She was formerly the Senior Executive Officer and Member of the Board for mediatEUr (now Conciliation Resources EU), a network of qualified mediators and thematic experts to support peace processes in countries affected or threatened by conflict. Prior to this she designed and led multiple capacity-building programmes focus on mediation and conflict resolution; these include the development of training curricula on mediation in international peace operations for German law enforcement officials deployed overseas and designing a series of workshops in Mogadishu to support the development of a regional dialogue platform, led by Somali women.

Earlier in her career she worked in the Balkans and North Africa on the Women, Peace and Security agenda for DCAF- a centre for security, development and the rule of law where she led the design, management, and monitoring of two large gender and security sector reform projects.

Before this she was stationed in Kosovo with the OSCE where inter alia, as Chief of the Security Service Monitoring Section she managed a team of human rights advisers and served as a partner to regional and municipal police authorities on their compliance with human rights legislation.

Kathrin holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in mediation and conflict transformation from the University of Basel, a Master cum laude in European Criminology from the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium and a Diploma in Law from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.

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