Cécilia Chopin-Conilleau

Senior Advisor Inclusive Economic Development

Products & Solutions

 

Field experience
Long-term assignments: Tunisia, Niger, Nepal, Vietnam, Yemen, Ivory coast

Short-term assignments: Africa, Eastern Europe, Central and South Asia, Latin America.

Languages
French (mother tongue), English (professional fluency)

Cécilia Conilleau is a highly skilled senior manager, and technical advisor specializing in Inclusive Economic Development, Sustainable tourism development and project result and sector performance measurement, monitoring and evaluation, as well as gender-sensitive approaches. With extensive experience in the economic sector, she has been instrumental in developing national, regional, and municipal strategies for economic growth and stakeholders and community coordination processes, and is adept at managing, coaching, and training. Her expertise allows for the transfer of generic models and knowledge to meet the needs of local contexts' realities.  

Reference projects

2021 - 2024
Laos
Green cities
Waste to Value
Advisory work for the W2V project: MidTerm review, advisory for next phase proposal
Developing a Sustainable Tourism Circuit in South Rupununi Guyana
Product Development, Assessments, Marketing and Capacity Building” for Compete Caribbean, lead the component “Organizational development”
2021 - 2025
Kosovo
Entrepreneurial ecosystems, Sustainable tourism
Advisory work for Kosovo municipalities, PPSE Project (SDC)
Guiding the development of strategic planning of sustainable tourism for the Municipality of Gjakova.
2021 - 2025
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Colombia, Indonesia, Morocco, North Macedonia, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam
Trade, Initial vocational education and training, Entrepreneurial ecosystems, Sustainable tourism
Swiss Import Promotion Programme
Advisory work for the SIPPO project on sustainable tourism sector strategy and coaching for the sector and BSOs coordination in Colombia, Peru, Albania, and North Macedonia.
2020 - 2024
Morocco
Sustainable tourism
Switzerland-Morocco Sustainable Tourism Programme
Advisory work for a sustainable tourism development project. Advice and guidance in satisfaction client/tourists’ analysis to improve offers/products and destination experiences
2019 - 2023
Tunisia
Sustainable tourism
Destination in South-East Tunisia: new approaches and skills in the tourism sector
Head of project, then advisory work for a sustainable and governance tourism development project in Tunisia (SECO)
2019 - 2024
Tunisia
Sustainable tourism
Tourism Governance and Marketing
Advisory work for a tourism governance and marketing project in Tunisia
2020 - 2024
Benin
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
Rural Economic Development Support Programme PASDER
The four departments in the northern part of the country (Alibori, Borgou, Atacora and Donga) cover almost three quarters of the country's surface area and are home to just over a third (33.9%) of the population. According to the Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.485, Benin will rank 167th out of 187 countries in 2016. Poverty has increased at...
2009 - 2020
Burkina Faso
D’APPUI AU DEVELOPPEMENT COMMUNAL
Le Projet d’appui au développement communal (PADC) de Swisscontact au Burkina Faso est un mécanisme d’accompagnement des Communes burkinabè pour la mise en place d’un processus d’amélioration des conditions de vie à travers la création d’emplois et l’augmentation de revenus des populations locales.Soutenu financièrement par le...
2021 - 2024
Burkina Faso
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
Mara Panga
Dans le cadre du service financier, la création de groupes d’auto-financement inspirés de la tontine permettent de contribuer à l’amélioration des revenus des populations qui n’ont pas accès aux services financiers formels.
2019 - 2028
Niger
Initial vocational education and training
Alternative education programme for young people
The project provides a high quality alternative basic education with a leverage effect on the non-formal education system, enabling girls and boys aged 9 to 14 who have not completed school to acquire the basic skills necessary for integration into social and economic life.
2017 - 2022
Niger
Initial vocational education and training, Labour market insertion
Rural Skills Development support program in Niger
Swisscontact contributes to the improvement of the living conditions of rural youth in the regions of Dosso and Maradi, by the establishment of a training-system and the integration of trained youths into the labor market.
2014 - 2018
Mali
Initial vocational education and training
Historique du Programme d'Appui à la Formation Professionnelle (PAFP) au Mali
Après douze ans, Swisscontact a achevé avec succès le Programme d'Appui à la Formation Professionnelle (PAFP) au Mali pour promouvoir la formation professionnelle. Au cours de cette période, plus de 60 000 personnes ont suivi une formation professionnelle. La mise en œuvre d'un plan directeur régional pour la formation professionnelle a été confirmée comme un instrument valable de lutte contre le chômage. Le programme a été financé par la Direction du développement et de la coopération (DDC) et l'Ambassade royale du Danemark.
2013 - 2021
Tunisia
Initial vocational education and training
The Vocational Training Support Programme
The program financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and implemented by Swisscontact with the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment (MVTE) aims to improve the employability of young people and the attractiveness of vocational training (VT). Started in June 2013, it brings together the main public VT providers, as...