Karin Gardes-Koutny

Job Title: Director for External Relations and Governance Support

Joined International IDEA in May, 2009.

Nationality: Sweden and France

Programme: Secretary-General's Office

Office: Stockholm (HQ)

Phone: +46 8 698 37 00 (switchboard)

Email: k.gardes-koutny@idea.int

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Expertise at International IDEA:

• International Relations
• Development Cooperation
• International aid architecture

Experience:

• International Organisation for Migration (1999-2003)
• Regional office in Rome, Italy
• Permanent Observer mission to the United Nations in New York
• Regional Office to Europe in Brussels, Belgium
• European Commission (2003-2009)
• Directorate General for Development
• Private Office of Commissioner Louis Michel, in charge of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance

Education:

• Stockholm School of Economics (MSc International Economics 1997)
• College of Europe in Belgium (MA European Economic Integration 1998)

Languages: Swedish, French, English, Italian, German

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