Caterina Affonso

Project Coordinator

Core Team

Caterina is a Cultural Anthropologist with experience working across Europe, Africa and in the Caribbean. She has worked extensively in civil society in Trinidad and Tobago in human rights and development programming, community engagement and capacity development, and now coordinates the EU-funded project ‘CSOs for Good Environmental Governance’ being implemented by The Cropper Foundation.

Born in Italy and growing up in the Netherlands, her approach is culturally conscious and includes gap- and power dynamics analysis to promote inclusive sustainable development

Caterina has a Master of Arts M.A. /Doctoraal diploma in Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology from the University of Leiden and is fluent in English, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and French.