About the moderators
Ghazia Aslam is a Public Policy Fellow at George Mason University and teaches at George Washington University’ Political Science Department. She received a doctorate in public policy from George Mason University in 2011. She also consults with international organizations including World Bank, United Nations and DFID on issues of citizen participation, governance and state-society relations in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Blanche Cotlear is an expert on Governance in the Water and Sanitation Sector. She has twenty-three years of professional experience working on governance in LAC, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Developed strategies and tools to monitor sector and program performance to expand coverage and to improve quality. Author of more than a dozen case studies published by the World Bank and by the IADB on governance in water and sanitation. Winner of the World Bank Governance Award 2010 for the Water Program in Kenya. Lead the development of a Training Module about “Good Communication for the Water Reform”, which was delivered in many countries of North Africa and Middle East after the “Arab Spring”. Lead an award program in Uganda used to monitor water quality in rural areas comparing output-based aid with programs without output-based aid funds. International experience covering directly Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Uganda, Kenya and Ukraine; and indirectly many other countries of the globe.
Charlotte Örnemark is an international consultant who has carried out assignments in countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Ms. Örnemark is specialized in how to communicate, advocate and manage for results in the area of international cooperation and development. She combines her skills in communications, evidence-based planning and monitoring and evaluation with extensive experience in the area of strategy development and organizational and social change with a focus on gender equality, human rights and democratic governance.
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