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The Steering Committee comprises two representatives each of the cooperation partners German Association of Cities (DST), Engagement Global / Service Agency Communities in One World and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit who have been appointed by the respective partners and are authorised to take decisions. The Steering Committee counsels and decides on a consensual basis regarding all strategic matters of Connective Cities.
Ricarda Meissner
She is GIZ’s Senior Project Director for Connective Cities, responsible for strategy development and project management and coordination in Connective Cities as well as for cooperation with international partners and organizations. Ricarda Meissner has more than 25 years of professional experience in management of complex programmes in development cooperation for GIZ, European Union and the World Bank mainly in South-East Asia, Central Asia and Africa.
E-Mail: Ricarda.Meissner(at)giz.de
Dr.-Ing. Anka Derichs (Deputy: Simon Böhler)
Senior Strategy Advisor for urban and regional development at the GIZ. Doctorate at the TU Dortmund University, Faculty of Spatial Planning. 20 years of professional experience in Germany and abroad in the fields of integrated urban development, good governance and urban transport (mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe). Currently, Anka Derichs is advising GIZ projects worldwide in the fields of urban and regional development including urban climate action, municipal reform, urban infrastructure financing, municipal finance and citizens’ participation. She is heading the GIZ-project “International Building Exhibition (IBA) Africa”. Ms. Derichs is deputised by Mr. Simon Böhler, also a strategy advisor on urban development within GIZ.
E-mail: anka.derichs(at)giz.de
E-Mail: simon.boehler(at)giz.de
Sabine Drees
Sabine Drees represents the Association of German Cities (Deutscher Städtetag –DST) in the Connective Cities Steering Group. Sabine Drees is a “Diplom” economist, and at the DST, she is responsible for the “International Affairs” Division. She is Head of the Association of German Cities’ Working Group on “International Affairs” and is in charge of the Expert Committee on “Municipal Development Cooperation” of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). Furthermore, she represents the CEMR in the European organisation “Platforma”, the European voice of municipal development cooperation. Sabine Drees is Deputy Chair of the Advisory Board of Engagement Global (EG) and is a member of the Advisory Council and Programme Commission of the “Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW)”. Also, Sabine Drees is Managing Director of the German Delegation to the Congress of Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) in the Council of Europe.
E-Mail: Sabine.Drees(at)staedtetag.de
Jessica Baier
Head of the department "Topic-based partnerships and international exchange of municipal expertise" at the Service Agency Communities in One World of Engagement Global gGmbH. Interdisciplinary studies of geography, economics, political and social sciences. Jessica Baier has many years of experience in project management as well as in cooperation with German and international municipalities in various countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Her main areas of work include municipal development policy, international inter-municipal relations, sustainable urban development and the localisation of global agreements such as Agenda 2030.
E-Mail: Jessica.Baier(at)engagement-global.de
Alexander Wagner
Engagement Global / Service Agency Communities in One World’s Project Director in Connective Cities, trained at university in Cologne, Paris and Grenoble as a political scientist and in social environment development in disadvantaged cities. Many years of experience in urban district development, European conferencing and community development in Africa. Alexander Wagner is responsible for mobilising German partners for international exchange and coordinates the events held in Germany.
E-Mail: Alexander.Wagner(at)engagement-global.de