Marina Cascella

Bio

Marina Cascella is the training officer at the Florence School of Regulation since September 2019. She is responsible for designing and organising tailor-made, residential and online training courses at the FSR. Her role includes liaising with partners and organisation interested in developing training courses; coordinating with course directors and instructors for the training programme, and being the point of contact for participants, faculty, and staff for training.

• Training Officer

  Florence School of Regulation - European University Institute - Full-time From September 2019 to Present

  Coordinating, designing and facilitating residential, online, and blended training courses of the Florence School of Regulation, as well as the tailor-made and ad-hoc training requests.

• Project Manager

  Cooperativa Sociale il Cenacolo - Full-time From September 2018 to September 2019

  Director of 3 asylum seekersu2019 reception centers in Florence. Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules, work hours, budgets, and expenditures. Managing the structures and dealing with maintenance and technical issues. Overseeing the reception conditions and asylum applications of migrants. Networking and liaising with the relevant authorities. Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports Leading, coaching and coordinating the team.

• Asylum Seekers Protection officer

  Cooperativa Sociale il Cenacolo - Full-time From May 2016 to September 2018

  Protection coordinator of three Centri Accoglienza Straordinaria, reception centers in the area of Florence. Supporting the creation and functioning of protection, socio-cultural and legal networks. Liaising with the relevant authorities. Organizing and conducting participatory assessments, need assessments, individual meetings, and mediations. Developing and administering tools for M&E data collection.

• Training Institute Program Officer

  Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Full-time From January 2016 to July 2016

  Conducting factual research and drafting briefings on human rights situations. Conducting research on the application of international human rights norms to country conditions, developments in the domestic legal systems of specific countries, and their implications for human rights. Collecting documents and drafting concept papers briefings and notes for training. Coordinating, organizing, and participating in training, and events as well as drafting materials and providing logistic support.

• Assistant to the Director

  Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights - Full-time From May 2015 to December 2015

  Communication, liaison and networking, administration, organization and planning of events duties with a human rights focus. Brief the director for meetings, events and overseas travels Conduct research, legal and political analysis, briefings, minutes, meeting/ and presentations on human rights. Support communication work and carry out standard day-to-day liaison. Take independent decisions relating to the organisation of the work and the office of the Director.

• Research, campaign and advocacy assistant for the Europe Team

  Amnesty International - Full-time From August 2014 to February 2015

  Research, campaign and advocacy assistant for the Europe Team. Mapping, monitoring and analyzing international press on relevant countries. Communication work e.g. Researching and disseminating information on relevant issues to Amnesty International. Assisting in drafting briefings and policy papers as well as notes for internal use. Carrying out desk research through literature review, data analysis, and reporting. Assisting with administrative tasks.

• Master Degree in International Relations

  University of Florence From September 2010 to May 2013
• Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management

  Higher School of University and Advanced Studies Pisa From January 2014 to April 2015
• Bachelor Degree in International Political Science

  University of Pisa From September 2007 to June 2010

• Italian
• French
• Spanish

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