For the last 15 years I have worked in the areas of partnership building and resource mobilization serving both an Intergovernmental Organization as International IDEA and an International NGO, like Arigatou International. Thanks to these diverse professional experiences, in the thematic fields of sustaining democracy, upholding rule of law and human rights, I have gained a solid knowledge of the grant-making sector in Europe and worldwide, including both the philanthropic sector and major institutional public grant makers and donors like GIZ, the EU, JIKA and USAID