Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw
Biography
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw is Associate Director, Peaceful Societies and Accountable Governance, and is a member of the ECDPM management team.
Lidet’s interest and expertise are in geopolitics, peace and security, conflict preventions and peacebuilding.Her areas of focus include African peace and security issues, the African Union (AU) and its partnerships with the EU and China, governance and peace and security management under the AU, Africa in multilateralism and the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa.
Prior to joining ECDPM, Lidet worked as an independent peacebuilding and advocacy consultant advisor with a variety of civil society organisations in the Horn of Africa. She has also worked as a Policy Advisor for the Horn of Africa Regional Programme of the Life and Peace Institute supporting the organisation’s grassroots peacebuilding work and its policy engagement vis-a-vis the AU and IGAD.
Lidet holds an MA in International Peacebuilding from the University of Notre Dame (USA), and a BA in Integrated Social Sciences from the Jacobs University Bremen (Germany).
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The African Union at twenty: A new leader in digital innovation?
From hashtags to the streets: Digital technologies for women's political activism
Financing fragile contexts: What can development finance institutions do better?
Comprendre la Charte africaine de la démocratie, des élections et de la gouvernance
A guide to the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
The EU-AU Summit: Geopolitics, a pandemic and a partnership that struggles to thrive
Regional organisations in Africa: What are the political economy dynamics?
The AU-UN peace and security partnership: Power and politics
Publications
From hashtags to the streets: Digital technologies for women's political activism
Financing fragile contexts: What can development finance institutions do better?
Comprendre la Charte africaine de la démocratie, des élections et de la gouvernance
A guide to the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Regional organisations in Africa: What are the political economy dynamics?
The AU-UN peace and security partnership: Power and politics
La promotion de l'égalité des sexes dans la programmation du budget extérieur de l'UE
Taking the gender agenda forward in EU programming
Commentaries
The African Union at twenty: A new leader in digital innovation?
The EU-AU Summit: Geopolitics, a pandemic and a partnership that struggles to thrive
Africa Day: The AU's role in African and global affairs – Part 1
Is meaningful inclusion the next frontier in women in mediation in Africa?
The China-Africa summit on COVID-19: Geopolitical and economic considerations
Testing the relationship: China's ‘Corona diplomacy' in Africa
Turning the tables: African and European narratives in the time of Corona
Friends and money for a peaceful and secure Africa
Great Insights Magazine
How can we judge the AU-EU partnership on peace and security?
Securitisation without representation: Yet another reason why Africa needs a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
Lidet Tadesse Shiferaw
Associate Director, Peaceful societies and accountable governance
Nationality
Ethiopian
Languages
Amharic, English, French
Location
Maastricht office
Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 21
6211 HE Maastricht