Union for the Mediterranean
Anna Dorangricchia is an experienced Programme Manager specializing in gender equality at the Union for the Mediterranean since September 2020, focusing on women leadership, female entrepreneurship, and gender-lens investments. Prior to this role, Anna served as a Senior Expert for the ENI-CBC Facility at Particip GmbH, providing technical support for ENI CBC Programmes from November 2015 to September 2020. Anna has held various significant positions including Head of International Relations at Ebabx Bordeaux, Head of EU Public Policies Area at SOGES spa, and Coordinator of the Joint Technical Secretariat for the ENPI CBC Programme Italy-Tunisia. Beginning a career in research and management roles, Anna's extensive experience spans multiple organizations and projects related to European territorial cooperation, international academic partnerships, and gender equality initiatives. Anna holds a Master's degree in Political Sciences from the University of Palermo, earned between 1988 and 1992.
Union for the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) is the intergovernmental Euro-Mediterranean organisation that brings together all 27 countries of the European Union and 16 countries from the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. The UfM provides a forum to enhance regional cooperation and dialogue, as well as the implementation of concrete projects and initiatives with tangible impact on the citizens, with an emphasis on young people, in order to address the three strategic objectives of the region: stability, human development and integration. The Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean is the platform to operationalise decisions taken by the Member States, implementing strategic regional projects through a specific methodology based on dynamic multi-partner networks and the exchange of best practices and innovative tools: more than 50 regional projects labelled by the Member States worth over €5 billion, mainly in the areas of inclusive growth, youth employability, women empowerment, student mobility, sustainable urban development and climate action.