Anna is Project Manager of the EU- funded project CONNECTS-UK, aimed at fostering scientific collaborations between the EU and the UK, led by the community of EU researchers working in the UK. Previously, as Director of Communication of HISPASAT (Madrid) an aero-space operator, Anna Fumarola was in charge, among others, of the coordination of the different scientific cooperation programs of the R&I department with other national and international research centres within EU policy framework. Later on, as External Relations Advisor and Program Officer for UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and UN Women in Pakistan, she was specially involved with policy and advocacy for the UN women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda.
Once back in Spain, Anna Fumarola joined the Woman for Africa Foundation as Senior Project Manager, where she passed from policy to practice and implementation with several activities of capacity-building in conflict-resolution in Mali for local women. She set-up and led two major post- doctoral programmes targeting African women researchers while implementing science diplomacy with a strong gender lens with the embassies of Spain in Senegal, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria and Morocco. Anna Fumarola has consulted in gender policy for several projects and programs of both private, public and international organizations, such as Casa Asia and Council Foundation Spain-India, about design and implementation of gender programs consistent with the objectives of state actors (such as the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the social corporate responsibility policies of the trustees.
