilization, strategic planning, proposal development, quality standard - quality standard during organizational change & transition period for INGOs - passionate writer