Mikaela Gavas
Co-Director Development Cooperation in Europe and Senior Policy Fellow, CGD, Center for Global Development
Mikaela Gavas is Co-Director of CGD’s Development Cooperation in Europe Programme and a Senior Policy Fellow. In addition, she is as a Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons International Development Committee. With over 18 years of experience in research, policy, advisory, and public affairs roles in political and parliamentary environments, she is an authority in international development strategy and finance, and a leading specialist in European development cooperation. Before joining CGD, she was the Head of the Overseas Development Institute's Development Strategy and Finance programme, comprising horizon-scanning, comparative analytics, bespoke advisory, and evidence-based problem-solving. She has worked as a strategy adviser to governments, including France, Italy, Republic of Korea, Qatar, Switzerland, the UAE, and the UK. She was an adviser on European development cooperation in the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and has worked for a number of NGOs. Gavas holds a Master’s of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in European Politics from the University of East Anglia. Her work focuses on European development cooperation and finance, and the future of international cooperation and agencies.
Featured work
Getting to the crux of financing infrastructure in Africa
Bruegel, CGD, and JICA gathered experts to tackle obstacles to financing Africa's infrastructure, aiming to close a USD15 trillion gap by 2040
The External Dimension of the EU's Green Deal: What Role for EU Development Cooperation?
What geopolitical and human repercussions does the EU Green Deal have for its partners beyond climate neutrality and the EU?
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019, 4-5 September
The 2019 Annual Meetings featured the launch of Bruegel's memos to the new European Leadership, proposing how to deal with future policy challenges
Bruegel Annual Meetings 2019
Bruegel's 2019 Annual Meetings will be held on 4-5 September and feature the launch of Bruegel's Memos to the New European Commission.