Meeri-Maria Jaarva - Head, Black Sea and Central Asia

Meeri-Maria Jaarva is CMI’s Head of the Black Sea and Central Asia Programme. Ms Jaarva joined CMI in 2000 and has held different positions in the organisation, including Project Manager and Adviser in the Aceh peace negotiations, Adviser to the Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, and Director of the Conflict Resolution Programme, among others. Ms Jaarva is currently serving as a member of the Steering Committees of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO) and the Civil Society Conflict Prevention Network (KATU).

In 2008-2010 Ms Jaarva worked as Reporting Officer in the European Union Monitoring Mission headquarters in Tbilisi, Georgia. Ms Jaarva has an MA degree in political science from the University of Helsinki and has also studied at the University of Uppsala.