Speakers

Andrea Koulaïmah is the Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and Pacific in the European Commission’s Directorate General for civil protection and humanitarian aid operations (DG ECHO) since 1st May 2020. She also has a strong resources management background, as head of unit responsible for the management of the ECHO field network worldwide between 2015 and 2020 and, earlier in her career, as deputy head of unit of DG ECHO’s legal and financial unit. Ms Koulaïmah graduated in political science/international relations (University of Strasbourg and Trinity College Dublin) and holds a Masters in European Studies from the College of Europe (Bruges- Belgium). Since the 2022-2023 academic year, Ms Koulaïmah is a visiting professor at the College of Europe’s International Relations Department where she teaches a course on European Humanitarian Aid policy.

Andrea Koulaimah is moderating the session(s) mentioned below.