Roxana Cristescu - Project Manager

Roxana Cristescu is the Project Manager of the European Partnership for the Peaceful Settlement of the Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (EPNK) project. Ms. Cristescu has also an advisory and supporting role over CMI’s mediation and mediation support activities.  Her responsibilities include managing CMI’s strand in the EPNK project framework, advising the Black Sea Peacebuilding Network project, as well as supporting CMI’s engagement in providing mediation support to regional organisations (EU, ASEAN , AU).

Before joining CMI, Roxana worked for various peacebuilding and mediation projects in Ethiopia, Sudan, Kosovo (Mitrovica Region), Moldova, Transdniestria, Ukraine and Lebanon.  Her work in the field was completed with academic research dealing with “Implementing Peace Education and Dialogue projects in conflict divided societies” and with “Evaluating peace projects. Guide-lines for civil-military cooperation in Peace Support Operations.” Her areas of expertise include international peace mediation, developing peace building programmes, capacity building and crisis management.

Roxana Cristescu holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Bucharest. In addition she holds two master degrees from Florence and Rome University in Mediation and Security Studies. Currently she has enrolled for a Master of Science in Mediation studies at the Queens University, Belfast.