Speakers – IDD Brussels

Erica Gerretsen

Director for Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace, DG INTPA, European Commission

Sophie Pornschlegel

Policy Fellow, Das Progressive Zentrum

Raša Nedeljkov

Program Director, Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA)

Lourdes Argueta

Secretary-General, Juventud LAC (Latin America)

Dorothy Nakanwagi

Councillor in Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality and member of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Uganda

Kirstie Lynn Dobbs

Assistant Professor of Practice, Director of Early College and Faculty Community Engagement Strategy at Merrimack College, United States of America

Hon. Mihaela Neto Webba

Member of Parliament & Constitutional Law Professor | Vice‑President, UNITA Parliamentary Group, Angola

Sialo Tasur

Co-Chairperson, United Green Movement Party, Kenya

Seema Shah

Head of Democracy Assessment, International IDEA

Liudmyla Yankina

Co-Founder and Chairperson of Civis Fortis

Kathleen Addy

Chairperson National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Ghana

Sam van der Staak

Director for Europe, International IDEA

Blair Glencorse

Co-CEO Accountability Lab Global

Richard Youngs

Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, Carnegie Europe

Federica D’Alessandra

British Academy Global Innovation Fellow, Global Order and Institutions Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Ms Harlette Badou N’Guessan Kouamé

National President of the Union of Women of the RHDP (UF-RHDP) and Mayor of the Municipality of Arrah, Côte d'Ivoire

Brit Anlar

PhD Candidate, Political Science @ Rutgers Women & Politics

Carl Hartzell

Deputy Director-General and Head of Department for Multilateral Governance and Humanitarian Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Ken Godfrey

Executive Director European Partnership for Democracy

Thomas Carothers

Director, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program; Harvey V. Fineberg Chair for Democracy Studies; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Marcin Walecki

Former Senior Resident Country Director, NDI Ukraine

Jorge Jraissati

Executive Director, Economic Inclusion Group

Sara Ajlyakin

Deputy Executive Director of Al-Jumhuriya Collective

Chiara Adamo

Deputy to the Director for Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace directorate in DG INTPA, European Commission

Dorjraa Munkhtur

Ambassador at Large for Democracy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mongolia

Emma Theofelus

Minister of Information and Tech, Namibia

Kevin Casas Zamora

Secretary-General, International Idea

Dr. Tasnim Jara

Member, Political Council & Senior Joint Member Secretary, National Citizen Party, Co-Founder, Shohay Health

Christian Burgsmüller

EEAS Head of Division of Americas

Inma D. Alonso

Head of EU-Latin America and Caribbean Relations and Development Financing at the Coordinating Committee of Development Organisations

Alberto Brunori

Executive Director of the EU-LAC Foundation

Laura Chinchilla

Former President of Costa Rica

Jerzy Pomianowski

Executive Director, European Endowment for Democracy

Gary Klaukka

Executive Director European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP)

Oliver Röpke

President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Andrius Kubilius

European Commissioner for Defence and Space

Marta Kos

Commissioner for Enlargement, European Commission

Dubravka Šuica

European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

Kajsa Ollongren

EU Special Representative for Human Rights, European External Action Service

Sarah Wheaton

Chief Policy Correspondent, POLITICO Europe and Host of EU Confidential

Shada Islam

Managing Director, New Horizons Project Geopolitical Strategy Advice and Analysis

IDD SPEAKERS