Anna Agnese Costa

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversaw Italians' funding opportunities and facilitated project proposal development.
• Led kick-off meetings and managed the project design tracker for timely submissions.
• Supervised consultants, and ensured compliance with donor guidelines.

Goal Achieved:

• Oversaw submission of priority proposals for Jordan, LAC, Lebanon, and Niger.
• Regularly provided updates to regional offices about new funding sources.
• Effectively managed and evaluated external consultants, ensuring that their deliverables met organizational and donor standards.

Key Responsabilities:

• Coordinated and ensured the effective implementation of consortium activities, meeting technical, qualitative, and time standards.
• Maintained continuous communication with ECHO, Consortium Committees, and stakeholders, fostering alignment and collaboration.
• Supervised planning, monitoring, and project progress to ensure compliance with objectives and organizational policies.

Goals Achieved:

• Strengthened collaboration through the "Taller de Buenas Prácticas," enhancing coordination among partners.
• Successfully closed the project phase, delivering ECHO-compliant reports on time.
• Launched the next phase with a kick-off meeting, and drafted MOUs, ensuring accountability and clarity among consortium members.

Provided consultancy support for the design of a project proposal to the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) AID 12845, "Programma multisettoriale a sostegno della resilienza della popolazione vulnerabile in Repubblica Centrafricana," focusing on food security in RCA.

Provided consultancy support for the design and submission of a project proposal under the Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) 2024, funded by ECHO. The proposal focused on an integrated multisectoral response in health, nutrition, and protection for newly displaced populations in central Mali.

Key Responsibilities:

• Led the We World Country Office in Mali, overseeing representation, program management, human resources, and security operations.
• Represented the organization with donors, partners, and authorities, aligning multi-sectoral programs with strategic objectives, and formulating new project proposals.
• Managed teams and supervised program implementation, ensuring quality, compliance, and adherence to timelines and budgets.

Goal Achieved.

• Strengthened relationships with key stakeholders, including donors such as AICS (Italian Cooperation), ECW (Education Cannot Wait), and Italian Decentralized Cooperation.
• Delivered high-quality programs within deadlines and budgets, meeting donor expectations, and achieving impactful results.
• Participated in the Mali 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP).

Managed the World Country Office in Mali (based in Bamako), including deputy representation, program management, human resources management, security, and formulation of new project proposals.

Key Donors: AICS (Italian Cooperation), ECW (Education Cannot Wait), and Italian Decentralized Cooperation.
Sectors of Intervention: Education, Protection, Child Protection, Food Security, and Nutrition.

Established ACH offices in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Oversaw the setup and operations of new offices, leading emergency response activities for ETA and IOTA, including program management, human resources oversight, security coordination, and the development of new project proposals.

Partecipated HNO/HRP Central America 2021

Key Donors: AECID, ECHO.
Sectors of Intervention: WASH, Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods (FSL)

Managed MdME Country Office in Sahrawi Refugee Camps, including representation, program management, human resources management, security, and formulation of new project proposals. Played a pivotal role in coordinating the COVID-19 response and ensuring the successful delivery of health-focused interventions in collaboration with key donors and partners.

Key Donors: AECID (Spanish Cooperation), ECHO.
Sector of Intervention: Health and Protection.

Led the MdM-E Regional Office in Central America (based in Guatemala), with direct responsibility for the supervision of country offices in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua (for its closure). Oversaw regional operations, including representation, program management, human resources, security, and the development of new project proposals, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and donor priorities.

Key Donors: AECID, Spanish Decentralized Cooperation, ECHO, UNFPA, UNHCR
Sectors of Focus: Health, Protection

Served as Country Representative, leading the overall coordination, strategic direction, and representation of the organization in Syria. Oversaw project implementation and ensured alignment with donor requirements, organizational standards, and national priorities in a highly complex humanitarian context.

Key Donors: AICS (Italian Cooperation), UNICEF, OCHA, ECHO
Sectors of Intervention: Education, WASH, and Protection

Managed COOPI's headquarters office in Lima, overseeing all organizational activities in Peru.
Directed human resources, administrative, and project management for initiatives funded by OFDA/USAID, ECHO, UNICEF, and IOM. I represented the organization at national and international levels, strengthening partnerships and fostering collaboration. Led emergency response efforts, including the Flood Emergency in Piura, while securing funding and launching new programs. Developed strategic and operational plans, ensuring compliance and accountability through effective reporting to donors.

Key Donors: OFDA/USAID, ECHO, UNICEF, and IOM.

Sectors of Intervention: WASH, CCCM, and DRR.

Elaboration a document of Need Assessment in 15 Miskitos' community of Rio Prinzapolka (Nicaragua) for ECHO HIP 2017

Elaboration of a Project Proposal for the UE: Programa Temático 'Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (OSC) y Autoridades Locales (AL)' - 'Instrumento Europeo para la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos' (IEDDH).

Approved UE co-funded project (950K euros): TAWAN KLIN - Ciudad Limpia, 'Saneamiento ambiental con enfoque en el desarrollo territorial participativo en el casco urbano de Puerto Cabezas (RACCN).

Managed GVC Field Office in Puerto Cabezas (RAAN), Nicaragua.

Oversaw the implementation of a €450K ECHO co-funded project, "Community-Based Disaster Preparedness and Institutional Strengthening to Increase Resilience in the Homogeneous Cross-Border Region of La Moskitia (Honduras and Nicaragua)" under DIPECHO IX. Directed project activities, ensuring effective disaster preparedness, community resilience-building, and institutional capacity development.

Established and managed Africa '70 field office in Chinandega and El Viejo, Nicaragua.

Led the implementation of a €3M EU co-funded project, "Manejo Integral de Desechos Sólidos Urbanos y Saneamiento Ambiental en Cuatro Municipios de Guatemala y Nicaragua"

Oversaw all operational, administrative, and programmatic aspects, ensuring effective coordination across municipalities, and achieving sustainable environmental outcomes.

Implementation of monitoring mission and internal evaluation (Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact, Sustainability) of Italian Embassy co-funded project 'Reduction of vulnerability and habitat improvement in the urban metropolitan area of the Municipalities of Chinandega and El Viejo, Nicaragua'

Start up of Italian Embassy co-funded project 'Reduction of vulnerability and habitat improvement in the urban metropolitan area of the Municipalities of Chinandega and El Viejo, Nicaragua' including annual operation and financial planning, selection of local staff and signing partnership agreements.

Formulation of new project proposals in Nicaragua for EU and AICS (Italian Cooperation) funds.

Managed the administrative and financial operations of two key projects funded by the Emergency Program of the Italian Embassy in Guatemala:
- "Urban Environmental Sanitation in Santiago Atitlán" (Project No. 9090/GUAT/1)
- "Local Integrated System of Social and Environmental Risk Management" in San Pablo La Laguna, San Marcos La Laguna, and Santa Cruz La Laguna (Project No. 9090/GUAT/MP/001).

Latin America Desk Officer (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil) & Somalia