Marta Persiani

Marta has about 15 years of experience working in the Development and Humanitarian sectors, mainly in Management, Quality and accountability, both in INGOs and in the UN. She is currently the Head of Programmes Management and Development in Save the Children Italy - supporting the organisation’s Localisation and Partnership focus - while consulting independently on M&E, Accountability to Affected Populations, Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.

She strives to continuously change observation points, as a means to inclusion, relevance and accountability, and to challenge (hers and others’) personal and professional assumptions towards growth and coherence. She does so by diversifying her professional careers (including, for instance, collaborating with Universities in Bologna - Italy and Reykjavik - Iceland), to nurture a wide while detailed vision.

Marta has decided to join IARAN as she views it as an opportunity for ongoing learning and exploration. She also believes that a stronger strategic sectoral reflection is essential for ethical, relevance, and efficiency reasons, and emphasizes the need for continued connections within the wider ecosystem beyond our sector.