Trainer Network

Ms. Lisa Andersson is a research fellow and a member of the Migration and Development group at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance/UNU-MERIT. Her current research focuses on migration management and the migration-development nexus. Lisa has in the past eight years managed large-scale migration and development projects at the OECD, Maastricht University and the University of Gothenburg. Her work has focused on interrelations between public policies and migration, the economic impact of refugees on host communities, and the wellbeing impacts of migration and remittances in countries of origin. Her work has included a collection of quantitative and qualitative migration data in a large number of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. She regularly conducts capacity building trainings with policymakers in developing countries. Lisa holds a PhD in Development Economics from the University of Gothenburg. 

Agnieszka Kulesa is an economist at CASE, where she specializes in the labour market, international labour migration and migration policies within and outside EU. During her international career, she gained extensive experience in working in the private and public sector with public servants, public officers, and policymakers. In her previous employment in 2017 –2018 at the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw she acted as Head of Migration Policy Programme. Between 2010– 2014 she worked for the Migration Policy Department of the Ministry of the Interior of Poland, where she was responsible for international cooperation in the field of migration, including cooperation within the framework of the Prague Process. She also worked for the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). Her area of expertise encompasses: labour migration and labour markets, migration policies and their effects, and the future of work. She participated in several EU research projects on migration and labour markets, authored several related articles, and was a panellist in many events in public and private institutions.

Mr. Andrea Salvini is a labour economist and policy advisor to governments and international organizations on employment, skills development and labour migration issues. Before founding the consulting firm Siloe Labour Solutions, Andrea worked for over 12 years for the ILO, most recently as Labour Economist at the Viet Nam country office. Andrea is a professor of practice and trainer for government management with wide experience in the design of learning strategies for large institutions to implement effective policies and reforms. Andrea has over 18 years of experience as an economist and policy advisor on labour migration, employment and skills development. He served as Technical Advisor for the Migration and Governance Network at the ILO Regional Office for the Arab States in Beirut, Lebanon. Previous experiences as a Research Associate at the University of Sydney, Labour Economist at the ILO Office for Viet Nam, specializing in labour issues and political economy and as a Technical Expert on Employment and Labour Market Policies from 2005 to 2010 at the ILO Sub regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, acquiring expertise on labour and development in transition countries through the implementation of seven development cooperation projects. In addition to these achievements, Andrea has collaborated with the London School of Economics and with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in 2005 on the evaluation of the European Structural Funds, and worked for the OECD in 2002-2003 on the Social Aspects of Sustainable Development.