Chiara Granieri

Experience

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  Ministero dell'Interno

  May 2013 - Sept 2013

  Intern at the Department of Civil Rights, Citizenship, Immigration and Asylum Right

  I worked at the Immigration Office in Catania and assisted the Head of Office (Viceprefetto R. Giuffré) and the rest of the team. Main duties: • Support administrative procedures (reception)• Manage and update a database of unaccompanied foreign minors, created to record vulnerabilities when implementing national reception measures • Contribute to the draft of the first local plan and standard operating procedures for emergency disembarkation• Support the office on requests of regularisation by migrant workers in Italy• Provide assistance to beneficiaries as needed, promoting integration and positive relations between migrants and national authority Show less

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  ONLUS Burkina

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2014

  Field Assistant

  Main activity: project management of University scholarships and literacy programmes for children

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  Ministero dell'Interno

  Nov 2014 - Nov 2014

  Liaison Officer at the European Ministerial Conference on Migration

  Liaison Officer for the Croatian Delegation (Ms Ines Krajčak, Assistant Minister of the Interior) at the European Ministerial Conference on “Migration and Integration: a Global Approach to Human Mobility”, Milan.

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  ISPI - Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale

  Jun 2015 - Jan 2016

  Research Assistant, Mediterranean and Middle East Programme

  As Research Assistant at ISPI, I collaborated with the Middle East and North Africa Centre on policy-oriented research projects related to migration and other social, political, human rights and security issues in the MENA region.Main duties: • Conduct research and draft and edit reports, articles and other materials • Produce policy analyses on economic and political issues related to EU-Mediterranean relations • Participate in the organisation of international conferences and events including MED – Mediterranean Dialogues 2015, the annual high-level initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation • Conduct background research and perform literature reviews and press reviews• Collect data and statistics, organise and update databases and provide quantitative/qualitative analyses • Support the Centre’s planning of activities and deadlines Show less

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  SAFE - Safe Food Advocacy Europe

  Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  Policy Officer and Project Coordinator

  As policy officer and project coordinator I was in charge of coordinating policy/advocacy activities and of managing EU projects. Main duties and responsibilities: • Monitor legislation and produce reports and analyses of EU policies • Conduct research and write articles, technical documents, publications, press releases• Raise funds, draft and coordinate the implementation of projects funded by the European Commission (LIFE, Erasmus +) • Coordinate SAFE’s communication campaigns and social media presence including the website, newsletters and social media accounts • Implement and develop the organisation’s strategy, increasing its visibility within the European context • Organise conferences, dissemination campaigns, trainings and public events to reach stakeholders, press and civil society • Participate in meetings, roundtables and conferences to liaise and cooperate with European institutions, stakeholders, NGOs • Follow SAFE's Sugar Project and the launching of "SugarControl", a label aimed at providing European consumers with easy information on sugar in food products Show less

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  Ministero dell'Interno

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2019

  External Expert Consultant at Italian Dublin Unit

  As expert consultant on asylum and Dublin Regulation at the Italian Dublin Unit I supported the Office in the determination of the competent Member State for the examination of international protection applications. Main duties and responsibilities: • File and examine incoming take charge, take back and information requests; this includes the verification of the applicants’ fingerprints and current status of their application for international protection • Schedule and manage transfers of applicants (including when vulnerable persons are involved), acting as a liaison with the relevant MS, the Ministry's Territorial Offices, Police Headquarters and other offices involved • Identify cases of vulnerable applicants (unaccompanied minors, families, applicants with health problems) and address them in line with national reception measures • Draft legal, administrative and technical documents and support the litigation sector• Maintain relations with case officers from other Dublin Units and with EASO case workers at the Italian Dublin Unit and liaise with national stakeholders and public administrations (Territorial Offices, Police Headquarters etc.) • Work in synergy with other experts to manage open cases and provide legal support in the most complex scenarios • Register all files on DubliNET (the electronic network of transmission channels between the national authorities dealing with asylum applications) and keep them constantly up to date • Periodically report on activities, results, challenges and critical issues and contribute to the planning and organisation of the Incoming sector’s activities• Thoroughly study the Dublin Regulation and procedure, the Common European Asylum System and the international, European and national legal framework on asylum, including constant updates on case law Show less

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  European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA

  Dec 2019 - Mar 2020

  Asylum Caseworker in Greek Hotspot Islands

  As a refugee status determination officer deployed to Vial hotspot (Chios), I worked as a member of an international team of experts on the processing of applications for international protection (admissibility and eligibility procedure), following the relevant detailed Standard Operating Procedures and EU asylum acquis.Main duties and responsibilities:- Conduct interviews with applicants for international protection- Draft opinions on applications for international protection- Research country of origin information for the needs of the processed cases- Conduct vulnerability assessments and best interest assessments- Keep updated, maintain excellent understanding of and implement all developments in guidance, quality feedback, SOPs- Participate in trainings, workshops and meeting Show less

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  European Union Agency for Asylum – EUAA

  May 2020 - now

  Specific responsibilities:• Support implementation of quality assurance mechanisms and provide content-related support for activities concerning asylum processes, registration of asylum applications, Dublin procedure, asylum status determination, reception and the judiciary phase;• Provide technical and content related advice on asylum processes to support operational needs, including follow-up of EASO interim staff deployed at the national authorities (with particular focus on Country of Origin Information, access to procedure, litigation phase in asylum procedures and reception), and the production of operational documents and operational project management;• Provide second-tier guidance to EASO Asylum Support Teams on registering applications for international protection, conducting interviews with applicants for international protection and other related tasks also in the field of the Voluntary Relocation Programme;• Provide content-related support to the implementation of the quality monitoring activities in coordination with measure coordinators and HQ Asylum Knowledge Centre;• Implement capacity building programmes, deliver, facilitate and provide technical assistance to training sessions, workshops and other operational trainings;• Provide technical and content related support concerning asylum procedures, rapid needs appraisals, the implementation of emergency programmes and reporting & compliance to technical staff deployed and to national authority offices;• Act as a thematic focal point/quality back stopper on asylum procedure, reception and special needs for national authority counterpart, staff deployed to local authority and operation providing, in close cooperation with the Measure Coordinator and relevant colleagues of the Asylum Thematic Cooperation Sector (ATCS) in EASO HQ Malta, specific thematic inputs and defining collaboration modalities. Show less Key responsibilities:• Preliminary case study and provision of technical support to the preparation of hearings• Draft judicial documents, legal opinions and decrees related to legal proceedings under the supervision of the judicial authority• Research and collect COI ensuring consistency with official COI research methodology• Investigate and collect national, European and EU Member States’ Jurisprudence with regards to decisions for International Protection• Conduct doctrinal research and systematic doctrinal collection in the field of International Protection• Provide linguistic support (English and French) to judges by assisting with translation of documents, draft of summaries or other relevant materials• Support the organisation of the calendar and the scheduling of hearings, preparing and maintaining documents related to the processing of cases in paper or electronic filing system Show less

  • Operations Officer - Measure Coordinator Malta Operations

    May 2022 - now

  • Quality Assurance Officer

    May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Research Officer

    May 2020 - Apr 2021