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International Development Correspondent FellowsThe International Development Correspondent Program brings students and recent graduates of post-graduate programs in International Development or related fields to one of the offices of the Development Executive Group to do research and write journalistic articles related to practical issues in International Development. The articles are published on our popular websites and provide guidance to thousands of professionals in international development and those hoping to work in the field. Become an International Development Correspondent Fellow Giosué AlagnaInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Giosué Alagna was a fellow with the Development Executive Group's International Development Correspondent Program in Washington, DC from June to August 2007. He now is part of the Barcelona office as an Associate. His research interests include environmental and fiscal policy in Latin America, with particular emphasis on Peru and Brazil, and access to fair trade markets for small producers in the region. Giosué is a Master of International Public Affairs candidate from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he focused on International Development in Latin America. He has served as a research associate for SERRV International, a leading fair trade organization with partners around the world. He has also worked with environmental conservation organizations in Belize and has collaborated with the Belize Forest Department. He holds a BA in Journalism from Texas Christian University. He is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Romy BlickleInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Romy Blickle was a fellow with the Development Executive Group's International Development Correspondent Program in Barcelona from June to September 2007. She then moved back to her native Germany where she completed an internship at Caritas' humanitarian assistance department. Her research interests include the political, economic, and social development of the Middle East, and the associated development policy of the European Union and the United Nations. Romy earned her Master's by graduating with honors from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, where she studied political science, law, and economic geography. Romy worked for the Ryan International Group of Schools in seven cities in India as a cultural ambassador, teaching students about Europe and Germany. She has also worked as the assistant director of the Economic and Social Council at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York. Romy is fluent in German and English. Alessia ChiocchettiInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Alessia Chiocchetti was based in Barcelona while she was part of the International Development Correspondent Program from June to September 2007. Her research interests include the social development of Middle Eastern countries, with particular emphasis on the Arabian Peninsula, as well as human rights protection mechanisms and justice policies in the region. She has accepted a position in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and relocated in late 2007. Alessia completed a Master's in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action at the University of Siena (Siena, Italy), and Kingston University of London (London, United Kingdom), where she focused on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; the United Nations' monitoring system for the protection of human rights; International Relations, Politics, and Human Rights issues related to the Middle East. Alessia worked in Yemen as an intern for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Strengthening National Capacity in Human Rights, focusing on project cycle management. She has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on child trafficking and child protection. She has also volunteered with the International Volunteer Service Association (AVSI), an Italian nonprofit based in Lebanon, where she worked on the social and economic development of the rural region of Jbail (Byblos). She holds a bachelor degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic Language from Cà Foscari University of Venice (Venice, Italy). She is fluent in Italian and English with a working knowledge of Arabic and Spanish. Mikael FridellInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Mikael Fridell joined the Development Executive Group in February 2008 as an International Development Correspondent Fellow in the Barcelona office. His research interests include various areas of development economics and politics, especially microfinance, the informal sector, politics of deeply divided societies, and democracy have been of particular interest, with a regional focus on the Middle East. He recently earned a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and had previously a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Lund, also in Sweden. In Lund, as well as at Queen's University of Belfast, he studied Political Science. His Bachelor thesis on Jordanian microfinance was enabled through a field study grant from the Swedish International Development cooperation Agency and he completed a field study on the informal sector and microcredit in the West Bank for his Master's thesis. His work and internship experiences encompass the public and private sectors, including work at an educational institute in Jerusalem, an internship at the Swedish Embassy in Manila, and positions at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the SEB Financing Corporation in Stockholm. Mikael is fluent in English and Swedish. David LepeskaInternational Development Correspondent Fellow David Lepeska was a fellow with the Development Executive Group's International Development Correspondent Program in Washington, DC, for three months from October 2007. He is currently in India writing for The Rough Guide and other publications. His work focuses on society and security during conflict and post-conflict reconstruction and the linkages between democracy, development, and governance, with particular emphasis on Asia and the Muslim world. Further research interests include terrorism, diplomacy, and peace-building. Lepeska has served as United Nations correspondent for the newswire UPI and reported for several major newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Newsday. From mid-2006 to mid-2007 he was chief correspondent for the Kashmir Observer in Srinagar, India while freelancing for the Economist and Guardian Weekly, among other publications. He holds a B.A. in Journalism and International Studies from Brooklyn College. He is fluent in English and speaks basic French. Lissa M. Lezama International Development Correspondent Fellow Lissa M. Lezama was a Fellow with Development Executive Group's International Development Correspondent Fellowship for three months. She joined the program in June 2007, working from Barcelona with a short stint in her native Honduras, and went on to pursue an MBA at Cambridge University in September 2007. Her research interests include the economic development of Latin America, with particular emphasis on Central America, as well as Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) promotion, microfinance and gender policies. Lissa earned her Master's in International and Development Economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Lissa has worked for the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where she was a local advisor for the Economic Development and Employment Program for Honduras. She also holds a Business Administration degree from the Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She is also part of the United Nations Online Volunteers and enjoys volunteering for other NGOs whenever possible. Lissa is fluent in English and Spanish. Mark MaathuisInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Mark Maathuis joined the Development Executive Group as an International Development Correspondent Fellow in November 2007 in the Washington D.C. office. His work focuses on legal development and the implementation of rule of law and (re)construction of democratic processes, with particular emphasis on Central and South-East Asia. Other fields of interest are Western European development organizations and the effects of international law on the development field. Mark worked as an international correspondent at United Press International and reported for several Dutch magazines and websites on American politics, the " war on terror " and legal issues. He holds Masters Degrees in Journalism (American University) and Civil Law (Leiden University, the Netherlands). He is fluent in English and Dutch, proficient in French and German and speaks basic Italian. Sam MednickInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Sam Mednick is an International Development Correspondent Fellow at the Development Executive Group's Barcelona office. Her writing interests include human interest stories, profiles and interviews with insightful and motivated people working in the international development field. Sam graduated with a combined Bachelor honors degree in multidisciplinary studies and journalism from the University of Kings College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to joining DevEx she was a correspondent and journalism trainer in northern Ghana, reporting on human rights issues, producing a human rights radio show and training Ghanaians about radio journalism. Sam was the executive producer of The Good Life Show, an internationally syndicated lifestyle show on Sirius Satellite radio network based out of New York City. She has also hosted her own talk radio shows and freelances regularly for newspapers, magazines and online publications. Sam is fluent in English with a working knowledge of Spanish and Hebrew. Maria MorInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Maria Mor joined the Development Executive Group as an International Development Correspondent Fellow in the Washington D.C office in December 2007. Her career interests focus on social development and humanitarian assistance, especially related to community-based development, social inclusion, complex emergency and gender empowerment. Mrs. Mor holds a masters degree in Public Administration with a concentration in International Development Management from American University and a B.A in Government and Foreign Affairs from the Externado of Colombia University. Maria left her native Columbia 6 years ago to join an international exchange program at American University in Washington D.C, were she completed certificate programs in Peace and Conflict Resolution and Foreign Policy. Mrs. Mor has five years experience in consulting and research on international development and public policy. She has worked for the Inter-American Development Bank, the Pan-America Health Organization, the World Bank and the non-profit field. Her knowledge and experience are in Latin America issues, including social inclusion in developing countries, conflict prevention/resolution, and humanitarian assistance in complex emergencies. Her native language is Spanish, she speaks fluent English and has a basic knowledge of French. Stella NgumutaInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Stella Ngumuta was a Fellow with the Development Executive from June to October 2007. Having started the International Development Correspondent Program in Washington, DC, she moved to Nairobi, Kenya for the last month of the program. Her career interests are focused on sustainable development in Africa, and its intersection with legal policy and reform. Specifically, the integration of the private and public sectors in promoting trade, investment, and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her research interests include development economics as well as international business and economic law. Stella holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a Master's in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law' Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts. Her work and internship experiences have been in the private and public sectors in Kenya, Somalia, and Sierra Leone. She is fluent in English, Swahili, and basic French. Monika PercicInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Monika Percic joined the Development Executive Group as a Research Fellow in November 2007 in the Barcelona office. Her research interests relate to gender, human rights, migration, globalization, and extreme poverty eradication, particularly in urban slums where her focus is slum dweller's self-help and self-empowerment strategies. Monika earned her Master´s degree in Gender, Development and Globalization at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2006 and holds a Bachelor´s degree in Philosophy (2004) from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She has worked on various development and socio-political research projects with academic institutions such as LSE and QMUL in the United Kingdom and with NGOs such as Amnesty International and the Peace Institute in Slovenia. The latest development project she is working on is the establishment of a women´s self-help group in Kigali, Rwanda, jointly executed with the Peace Institute and the Rwanda Association of University Women and co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency. Her portfolio also includes fundraising, organization of international events and coordination of international projects. Monika is fluent in English, German, Slovenian and Croatian. Benjamin PetriniInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Benjamin Petrini joined the Development Executive Group in June 2007. He was based in Barcelona for most of his time in the International Development Correspondent Program, but spent his last month of the fellowship, September 2007, working form our Washington, DC Headquarters. His research interests include conflict analysis, terrorism, and peace-building activities, with particular regional emphasis on the Middle East and Central Asia. He wants to explore the growing link between security and development. Benjamin earned his Master's in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with a concentration in International Economics and Strategic Studies. He also holds a degree in Political Science from Università degli Studi di Roma Tre. Prior to SAIS, Benjamin received a fellowship to work in the Embassy of Italy in Tehran, Iran, for five months. In 2005, Benjamin worked as a volunteer at the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime Headquarters in Vienna. He was involved in projects on the strengthening of the rule of law, crime prevention, and drugs and human trafficking in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. Benjamin has also worked as a researcher at Globe Research and Publishing, an Italian think tank focusing on the Middle East. Benjamin is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian. Yulia PoskakukhinaInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Yulia Poskakukhina was an International Development Correspondent Fellow in our Manila office for 4 months before she returned to the Netherlands in early March 2008. Her current research interests include international migration, its role as a potential engine of development and the implementation of the new EU ENPI (European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument) development assistance instrument in the states of the former Soviet Union. Yulia earned her Master´s degree in Political Science, with a specialization in International Relations, at the University of Amsterdam. She was an active member of her faculty's study association, organizing and participating in numerous academic excursions to the Balkans and the Middle East. During her university years she programmed films and organized film-centered public debates at a student-run Amsterdam cinema. For her Master´s thesis Yulia spent five months in Tbilisi researching the participation of civil society in national policy development and related foreign political assistance in Georgia after the Rose Revolution. Simultaneously, she interned at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies. Before coming to Manila, Yulia interned at the Protection Unit of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) Moscow Office. She is fluent in English, Russian and Dutch. Ina RamasheuskayaInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Ina Ramasheuskaya was part of the Development Executive Group's International Development Correspondent Program in Washington DC as a fellow from June to August 2007, when she returned to the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University where she was working on her Master of Public Administration degree. She has now returned to her native Belarus. Her research interests center on the role of civil society, specifically charitable and humanitarian organizations, in the development of Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Ina earned her Master's in Political Science from the European Humanities University based in Minsk, Belarus. In her master's thesis, she focused on charitable organizations and their role in a welfare state --- the model being implemented in Belarus. Ina serves as a board member of the Internet-based analytical project, "The New Europe". She has worked as program coordinator for the Belarusian Red Cross Society on health and safety and youth and international relations programs. Ina has also worked as a researcher on an international humanitarian cooperation project for the European Humanities University. She is fluent in Russian and Belarusian. Sucheta SachdevInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Sucheta Sachdev is currently serving as an International Development Correspondent Fellow in the Development Executive Group's Manila office. Her areas of interest and expertise are women's development, community development, and refugee/internally displaced person's issues. Sucheta earned her Master´s degree in English Literature from Georgetown University and her Master´s degree in International Affairs and Development from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs, both in Washington, D.C. Most recently Sucheta consulted for the National Democratic Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. She previously worked for CHF International as an associate program officer for the Iraq and Middle East Programs. Sucheta has also interned for the United Nations Development Program in Amman, Jordan, as well as for the World Bank in Washington, D.C. She is conversant in Hindi, and proficient in Spanish. Silvia SartoriInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Silvia Sartori joined the Development Executive Group in January 2008 and is the first International Development Correspondent Fellow in the Tokyo Office. Her research area focuses on Asia and on management of development projects in countries torn by crises, be they political, social or natural. For the past three years Silvia has been living in China, where she was initially working in the private sector and later at the European Union Chamber of Commerce, the main European lobby institution connecting European business to the Chinese government. During her stay in Beijing and Shanghai, she was also deeply involved with local and foreign NGOs on issues including education, HIV/AIDS and child care. She has also contributed to Italian and foreign media with articles and reports from Asia. Silvia was awarded a B.A. in International Diplomatic Sciences from Trieste University in Italy, a post-graduate certificate on Business in China from the Milan-based Institute of International Political Studies and a Master in Asian Studies from Lund University in Sweden. She is fluent in Italian, English, French and German with a working knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Charles WarrenInternational Development Correspondent Fellow Charlie Warren has been an International Development Correspondent Fellow in the Development Executive Group's Manila office since November 2007. He earned his MSc in International Development & Security from the University of Bristol in the U.K., having completed his BSc in Politics & Sociology at the same institution. His research interests focus on post-Cold War conflict analysis and management, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the globalization of terrorism and informal trade networks. Prior to arriving in Manila, Charlie spent several months working in Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo for a local NGO that operates in rural communities affected by conflict. He has also worked on community projects in Thailand and Madagascar. Whilst in London, he freelanced for both a political risk company and a current affairs magazine. Charlie is fluent in English, French, speaks basic Spanish, and his Tagalog is coming along quite nicely, thank you!
Interested in becoming an International Development Correspondent Fellow?As an International Development Correspondent Fellow you will acquire knowledge beyond the academic experiences of university and get a profound insight into the sector of international development; the reality of working as an international development professional, the companies, organizations, and agencies. Article topics will fall both within your areas of expertise and give you the opportunity to work on issues you have not yet touched upon, giving you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge as well as expanding your horizons. You will not only get to spend three to six months in Barcelona or Washington DC working in an international team, but the publication of your work and the connections you will be able to make during this time will give a boost to your career for a long time to come. Become an International Development Correspondent Fellow For more information, please contact: |
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