DOROTHEE FISCHER

COMMUNICATION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EXPERT

I have always had a strong interest for communications/journalism and international relations and have gained experience in very different positions in these sectors in the past 20 years: from my studies of English Literature, Communications and Political Sciences at the universities of Cork (IE), Bamberg (DE), Berlin (DE) and Salamanca (ES) to being an audiovisual journalist for the French-German TV station ARTE or running the Strasbourg office of the international NGO and support programme of the Council of Europe “European Association of Local Democracy” (ALDA). For the latter I also managed a variety of projects on human rights, participatory democracy and sustainable development with particular focus on South East Europe and the Southern Caucasus. 

In 2008, I moved my base to Spain where I worked as communications and project development officer for the EU regional cooperation programmes INTERREG IIIC South and the INTERACT Point Valencia. In this period, I provided technical assistance and communications advice to Interreg, IPA or ENPI programmes across Europe. 

Since 2014, I have been a freelance communications and international affairs expert, developing communication strategies and innovative communication tools for a variety of stakeholders worldwide, from the European Commission, to FAO, local authorities, NGOs, universities or private sector actors. I also give trainings in four languages (EN, FR, ES and DE) on all these issues and facilitate events on a regular basis. 

There is one guiding principle I have followed in all these years: I only communicate on the projects I believe in and which go in line with saving our planet and respecting people’s rights!