Anna Pretel Echaburu

Anna Pretel Echaburu currently serves as Desk Officer for Middle East, North Africa and Asia at Secours Islamique France since April 2023. Previously, Anna completed a Bluebook Traineeship at the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, focusing on the Yemen humanitarian response. Anna's extensive experience includes roles as Cooperation Project Management Assistant at LifeTime Projects and Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction Intern at UNICEF, where responsibilities involved international solidarity projects and disaster risk reduction strategies. Other relevant internships include positions at the Swedish Red Cross in Disaster Management, Act for Displaced focusing on climate displacement, and support for international trade at Catalonia Trade & Investment. Anna holds a Master's degree in Human Rights, Democracy and Globalization from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in International Humanitarian Action from Uppsala University and University College Dublin.