Rana Elias

Rana Elias is an experienced professional in information management and regional cooperation specific to mine action, currently serving as the Cooperation Programmes Coordinator at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) since February 2013. Previous roles at GICHD included Information Management Support Coordinator and Information Management Advisor, where responsibilities encompassed designing and implementing cooperation programs across multiple regions, as well as providing capacity development and training to various mine action programs. Prior to GICHD, Rana held various positions at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) from 2002 to 2011, managing teams and information management projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Lebanon. Earlier experience includes serving as a Programme Assistant at the University of Balamand, where a comprehensive database of landmine victims in Lebanon was maintained, and an internship teaching Arabic through the UNILIT program. Rana holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from the University of Balamand.