Dina Richani

Experience

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  Alem & Associates

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2015

  Legal Intern

  Conducted research on the legality of commercial relations of clients; ensured clients’ understanding of commercial and corporate policies legislated by the government.

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  Emkan for Microfinance

  Nov 2018 - Feb 2019

  Operations Assistant

  Assembled financial information of customer loans through a management information system provided by the Lebanese central bank. Expanded the outreach of financial services to the economically active unbanked low-income segment of the population in Lebanon.

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  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Research and Communication Intern

  Supported in article editing; providing assistance to the Communications team; helping organize events such as conferences and briefings; and contributing to the promotion of Carnegie publications through researching.

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lebanon - Directorate of Political Affairs

  Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  Researcher

  Developed research, briefs, talking points pertaining to Lebanon's foreign policy, information on international issues.

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  The Phoenix Daily

  May 2020 - Apr 2021

  Staff Writer
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  UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency

  Jun 2020 - Oct 2020

  Research Study Assistant

  Designed a study within the Community-Based Protection for facilities and services provided to Persons with Disabilities in the refugee community.

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  3QA

  Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

  Research And Development Specialist

  Assembled a mapping on all emergency response initiatives handling the blast in Lebanon including redesigning of NGOs mapping based on cross-cutting divisions of marginalized groups.

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  اللجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغربي آسيا

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2023

  Socio-economic research. Support on governance affairs work.

  • Researcher

    Sept 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Researcher

    Oct 2020 - Sept 2022
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  Chevening Awards

  Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  Scholar
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  Internet Society

  Feb 2023 - Sept 2023

  Research Consultant

  Researcher on the project 'internet governance' with the ODI. This is a group project organised by UCL STEaPP (Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy).

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  01Gov

  May 2023 - now

  Researcher

  Lead researcher on gathering gov tech innovations and most recent practices.

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  اللجنة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لغربي آسيا

  Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

  Consultant

  • Consolidate and publish all digital goods or infrastructure of member states to the Arab Open and Innovative Government portal.• Collaborate with regional Ministries of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to drive best practices adoption and facilitate successfultransformation journeys.• Managed the Building trust in digital government services to analyse practical and actionable recommendations that will enhance cybersecurity and foster trustin digital government services. Show less

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  The World Bank

  Nov 2023 - now

  Consultant

  Assess GovTech services and platforms. Advise stakeholders on digital for human development and on creation of digital skills.