Veronica Foubert

“A key skill to develop is the capacity to localize a global strategy, this allows developing true understanding and ownership of a programme. The role of facilitating this “translation” is both challenging and essential”

Country of birth: Mexico

Country of residence: Switzerland

Areas of expertise within Global Health: Humanitarian Action, Training of Trainers, People management

Education: Master Bologne in International Relations. FSEA (Swiss certificate) in Adult Learning. Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico

Professional experience: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies / The Sphere Project (Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Action) 14-year experience, Training and Learning Manager. Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH) 3 years, Head of Learning

Languages: Spanish, English, French

Countries in which Mentor has worked: Mexico, USA, Switzerland. Worked briefly (short missions): Philippines, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Turkey, Kenya, Jordan

Why do you want to be a Mentor?

Learning, growing and discovering is a life-long process. Being able to share my experience in this process, explore possibilities and facilitate learning/career paths is something that I value. Two-way "generational" sharing/building is important and enriching