TFF Associates & Themes Blog

Vicky Samantha Rossi
British-Italian, born 23 September 1969
TFF Associate in 2005. She was a board member 2007-2009 and joined our board again in late 2011.

EDUCATION
MA in Peace Studies: European University Centre for Peace Studies, Austria
BA in Modern Languages (French/Spanish): University of Leeds, UK

EMPLOYMENT
July 2008 – present: Freelance consultant / trainer in technical writing in occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
Clients:
1. World Food Programme (WFP), Egypt Country Office: Writing an article for the Food and Nutrition Bulletin on the Government of Egypt’s Flour Fortification Programme.
2. European Commission (EC): Designing and teaching a one-day seminar on Logical Framework Approach to Report Writing for European Union (EU) grant beneficiaries, including compliance procedures, narrative + financial reporting.
3. World Health Organisation (WHO): Editing reports and public information materials for the Advocacy and Communications Unit; Writing Progress Reports for the Mental Health and Psychosocial Services Support Project funded by EC.
4. Local Aid Coordination Secretariat (LACS): One-on-one tuition in report writing for key LACS staff member; Drafting/editing minutes taken in meetings between Palestinian Authority ministries, donors and other stakeholders.
5. WFP, oPt: Designing and teaching a six-week Report Writing in English course (including situation analysis reports, correspondence, minutes, style guidelines).
6. United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): Designing and teaching a six-week Report Writing in English course (including project proposals, analytical reports, style guidelines).
7. Palestinian Education Ministry (MoEHE), Ramallah: Designing and teaching a 10-week Report Writing in English course focused on the Ministry’s Five-Year Plan and new reporting procedures; Writing two manuals: “Guidelines for Reporting” and “Language and Style for Reporting”.
June 2007 – June 2008: Public Information Officer, UNRWA, Jerusalem
October 2006 – May 2007: Communications and Reporting Officer, Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem.

October 2002 – September 2005: Public Information Officer, Green Cross Switzerland, Switzerland
July 2002 – August 2002: English Language Tutor, St Brelade’s College, Jersey, UK
January 2001 – June 2002: Project Development Manager, Holistic Living, Bury St Edmunds, UK
October 1997 – January 2001: Freelance Stress Management Trainer, Bury St Edmunds, UK
October 1996 – October 1997: Freelance Computer Trainer, Jersey, UK
March 1996 – October 1996: Pitman Computer Training Centre Office Supervisor, Jersey, UK
March 1995 – September 1995: English Language Tutor, St Brelade’s College, Jersey, UK
October 1992 – December 1994: English Language Tutor, Osaka, Japan

PUBLICATIONS
• Interview conducted with Sami Awad, Director of Holy Land Trust, Bethlehem, published in PRISM, (16) March/April 2009.
• MA thesis “A Shared Human Identity – the Foundation of a Peace Culture” published in The World Peace Journal, (1) 2008.

PRESENTATIONS
• BBC Radio Jersey Afternoon Show: 40-minute interview on my consultancy work with the United Nations and the Palestinian Authority, broadcast live April 2010.
• “Personal View”: 40-minute interview by BBC Radio Jersey on my work and life in the Palestinian territory, broadcast August 2008.
• “Give Peace a Chance”: 40-minute interview by BBC Radio Jersey on peace journalism, broadcast January 2007.
• “Visions of Peace and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine”: talk given at the Bergli Bookstore, Basel, Switzerland, December 2006.
• “A Vision of a World at Peace – the UN and Civil Society in the Global Peace Process”: talk given at the World Goodwill Seminar, London, November 2004.

Vicky Samantha Rossi
Phone +972-54-793-1884
Email: vickyrossi555@gmail.com
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