Niccolò Lombardi

Experience

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  UNODC

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Project Support

  - Substantive support to the activities of the project "Prevention and fight against the fabrication and illicit traffic of arms and ammunitions as an instrument to prevent crime and promote a culture of peace in Colombia";- Researching and drafting of reports on human rights and crime prevention;- Preparing substantive papers, guidelines and outlines for project activities;- Participating in the organization of workshops, seminars, training courses and working groups;- Providing substantive support to the activities of the Terrorism Prevention Branch Show less

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  UN Regional Office for Peace and Disarmament in Africa

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

  Intern

  Support to the implementation of the projects carried out by the Centre, including: "Regulating Small Arms Brokering in East Africa", "Legal Instruments for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in West Africa", "African Security Sector Reform Programme", "Harmonization of the Legislation on Small Arms";- Drafting of reports, background notes and briefing notes for project activities;- Research on Small Arms and Light Weapons trafficking in Africa; - Research on human rights and law enforcement operations Show less

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  Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  Intern - Africa Branch

  - Support to the activities of the Africa Branch, focusing on both thematic and country issues; - Assistance to Desk Officers for the organization of missions and workshops;- Drafting of background notes and briefing notes for High Commissioner's country visits;- Research and drafting of reports on human rights situation in African countries;- Liaison with OHCHR country offices, regional offices, human rights advisors and human rights components of UN peace missions in Africa

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  SageHagan GmbH

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2012

  Analysis and Reporting Officer - Climate Change Adaptation

  - Consulting services provided to African governments in the framework of the UNDP Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP), focusing on information management, institutional coordination, monitoring and evaluation;- Workshop's Facilitator: qualitative research, data management and visual analytics for decision-making on climate change adaptation- Data mining, analysis and reporting on cross-sectoral coordination for climate resilient development in the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Malawi, Ethiopia and Lesotho (UNDP Africa Adaptation Programme) Show less

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  Oxfam

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2016

  Legal Adviser (pro-bono) - Arms Trade Treaty Legal Response Network

  Support to the negotiations for an Arms Trade Treaty. Provision of free legal advice during negotiating sessions, as well as longer term advice to State parties and NGOs.

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  KnowlEdge Srl

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2014

  Project Manager

  Research and project work on green economy strategies and technologies, economics of climate change and technologies for climate mitigation and adaptation.Projects include the preparation of green economy policy frameworks; climate change adaptation policies, strategies, action plans and investment plans; climate projections and scenarios for clients from all over the world.Duties include:- Project development and management- Workshop and training facilitation- Generation of new opportunities for business development Show less

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  FAO

  Oct 2014 - Dec 2017

  Expert in Disaster Impacts and Disaster Risk Reduction

  International Consultant in the Climate and Environment Division (CBC), contributing to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation research and field activities, and to the outputs of Strategic Programme 5 on Resilience. Main tasks include:- Support the development and application of FAO's standardized methodology to monitor damage and losses caused by disasters on agricultural sectors. Specific duties included:a) Provide technical support for the development and piloting of a standardized methodology for damage and loss assessments in agriculture and its subsectors.b) Contributing author of the FAO-SP5 report on 'The impact of disasters on agriculture and food security' (2015 and 2017 issues);c) Participate in country missions to provide technical support and capacity building related to damage and loss assessment in agriculture.d) Develop synergies between FAO's work on disaster impact assessment and key international agreements and related monitoring systems (SFDRR, SDGs, Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage)- Contribute to the study on Benefits of Farm Level Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Good Practices in Agriculture, including:a. Conduct cost-benefit analyses to measure returns from DRR good practices implemented in targeted countries.b. Participate in country support missions for guiding the field testing of good practices c. Support the design and implementation of projects related to DRR good practices.- Contribute to research and country work related to vulnerability and risk analysis in support of climate change adaptation policy and action.- Research and country work related to tracking national progress towards climate change adaptation, including support to the development of a framework and methodology for monitoring progress towards adaptation goals in agricultural sectors.- Data collection, research and analysis on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation financing in agricultural sectors. Show less

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  FAO

  Feb 2018 - now

  Working in FAO's Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) to support the implementation of FAO's resilience agenda, through performing the following functions:- Support the implementation of a corporate approach for the scale up of anticipatory action, working across FAO units to link capacities for risk analysis, flexible financing and implementation;- Support the development of normative guidance for improved and harmonized anticipatory action programming in the agriculture and food security sectors.- Support to governments and FAO Country Offices for the development and implementation of Anticipatory Action systems, formulation of anticipatory action proposals, activation of funds and timely implementation, liaising with all relevant internal and external actors;- Facilitate consultations and coordination with other stakeholders working on anticipatory action/forecast-based financing/forecast-based action/early warning early action;- Oversee impact analyses studies on anticipatory action, and apply learning for evidence-based policy and emergency programming on food crises prevention;- Support the collection, categorisation and dissemination of anticipatory action good practices, in partnership with FAO's technical teams, supporting cross-learning between different country contexts;- Support capacity development efforts including through the design and implementation of trainings at country, regional and global level;- Support the reinforcement of links with other FAO data and analysis systems and technical expertise contributing to the effective mitigation and prevention of food crises;- Support the development of partnerships in Anticipatory Action with key partners at local, regional and global level including through joint risk analysis, programming, learning and advocacy. Show less International Consultant in the Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA), working in the Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) team, and contributing to the outputs of the Strategic Programme 5 on Resilience. Main tasks include:- Lead the work on assessing the return on investment (ROI) into early actions. Specific duties include:a) Develop a methodology and tools for assessing the ROI of early action implementation;b) Support decentralized offices in defining and implementing ROI frameworks, as required;- Support the development and timely implementation of the EWEA systems and plans at country level, providing adequate technical assistance and training in the development of monitoring mechanisms, identification of indicators, triggers and early actions as well as standard operating procedures;- Support the coordination of the EWEA mainstreaming strategy, including the development of country toolkits, early action repository, and related training programmes;- Support FAO’s Country Offices in development of proposals and strategies on EWEA;- Support the team leader with the management of the Early Action Fund and related guidance;- Support internal/external coordination, representation and advocacy as required;- Contribute to the finalization of the study on benefits of farm level DRR practices in agriculture. Show less

  • Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer - Team Leader, Anticipatory Action

    May 2021 - now

  • Early Warning Early Action Specialist

    Feb 2018 - May 2021