magdalena siedlaczek

Experience

  • Consultant at finep since 2022
  • Short-term consulting assignments and longer stays in Latin America
  • Development worker at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Peru 
  • Acquisition and management of various humanitarian aid and development cooperation projects at Plan International Germany and Caritas Switzerland
  • Program development and coordination of the Latin America project portfolio at Plan International Germany
  • Training as a systemic organizational developer (DGSF certified) at the Systemic Center WISPO AG
  • Postgraduate studies at the Centre for Rural Development SLE
  • Master’s degree in political science from the Universities of Tübingen and Mérida (Venezuela) with a focus on Latin America and development theory

Main areas of work

Facilitation

Funding acquisition, project development, project management

Organisational
development,
Strategy and process consulting

Work samples

  • Design and facilitation of the “Strategy Workshop for the Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation” in Sarajevo for the Berghof Foundation
  • Design and facilitation of the “Mitigation Action Facility -Strategy Workshop 2023” for the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ)
  • Design and facilitation of a 4-day training course “The EU funding mechanism
    EU-INTPA and how to develop successful EU proposals” in Kenya for American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  • Design and facilitation of a workshop for the kick-off of the EU project “Addressing Gender-based Violence and Discrimination particularly Domestic Violence and Child Marriage in Marathwada region of the State of Maharashtra” in India for SWISSAID
  • Various project proposal workshops with local partner organisations and preparation of BMZ project proposals in Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and Bolivia for Kindernothilfe. Kindernothilfe, 2022-2024

Similar consultancies

Funding acquisition

Organisational development

Facilitation