Anuliina Savolainen

About

Experience

• Editor – The UNESCO Courier at UNESCO
  May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

• ICF (3 yrs 2 mos)
  • Communications Specialist - ICF
    Jul 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Managing communications activities at ICF for European Commission and European External Action Service clients.

  • Communications Manager - Policy Implementation and Programmes (PIP)
    Aug 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr

    Leading the delivery of communications activities and managing the ICF (PIP) Communications Team. Main clients: the European Commission and EU-funded networks, in particular the European Platform tackling undeclared work and the European Migration Network.

• Author, Publishing Editor at Consultancy: Wider Security Network WISE
  Aug 2021 - Jan 2022 · 6 mos

  ▪ Led the delivery of a book about Africa, Finland, Peace and Security (240-pages, released 20 January 2022): https://www.widersecurity.fi/uploads/1/3/3/8/13383775/wise_aaniaafrikasta_web.pdf "Ääniä Afrikasta - puheenvuoroja rauhasta ja turvallisuudesta" Eds. Anuliina Savolainen & Anna Starckman. 2021, WISE ISBN 978-951-9150-45-1 (nid.) ISBN 978-951-9150-46-8 (pdf)

• EUCAP Sahel Mali (3 yrs 11 mos)
  • Operations and Reporting Officer - BSE EUCAP Sahel Mali
    May 2016 - May 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - Brussels-based position embedded in the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), headquarters of the civilian crisis management missions of the European Union - Served as the liaison on operational and mandate implementation aspects of the EUCAP Sahel Mali capacity building Mission. Follow-up on developments in Mali and the G5 Sahel countries in the fields of Security Sector Reform; Peace process implementation; Counter-Terrorism and Border Security; Human Rights and Gender - Participated in strategic and operational planning exercises, including monitoring, evaluation and benchmarking -Contributed to regular and special reporting and policy analysis - Co-managed the EUCAP Sahel Mali Press and Public information unit with regular visits to the field

  • Press and Public Information Officer / Chargée de presse et d'information publique
    Jul 2015 - May 2016 · 11 mos

    Main tasks: - Provided strategic and operational guidance and media advice on all internal and external communication matters; - Drafted press lines, press releases, public statements and articles and organized press conferences, briefings and public outreach events; - Designed and maintained the Mission website; - Managed the visibility budget; - Supervised arrangements for visiting journalists; - Created communication and information campaigns; - Ensured contact with the Office of the Spokesperson of the EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on public information matters; - Collaborated with the press offices of the European Union representatives, Member States and other international stakeholders in Mali; - Analysed the effectiveness of the Mission’s public outreach work; - Supported Malian internal security forces in their communication efforts

• Press and Public Information Officer - EUCAP Sahel Niger (exchange of Staff) at EUCAP Sahel Niger
  Nov 2017 - Nov 2017 · 1 mo

  - Reviewed the Mission Communication Strategy, lines to take and other strategic communication-related documents in close contact with the Office of the Spokesperson of the EU HR/VP and the EU delegation in Niger; - - Drafted press lines, press releases and articles; - Organised a press conference on transborder criminality between Niger and Mali; - Provided strategic and operational guidance on internal and external communication matters and ensured the production of media monitoring and its dissemination internally through the Mission