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Smaro Skoulikidis
Smaro Skoulikidis has worked in a variety of countries for over 25 years in formulating and managing large-scale humanitarian, recovery and development programmes. She has a unique combination of experience with Peacekeeping Missions and UN Agencies, both at headquarters and in the field.
The path to peace: negotiation < - > facilitation < - > mediation < - > arbitration
Negotiation
Post-conflict Prevention: Remembrance or “Dealing with the Past”
Stabilization
Teach, train the trainers: knowledge <-> know-how <-> soft skills
Workshop design and facilitation – Mentoring/Coaching
Training and institutional support: understanding needs <-> improve skills <-> define objectives - lasting impact
Strategy development – Program formulation and management – Impact evaluations – Capacity assessment – Resource mobilization
Disaster management (both natural/man made)
Preparedness – Risk assessment – Mitigation – Response – Rehabilitation – Recovery
Smaro Skoulikidis
Smaro Skoulikidis has worked in a variety of countries for over 25 years in formulating and managing large-scale humanitarian, recovery and development programmes. She has a unique combination of experience with Peacekeeping Missions and UN Agencies, both at headquarters and in the field.
The path to peace: negotiation < - > facilitation < - > mediation < - > arbitration
Negotiation
Post-conflict Prevention: Remembrance or “Dealing with the Past”
Stabilization
Teach, train the trainers: knowledge <-> know-how <-> soft skills
Workshop design and facilitation – Mentoring/Coaching
Training and institutional support: understanding needs <-> improve skills <-> define objectives - lasting impact
Strategy development – Program formulation and management – Impact evaluations – Capacity assessment – Resource mobilization
Disaster management (both natural/man made)
Preparedness – Risk assessment – Mitigation – Response – Rehabilitation – Recovery
Smaro in her own words
Smaro has over 25 years working experience in formulating and managing large-scale humanitarian, post-conflict, recovery and development programmes in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.*
She has a unique combination of expertise with Peacekeeping Missions and UN Agencies (UNDP, UNOPS, WFP, OCHA), both at headquarters and in the field. She has held senior positions, most recently as Head of the Integrated Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) with MONUSCO in the DRC and as Head of the Resident Coordinator’s Office with UNMIL in Liberia. Responsibilities included policy development in recovery and reform, as well as supervision of the DSRSG’s Office and Departments, including Civil Affairs, Stabilization, Elections, Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR), and Security Sector Reform.
She has provided strategic guidance to DSRSGs/RCs, UN Country Teams, Governments and partners on system-wide planning processes and strategies, including Protection of Civilians, Peace Consolidation and Peacebuilding, and played a leading role in the development of policy guidelines and directives aimed at enhancing institutional capacities and coordination at local, national and international levels.
Smaro has extensive expertise in conflict analysis, the conduct of post-conflict needs assessments, conflict resolution and conflict-sensitive programming. She is also a specialist in strategic planning, community-based recovery, capacity-building and disaster management. She is proficient in all aspects of project formulation, management and evaluation.
In addition, Smaro has a proven track record in managerial excellence, the ability to motivate, foster commitment and build successful, goal-oriented teams of professionals, as well as creating high-level strategic alliances and partnerships with Governments and donors.
Smaro is a qualified trainer and facilitator, as well as a certified negotiator. She has trained hundreds of Government officials, United Nations system staff and NGOs worldwide in all aspects of the relief to development continuum.
She is fluent in English, French and Arabic, and possesses very good knowledge of Italian.
*Countries include Iraq, Lebanon, DRC, Liberia, Somalia, Kenya, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Pakistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy.
Smaro in her own words
Smaro has over 25 years working experience in formulating and managing large-scale humanitarian, post-conflict, recovery and development programmes in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.*
She has a unique combination of expertise with Peacekeeping Missions and UN Agencies (UNDP, UNOPS, WFP, OCHA), both at headquarters and in the field. She has held senior positions, most recently as Head of the Integrated Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) with MONUSCO in the DRC and as Head of the Resident Coordinator’s Office with UNMIL in Liberia. Responsibilities included policy development in recovery and reform, as well as supervision of the DSRSG’s Office and Departments, including Civil Affairs, Stabilization, Elections, Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR), and Security Sector Reform.
She has provided strategic guidance to DSRSGs/RCs, UN Country Teams, Governments and partners on system-wide planning processes and strategies, including Protection of Civilians, Peace Consolidation and Peacebuilding, and played a leading role in the development of policy guidelines and directives aimed at enhancing institutional capacities and coordination at local, national and international levels.
Smaro has extensive expertise in conflict analysis, the conduct of post-conflict needs assessments, conflict resolution and conflict-sensitive programming. She is also a specialist in strategic planning, community-based recovery, capacity-building and disaster management. She is proficient in all aspects of project formulation, management and evaluation.
In addition, Smaro has a proven track record in managerial excellence, the ability to motivate, foster commitment and build successful, goal-oriented teams of professionals, as well as creating high-level strategic alliances and partnerships with Governments and donors.
Smaro is a qualified trainer and facilitator, as well as a certified negotiator. She has trained hundreds of Government officials, United Nations system staff and NGOs worldwide in all aspects of the relief to development continuum.
She is fluent in English, French and Arabic, and possesses very good knowledge of Italian.
*Countries include Iraq, Lebanon, DRC, Liberia, Somalia, Kenya, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Pakistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy.