Petra Heusser
Executive Director
L’Association pour le Secrétariat du Hub mondial de Genève pour l’éducation dans les situations d’urgence a été créée en septembre 2022 par décision du comité directeur du Hub ESU.
En tant qu’association de droit suisse, basée à Genève, le Secrétariat soutient le Hub ESU dans l’exécution de son mandat. Il œuvre à la réalisation du droit à l’éducation pour les enfants et les jeunes touché·e·s par les crises et déplacé·e·s, et soutient le Hub ESU par le biais d’un soutien technique et de conseils stratégiques. Il contribue ainsi à la mise en oeuvre des objectifs stratégiques et des activités énoncés dans la stratégie 2022-2025 du Hub ESU.
Petra Heusser
Executive Director
Petra Heusser has worked for the past 17 years in the international humanitarian field for the protection and education of children, refugees and migrants. Since its establishment in late 2020, Petra heads the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies Secretariat and strategically steers collective objectives. Petra worked previously for the UNICEF-led Global Child Protection Area of Responsibility and has extensive field experience spanning Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, collaborating with Governments, UN agencies and civil society organisations.
Nicole Riedle
Partnerships and Policy Engagement Manager
Nicole Riedle
Partnerships and Policy Engagement Manager
Nicole Riedle joined the EiE Hub with 15 years’ experience in the legal and international humanitarian sectors. A trained lawyer, Nicole worked several years with the ICRC in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, DRC and Colombia where she assumed various roles in the protection and assistance of victims of conflict, including coordination positions. Earlier in her career, she also worked for an NGO dedicated to the defense and rehabilitation of children living on the street in Latin America, contributing to the implementation of its educational activities.
Nicole will be supporting the EiE Hub in its contributions towards the preparations of the ECW High-Level Financing Conference taking place next 16 – 17 February 2023 in Geneva.
Etienne Lacombe-Kishibe
Communications Specialist
Etienne Lacombe-Kishibe
Communications Specialist
Etienne Lacombe-Kishibe is an experienced communications professional who has been working in the non-profit sector since 2006. He moved to Switzerland in 2009, and over the past decade has worked with NGOs focused on a range of topics including education, environment and humanitarian action. Over that time, he has gained a broad understanding and appreciation of Geneva’s unique network of international and civil society organisations.
Luisa Galindo Garzón
Communications and Advocacy Officer (40%)
Luisa Galindo Garzón
Communications and Advocacy Officer (40%)
Luisa Galindo Garzón is an experienced writer and journalist. After more than 10 years in the sports industry, her passion for communicating and connecting with people redirected her career toward the communications field. Luisa has been developing and managing communication projects in different fields for over 5 years: from strategy development to content creation and campaign implementation. Luisa has been nurturing her humanitarian vocation, e.g. during her three-year enrollment in the firefighter academy, her experience as a professional lifeguard or her work in an NGO. She has also published two books and storybooks.
Nicoline Lavanchy
Advocacy and Policy Officer (50%)
Nicoline Lavanchy
Advocacy and Policy Officer (50%)
Nicoline Lavanchy brings to the EiE Hub Secretariat over four years of experience working for UNEP and UNITAR, including on awareness-raising campaigns, partnerships, and project management. She has a strong interest in the inter-connectivity between Education in Emergencies and other key development and humanitarian issues.
Nicoline holds a bachelor’s degree in Economic History and a master’s degree in Standardization, Sustainable Development and Social Regulation from the University of Geneva.
Odile Blanc
Event Management Consultant
Odile Blanc
Event Management Consultant
Odile Blanc has recently completed her master’s degree in International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Prior to joining the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies as an event management consultant, she has worked almost two years as a research and production assistant at the ICRC Museum. Passionate about photography and humanitarian history, she worked and specialized on humanitarian iconography. Additionally as part of her master’s thesis, she conducted archival research of the photographic collections of the ICRC Museum.
Anne-Laure Jollivet
Finance and Administration Manager (40%)
Anne-Laure Jollivet
Finance and Administration Manager (40%)
Anne-Laure Jollivet is a finance and administration manager with over 20 years’ experience. Anne-Laure’s ample and relevant expertise has been gained through roles including her work at the GAAMAC Support Office (Global Action Against Mass atrocity Crimes), an association based in Geneva that she has supported for the last five years. Prior to this, Anne-Laure also worked for the American Red Cross, on Haiti and Tsunami programmes, and for health assistance companies in Europe and in the United States.
Le Comité de l’Association pour le Secrétariat du Hub mondial de Genève pour l’éducation dans les situations d’urgence
Martin Dahinden, Président
Sofia Khetib, Vice-Présidente
Martine Kaufmann, Trésorière