Elena Giulia Bertola

Functional Title: Regional Cash and Voucher Assistance Specialist
Institution: UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Email Address: bertola@unfpa.org
Phone Number: +216 52 076 892

Bio
Cash and Voucher specialist with over 15 years’ experience in the humanitarian sector working for several INGOs (ACF, Oxfam GB, SCI, CashCap, GOAL) and UN agencies (WFP, UNHCR, FAO, UNICEF, UNFPA) in different countries and contexts. Since 2008 Elena has designed, managed and implemented response and recovery programs incorporating cash transfers, using a range of mechanisms fostering innovative solutions. She has been working at field, country, regional, coordination and advisory level to promote the use and enhance quality of cash transfer programming in humanitarian action. For the last 2 years Elena has supported UNFPA to integrated cash and voucher assistance in GBV and SHR in emergency programming in the region also promoting and disseminating evidence based learning. At global level she has co developed global guidance and training.

Social

Years of experience 15+ Years
Additional fields of expertise: Humanitarian, Cash and Voucher, Food Security and livelihoods

SDGs Expertise:
GOAL 1: No Poverty
GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
GOAL 5: Gender Equality
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality


Countries of Expertise:
Arab region
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Libya
Somalia
State of Palestine
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tunisia
Yemen


  • Capacity building
  • Programming
  • Project management
  • Strategic planning
  • Team management
Degree Title University Graduation Date
Laurea in Architettura Politecnico di Torino 2004-07-14
Title URL Author/Co-Author
UNFPA Guidance: How to Design and Set Up Cash Assistance in GBV Case Management https://www.calpnetwork.org/publication/unfpa-guidance-how-to-design-and-set-up-cash-assistance-in-gbv-case-management/ Co-Author