Celine Bacrot is an Economist in the Trade Facilitation Section, Division of Technology and Logistics, in UNCTAD. She has more than 25 years of work experience with a focus on trade and economic development, regional integration and political economy. From 2003 until 2008, she worked in UNCTAD as focal point of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (IF) for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) on the formulation of trade development strategies. Afterwards, she spent more than 10 years based in East Africa working for several UN agencies (UN-Habitat and UNICEF) and set up a consultancy firm in Arusha, Tanzania, working on trade development projects, mainly regional integration, trade development strategies, and trade facilitation in the EAC region and Asia-Pacific. From 2014 until 2020, she was the regional coordinator for the UNCTAD Trade Facilitation project in East Africa. She is now based in Geneva and works as Officer in Charge of the Trade Facilitation Section in UNCTAD, working on trade facilitation, global supply chains and regional integration. She has a Master in Economics with a specialization in Economic Development as well as a Degree in Political Science, Development and Co-operation from the University of Paris-La Sorbonne.

Sessions

Session III

From Policy to Action: Converting Gender Equity Mandates into Empowerment, Investment & Jobs

14:00 – 15:30