The Global Secretariat
The Global Secretariat supports the daily management and finances of the CSO Partnership. It is currently hosted by IBON International as CPDE’s Fiscal Management Organisation (FMO). To read the Terms of Reference of the FMO, please access it here:
Executive Secretary
Robert is responsible for the day-to-day direction, coordination, implementation, control and completion of activities of CPDE’s programme, based on the platform’s strategic objectives and outcomes.
Leo Pura
European Commission Project Manager
Leo coordinates CPDE’s programme cycle of planning, monitoring, and implementation, and evaluation, ensuring that outputs are aligned with the platform’s performance framework. He develops tools for monitoring and evaluating CPDE’s progress in the achievement of its programme outcomes. He also serves as the Programme Manager for European Commission-supported actions.
Matt Simonds
Policy and Advocacy Officer
Glenis Balangue
Capacity Development Officer
Glenis helps organise initiatives that build the capacities of the CPDE membership to engage in activities around effective development cooperation. She works closely with the Network Manager to evaluate the needs of the constituents, and provide the necessary support for their active participation in the platform.
Lilian Laurezo
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
As PME Officer, Lilian is responsible for designing and implementing the M&E activities of projects, assisting in the preparation of progress reports, monitoring the activities on a regular basis, and ensuring the collection and analysis of relevant data.
Geo Tomas
Programme Assistant
As Programme Assistant, Geo provides assistance in all of the Programme Manager/Officers tasks requiring administrative support, such as logistics preparation for meetings and events, document archiving, documentation of meetings and conferences, budget preparation, disbursements and liquidation, and other tasks as may be deemed necessary by the Secretariat.
Margaret Yarcia
Communications Officer
Fanny Porot
French Communications officer
Fanny manages CPDE’s demand-driven translation work, supporting and coordinating the translation of the platform’s internal and external communications into French. She also coordinates with relevant regional and sectoral focal points and Working Groups in bridging information exchange, especially among the various levels of French-speaking CPDE constituencies.
Alvin Villamor
Webmaster
Alvin helps ensure CPDE’s active online presence especially by maintaining a dynamic and interactive website. He also manages internal communications and knowledge management systems through the administration of mailing lists, and provides communications support through the design of CPDE’s information materials.
