Who is who at TrainForTrade

Alessandra Vellucci Chief Human Resources Development/TrainForTrade Section	Allane Floreau Administrative assistant
Alessandra holds a Political Science Degree from the Italian University L.U.I.S.S., and a master in International Relations with a specialization in International Public Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI). She has been with UNCTAD since 1991, first as an Associate Expert on Training, then as a Public Information Officer. In 2003 she joined the DTL Division as a Trainer; from 2004 to 2006, she was in charge of the DTL Human Resources Development/TrainForTrade Section, and in 2007, she has been designated Chief of the Section. Activities: Management and coordination of the Section's activities, project backstopping and management (particularly for South-East Asia, Latin America), relations with member countries and partner ports, preparation and coordination of institutional inputs, communication. Contact: alessandra.vellucci@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 4641	Allane joined TrainForTrade in September 2008. She provides administrative support to the section. Activities: She supports the HRD/TrainForTrade Section in the framework of the TrainForTrade programme for Portuguese-speaking countries; she also contributes to the organisation of meetings and seminars in the field and in Geneva. Contact: allane.floreau@unctad.org Phone +41 22 917 5949
Dominique Chantrel Distance Learning Officer	Emilie Dairon Associate Expert, Project Management
Dominique holds an advanced degree in computer sciences, with an emphasis on software development, distance learning and artificial intelligence from the University of Maine, France. After spending two years teaching digital electronics and computer maintenance in a technical high school in Cote-d'Ivoire, he became network administrator of the five-country African Distance Learning Network (RESAFAD). He joined UNCTAD in 1999, where he developed the UNCTAD distance learning strategy, and implemented distance learning activities in many developing countries, specially the least developed. Activities: Distance learning development and implementation. Contact: dominique.chantrel@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 2187	Emilie graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris. She has a Master in International Administration (University Paris II) and a BA in History (Universty Paris X). Emilie has several internship experiences in the field of international cooperation (French Embassy in Guatemala, decentralized cooperation). She started working with UNCTAD in 2006 with the e-Tourism Initiative. She joined the TrainForTrade team in December 2007. Contact: Emilie.dairon@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5072
Asuncion Garcia Argent Consultant	Frederic Frantz Project officer
Asunción holds an advance Degree in Law from the University of Valencia, Spain. She did an internship in Valencia´s Port Authority where she had her first contact with the TrainForTrade programme. Asunción joined UNCTAD/TrainForTrade programme in Geneva in March 2010. Actually, she provides support for the development of latin-american projects, especially in the framework of the TrainforTrade Port Training Programme. Contact: asuncion.garcia.argent@unctad.org Tél.: +41 22 917 5544	Frederic has a Master in Business Administration from McGill University (Canada) and a Master in Human Resources Management from the University of Paris II. Upon graduation, Frederic relocated to Hong Kong as a marketing manager in the trading industry and later moved back to Paris and worked as Project Manager developing In-House Training programs at ESCP Europe. His last experience was spent in Algeria as the Business Development Director at the Algerian Graduate School of Business (ESAA). Frederic joined the programme TrainForTrade in December 2009. Contact: frederic.frantz@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5059
Gonzalo Ayala Project Officer	Jayna Kika Administrative assistant
Gonzalo has a Master degree on Conception and Architecture of Networks from the School of Telecommunications in Paris, and specializes in distance learning. He joined the UNCTAD/TrainForTrade programme in Geneva - Switzerland in 2006; he is responsible for the activities in Latin America and the Caribbean and for the Spanish the speaking network of the Port Training Programme. Activities: Pedagogical and training aspects of TrainForTrade courses, especially relating to distance learning implementation as well as the development of the Port Training Programme for the Spanish speaking network. Contact: gonzalo.ayala@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5502	Jayna joined TrainForTrade in December 2009. She provides secretarial and administrative support to the Section. Activities: She supports the HRD/TrainForTrade Section in the framework of the TrainForTrade programme; she also contributes to the organisation of meetings and seminars in the field. Contact:jayna.kika@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5795
Katharina Lima de Miranda Consultant	Mark Assaf Project Officer
Katharina studied quantitative economics with a focus on international trade in Germany (Kiel University) and France (Sorbonne Paris). Katharina has experiences as a tutor for statistics and internship experiences in the field economics of education (IREDU, Dijon ñ France). She joined TrainForTrade in September 2009 and currently provides assistance in the development of the Training Programme for Angola. Activities: Pedagogical and training aspects of TrainForTrade courses, especially relating to the Training Programme for Angola. Contact: katharina.lima.de.miranda@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5493	Mark holds an Advanced Degree in Economics with specialisation in Enterprises from the Free University of Brussels (Belgium). Before joining the UNCTAD SITE Division in 1998, he worked in the private sector, where he developed his expertise in management and trade. His work in the TrainForTrade programme includes three years in the field as an associate regional expert in West & Central Africa. Activities: Pedagogical and training aspects of TrainForTrade courses, especially relating to distance learning implementation as well as the development of the Port Training Programme for the French, Portuguese and English–speaking networks in African port communities. Contact: mark.assaf@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5481
Sabrina Ielmoli-Beuxe Training Officer	Solange Behoteguy Consultant
Sabrina holds a translation degree from the École de Traduction et d'Interprétation (ETI) of the University of Geneva and a M.phil in European Studies. She joined the TFT programme in 1999 and has been working with African countries and regional organizations on the implementation of technical assistance projects and activities. Before joining UNCTAD, she worked for the Department of the Public Information, Visitors' Service, of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Previously she worked as a free-lance translator. Activities: Management and backstopping of technical cooperation activities for African countries and regional organizations. Oversees course development in the field of sustainable tourism. Contact: sabrina.ielmoli@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 1975	Solange joined TrainForTrade in August 2009. She provides support for the latin-american projects. She has been working with us on the same area in 2008. Activities: She supports the HRD/TrainForTrade Section in the framework of the TrainForTrade programme for Spanish-speaking countries; she also contributes to the organisation of meetings and seminars in the field. Contact: solange.behoteguy@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 3313
Stéphanie Garcia Administrative assistant	Zannie Leong Administrative assistant
Stéphanie joined TrainForTrade in January 2006. She provides secretarial and administrative support to the Section. Activities: She supports the HRD/TrainForTrade Section in the framework of the TrainForTrade programme; she also contributes to the organisation of meetings and seminars in the field. Contact: stephanie.garcia@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5808	Zannie joined TrainForTrade in March 2009. She provides administrative assistance for the Port Training programme for the English-speaking networks in Asia and Africa. Activities: She supports the HRD/TrainForTrade Section in the framework of the TrainForTrade programme for English-speaking countries; she also contributes to the implementation of the Port Training Programme and to the organisation of meetings and seminars in the field. Contact: zannie.leong@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5528
Virginie Torrens Training expert	Alvaro Moreira Intern
Virginie Torrens completed her Master in Media for Education Sciences in 1998 (Poitiers – France). Since then, she has been working in distance learning, development of pedagogical contents adapted to multimedia, and e-learning projects in various countries. She ran a project in 2000-2001 between Montreal (CA) and Mauritius Island to develop pedagogical modules for deaf pupils and to help teachers in using new tools to enhance their teaching. From April 2007 to March 2009, she worked for the UNESCO at the Regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA) based in Dakar - Senegal where she was in charge of ICT and education projects. Virginie joined the TrainForTrade programme in February 2010. Activities: Pedagogical and training aspects of TrainForTrade courses, especially relating to distance learning implementation. Contact: virginie.torrens@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 5306	Alvaro studied Geography at the University Lumière Lyon 2 with focus in Geography of Development. Since 2008 he is student in the Institute of Political Sciences of Lyon, where he is majoring in project management and international studies. Internships experiences in private and public sector structures, also in the diplomatic and associative field complete his curriculum. He joined UNCTAD in February 2010. Activities: During his internship in TrainForTrade Alvaro will contribute to the activities of the capacity building in sustainable tourism for development program. Contact: alvaro.moreira@unctad.org Phone: +41 22 917 2045
Nuno Fortunato Training Expert (Angola)	Manuel JúlioSayongo "Jujú" National Project Consultant (Angola)Juju
Training Expert (Angola) Nuno Fortunato holds a Masters Degree in Development and International Cooperation from the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon. Before joining UNCTAD in October 2008, Nuno worked for 4 years as Project Manager in the private sector, preparing and submitting applications and proposals for international technical assistance projects, and also collaborating in the execution and backstopping of these multilaterally funded Aid to Development projects. Previously, he worked for more than 3 years as Internationalization Support Adviser in the Directorate General for International Economic Relations of the Portuguese Ministry of Economy, collaborating in the implementation of SME internationalization supporting projects. Activities: Coordinating and ensuring the project implementation by guaranteeing the liaison between the different stakeholders (Government and national entities, UNCTAD and EU) and supporting the deliverance of the capacity building (technical assistance) and training activities (workshops, distance learning sessions). Contact: nuno.fortunato@unctad.org Phone: +244 914 357 685	Manuel Julio Sayongo (Jujú) holds a Degree in International Relations from the Minho University, after having studied Sociology for two years in the same Portuguese university. Complementarily, Juju participated in two courses on Political Systems and Electoral Processes, organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in Germany, having also attended various courses on Commerce, organized by the WTO and the UNCTAD, in Africa and in Europe. Juju worked as Director General of an Angolan Institution for two years (2004 to 2006). From the end of 2006 to 2008 he worked as Adviser of the Minister of Commerce, in the Ministry of Commerce in Angola. Juju collaborates with TrainForTrade since the end of 2007, having accumulated his work as Adviser of the Minister with the job of National Coordinator of the Program TrainForTrade/Angola until October 2008. Since then he is fully dedicated to the TrainForTrade/Angola program. Activities: National Coordinator of the TrainForTrade Angola and Focal Point of the project in the Ministry of Commerce. Contact: sayongo@portugalmail.pt or jujusayongo@hotmail.com Phone: +244.914 375 930 / + 244 923 550 388