Our Instructors

Monika Weber joined ICMPD in 2009 and is currently a Senior Advisor in the Border Management and Security Programme. She started her career with the Czech Police in 1994 and was later seconded to the UN mission. Her portfolio ranges from border management, immigration issues and document security to asylum and combatting trafficking in human beings. Since 2003, she has been carrying trainings and delivering presentations in numerous international fora on border management

Rainer Münz was Adviser on Migration and Demography at the European Strategy Policy Centre (EPSC), the in-house think tank advising European Commission President J.C. Juncker during his time in office (2014-2019).  Prior to joining the European Commission, he was the Head of Research and Development at Erste Group, a Central European retail bank headquartered in Vienna. He was Senior Fellow at the European think tank Bruegel (Brussels), the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) and at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI, Washington DC). He also worked as a consultant for the European Council, the OECD and the World Bank. Until 2004, Rainer Münz had an academic career as a researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and at the Department of Mathematics of Finance/TU Vienna, as well as a tenured university professor at Humboldt University, Berlin.

Elena Petreska is Anti-Trafficking Specialist at the ICMPD Anti-Trafficking Programme. Over the past 12 years, she has been involved in various anti-trafficking projects, aiming to enhance the transnational cooperation on trafficking cases, build capacities and support national authorities in developing their anti-trafficking response. Elena is also conducting qualitative research in various ICMPD initiatives

Joris Kennis is a former director of refugee centres and coordinator of voluntary return for migrants in Belgium. He helped develop guidelines for migrants towards sustainable reintegration in their country of origin. His focus is on aligning counselling interactions with migration management processes. In recent years, he has organized training courses in various countries and facilitated EU round tables and workshops.

Glen Swan is an independent advisor on return and reintegration. He has extensive experience with return and reintegration programs, having worked on national programmes, policy development, and capacity building initiatives. His strengths are sourcing reintegration solutions in third countries, developing operational capacity with service partners, and building customized programs for host governments.

Alexander Maleev, Senior Project Manager at the Prague Process Secretariat, joined the ICMPD Brussels mission in 2011. After providing trainings on migration to EU Delegations within the External Thematic Expertise on Migration (ETEM) project, he joined the Prague Process Secretariat in Vienna in 2012. Alexander was initially responsible for the implementation of several Pilot Projects within the Prague Process Targeted Initiative (2012-2017) before taking a lead in conceptualising, realising, and developing the Migration Observatory and Training Academy established in 2018. Following the 4^th Ministerial Conference of the Prague Process, Alexander has been managing the fourth phase of Prague Process cooperation and implementation of the Action Plan 2023-2027. Alexander holds an MA in Social Anthropology (University of Vienna) and a postgraduate degree in EU Political and Administrative Studies (College of Europe). Taking an influential role in the successful implementation of over 100 Prague Process activities in all thematic areas over the past decade, he has wide ranging expertise on migration, asylum and border management in Europe and beyond.  

Irina Lysak, joint MA in Global Studies, currently serves as a Project Manager within the Prague Process Secretariat. Leveraging over a decade of experience in migration, she leads the research activities of the Prague Process Migration Observatory, while also spearheading initiatives aimed at enhancing institutional capacities through the Prague Process Training Academy. With profound regional experience in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, she has developed key expertise in legal (labour) migration, as well as data analysis and research to support evidence-based migration policymaking.

Dariia Skovliuk, MA, MAIS, currently works as a Junior Project Officer within the Prague Process Secretariat at ICMPD. Dariia’s professional efforts intertwine the policies on facilitation of legal migration and labour mobility, the integration of migrants, the fight against irregular migration and the enhancement of asylum and protection systems, aiming to harness migration as a force for positive development. Educated at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the Institute of International Relations in Kyiv, she has a robust background in international relations, international law, and economic policies. Prior to ICMPD, her work experience spans several esteemed diplomatic missions in Vienna, covering diplomatic work, academic research, and coordination with international organisations. Additionally, her involvement in activities such as project management, debating societies and international competitions underscore her proactive and engaged approach to professional development. Dariia is multilingual, fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English, German and possessing proficiency in several other languages.

Melita Gruevska-Graham is Head of ICMPD’s Anti-Trafficking Programme. With 17 years of professional experience in the anti-trafficking field, as Head of Programme she directs delivery of the anti-trafficking expertise and technical assistance at national and regional levels world-wide. She brings wide-ranging expertise related to all aspects of anti-trafficking responses and policies, as well as an extensive global network.  She has longstanding experience in managing single and multi-country projects, including in-depth research of the trafficking phenomenon. Ms Gruevska-Graham has extensive expert knowledge in the area of anti-trafficking, specifically in capacity building activities, developing national anti-trafficking strategies and action plans, developing and implementing national and transnational referral mechanisms, including standard operating procedures for identification and referral of trafficked persons. 

Madis Vainomaa, LLM, is a lawyer and psychotherapist, with 20+ years of experience in human rights protection issues with the main focus on combating trafficking in human beings and addressing vulnerabilities in irregular and mixed migration, improving the institutional capacities and response mechanisms to address human trafficking, protection of the rights of refugees and IDPs, monitoring and investigating human rights issues.

Edgar Federzoni dos Santos serves as Project Manager of ICMPD’s Anti-Trafficking Programme. In the last 11 years, he has implemented and led initiatives within ICMPD to combat human trafficking across various countries and regions. He has coordinated and facilitated the development and adoption of national and regional policies, which have been instrumental in enabling civil society, governmental institutions, and law enforcement agencies to detect and offer effective protection to victims of trafficking. Mr Federzoni dos Santos has worked in the entire spectrum of the combat against trafficking, from conducting field research, devising legal instruments, and building the capacities of stakeholders to prevent, identify, investigate, and tackle trafficking cases in over 20 countries.

Ivanka Hainzl works as an Anti-Trafficking Specialist at ICMPD. For 11 years, she was part of the organisation’s Anti-Trafficking Programme. Currently, her professional focus is capacity-building projects targeting the national anti-trafficking stakeholders, as well as the development and implementation of various national anti-trafficking policy frameworks.

Prior to ICMPD, she served as Senior Expert to the Secretariat of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, within the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria. She implemented anti-trafficking projects at CARE International Bulgaria and the NGO Animus Association Foundation/LaStrada Bulgaria.

Mrs Hainzl holds an MA in Clinical and Counselling Psychology and has extensive training and experience in providing psychological and social support to victims of violence, incl. THB victims.

Sanja Milenkovikj Bojadjieva works as a Junior Project Officer at ICMPD. For 6 years, she was part of the organisation’s Anti-Trafficking Programme. She has a decade long experience in migration related issues, including asylum, irregular migration, and trafficking in human beings. She is passionate about advancing the human rights, dignity, and security of migrants and victims of trafficking.

Prior to ICMPD, Sanja Milenkovikj Bojadjieva implemented projects related to human rights, asylum, and migration in the NGO Macedonian Young Lawyers Association (MYLA) in North Macedonia.

Mrs Milenkovikj Bojadjieva holds an MS in Mass Media and Politics and a BA in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Bologna.