Antonia is responsible for the day-to-day administration of Alliance2015, under the authority of the President and in cooperation with the Executive Board. She steers the development and implementation of the Alliance2015 multi-annual strategy, in collaboration with the Co-Chairs of the Implementation Groups and with the Executive Board’s advice, building the Alliance2015’s channels and relationships with key EU interlocutors and sector peers.

Antonia has been working over 25 years across a diverse range of humanitarian, development, peacemaking and peacebuilding issues in the not for profit sector; this experience includes extensive management, leadership and governance at strategic level, She has lived and worked in Afghanistan, Belgium (Brussels), Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri), India, (Kolkata), Indonesia (Jakarta), Switzerland (Geneva), Timor-Leste and the USA (New York) with many missions to other countries around the world.

Joanne provides support for all administrative aspects and ensures the smooth running of the office.  

Joanne joined Alliance2015 after a varied career in advertising, international media, new business and Corporate Social Responsibility. She has worked for many years as a freelancer and in the volunteer sector. She has a BA in Geography and Geology.  

Caterina works as a focal point for emergency programming, and links with nexus programming within the Alliance2015 organisational system, facilitating and boosting processes of preparedness planning and emergency response, information sharing and learning exchange across countries and members, thus contributing towards enhancing Alliance2015 impact with joint emergency, nexus, and development programmes. 

Since she joined in 2019, she has supported joint emergency preparedness and response activities of Alliance2015 members in different countries of operations, among which Ethiopia, Mozambique, Niger, and Ukraine. Caterina holds a Master’s Degree in North Africa and Middle East Studies and Migration. She brings 7 years of field- based programme management experience in countries such as Turkey, Greece, Tunisia, and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Martina joined Alliance2015 in July 2018. As Knowledge Management and Communication Lead, she works as a focal point for knowledge management and communication within the Alliance2015 organisational system, boosting its branding and influencing capacity, bridging data, experience, information and learning from the operation countries.  

She has over 10 years of experience in translation, communication and event management, and holds a M.A. degree in Translation Studies and an International Master in European Studies. 

Franziska is a staff seconded by the German Allliance2015 member, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V. to the Alliance2015 hub in Brussels. She works as a focal point for resource mobilization and exploration of new partnerships for joint Alliance2015 initiatives. Franziska also represents the Alliance2015 within CONCORD, the European confederation of development NGOs and contribute there to the Funding for Sustainable Development (FFSD) workstream. Franziska holds Master’s Degrees in Social and European Sciences and brings 20 years of experience within the development sector, including country assignments in Burundi, Kenya and Mali.   

Adriana works as a focal point for Advocacy within the Alliance2015 organisational system, boosting Alliance2015’s influencing capacity at country, EU and global levels through impactful research and evidence-based advocacy, and through enhanced internal and external networking.  

She brings 23 years of experience as an advocate in European and global organizations on public policy, human rights-based sustainable development, law- and treaty-making. She led advocacy in the fields of social rights, climate justice, food systems, water and ecosystems, community development towards EU and UN decision-makers. She holds a LL.M. in EU and International Economic Law, a D.E.S. in Human Rights and a Hauser Global Fellowship at New York University School of Law. She also conducted missions to many countries in the world.  

The Joint Initiatives Assistant provides multifunctional support to the Alliance2015 Hub with an emphasis on joint initiatives, thus helps the Leads carry out and fulfil their duties efficiently. He dedicates care to timely communication between the Hub and the members, within and between the Implementation Groups, Communities of Practice and taskforces, and to keeping internal tools, documents and databases up to date. He helps the groups keep track of their workplan implementation and supports data collection and analysis feeding the network’s knowledge management tools on topics relevant for the Alliance2015 strategic compass.

Juan holds a master’s degree in International Humanitarian Action and is specialized in armed conflicts and humanitarian action. He has NGO experience in the field of migration from both research and communication and field-based programme management.

Sara is a development professional with 15 years of experience. She has been Coordinator of Alliance2015-Ethiopia since 2019.  Sara’s role involves providing strategic intelligence and steering, facilitation, coordination, representation and advocacy competencies to Alliance2015 members in Ethiopia. She represents Alliance2015 in several national-level dialogues and fora and is responsible for coordinating regular online learning platforms for Ethiopia Alliance2015 colleagues and partners.  She is also playing a role to empower the CSO partners who are working with the Alliance2015 members to be more effectively included and access improved pathways to influence, resources and skills and competency building.  

Before joining Alliance2015, Sara has worked extensively in multisectoral project and programme management, coordination and networking, management and leadership. She has worked in both national and international NGOs.  

Sara holds a Master’s degree in Geography and Environmental studies specializing in Economic /Human Geography from Addis Ababa University.

Giulia Bazziga holds a joint role working for the Alliance2015 hub and its member Concern Worldwide. She works as a focal point for resource mobilization and exploration of new partnerships for joint Alliance2015 initiatives. Giulia also represents the Alliance2015 within CONCORD, the European confederation of development NGOs and contributes there to the Funding for Sustainable Development (FFSD) workstream. 

Giulia brings 15 years’ experience in programme management, monitoring and evaluation and fundraising with a wide range of institutional donors. She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Conflict Management

Valeria is a (part-time) staff member seconded by the Italian Alliance2015 member, CESVI to the Alliance2015 Hub in Brussels. She is currently co-chairing the Alliance2015 Advocacy and Communications Group, leading the joint work on influencing EU decision-makers on the Alliance2015 multi-annual strategy, with a focus on humanitarian aid and the HDP nexus approach.

She is responsible for CESVI’s global advocacy in its humanitarian and development action at international, European and country levels. She brings 15 years of experience in designing and managing advocacy strategy development, policy dialogue with decision-makers and leveraging donors’ support on sustainable policies that respect human rights, gender equality, social and environmental justice. She represents CESVI in several coalition committees and leads processes such as the C7 and C20, civil society official engagement groups in the G7 and G20 fora. Economist with extensive experience in research coordination, she has also authored several publications for effective and evidence-based advocacy.

Veronika is seconded to the Brussels Hub from People in Need, a Czech member of the Alliance2015. She works as a focal point for resource mobilisation and exploration of new partnerships for joint Alliance2015 initiatives. Veronika holds a Master’s Degree in International Area Studies and has 5+ years of experience in NGO as well as the EU administration sector and diplomacy. Her primary focus is development cooperation in the Western Balkans region. 

David is a Portuguese born in Brussels, who studied Political Science and International Relations as well as Communication and Journalism at the NOVA University of Lisbon.  His work at the Alliance2015 Hub in Brussels focuses on internal and external communication-related tasks. He supports with content development and drafting of communication products, strengthening the Alliance2015 capacity to create timely and effective communications outputs. He also monitors policies undertaken at EU level related to Alliance2015’s objectives.