Africa
Kirsi Joenpolvi - Head, Africa
Kirsi Joenpolvi is the Head of CMI's Africa Programme and has a leadership role over CMI's activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her responsibilities include partnership and activity development as well as fundraising for the Africa Programme. Kirsi Joenpolvi joined CMI in 2007 and has acted as Post-War Statebuilding Adviser and Deputy Director of Programmes. Since 2010, Ms. Joenpolvi has headed the Africa Programme.
Mariama Conteh - Adviser
Mariama Conteh has joined CMI as an Adviser for its project on “Multi-track mediation and peace processes in West Africa”. She will be leading the project in partnership with Ghana based partners, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC). The project seeks to develop a comprehensive training program for multi-track mediation and conflict analysis for key decision-makers in the sub-region.
Eemeli Isoaho - Project Assistant
Eemeli Isoaho is currently serving his non-military service as an Assistant in CMI’s Africa Programme. Eemeli graduated from United World College of the American West and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations and anthropology from Lake Forest College, IL. Additionally, Eemeli has completed a program on development project management at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, CA, and gained experience in project planning and implementation in Peru and Bolivia.
Pia Weurlander - Project Manager
Pia Weurlander works as a Project Manager for CMI’s project in South Sudan. She is responsible for initiating CMI’s presence and activities in South Sudan including the overall development of the project, budget management and coordination its implementation with the project partners, local stakeholders, and funders. Pia is specialized in political analysis and governance issues and has comprehensive experience in project management.
Philippe Taflinski - Field Coordinator
Philippe Taflinski is the CMI Field Coordinator in the Republic of South Sudan. Based in Juba, he represents the organization in the country and is in close contact with our Southsudanese partners for implementation of activities, he coordinates with government interlocutors as well as with the international community.
Suvi Tuominen - Project Manager
Suvi Tuominen works as a project manager for two projects focusing on mediation capacity building in Africa. These projects are “The AU mediation support capacity project” and “Improving West African Capacities in Mediation and Peace Processes. Her responsibilities include overall project and budget management and coordination.
Gama B. Roberts - Adviser, Statebuilding
Gama Roberts coordinates the Governance out of a Box initiative which aims to identify tools for the effective implementation of priority functions of state administration in post-conflict countries. He coordinates and monitors all of CMI’s projects in Liberia in coordination with a variety of stakeholders, ranging from NGOs to corporations and the public sector.