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Her reporting has taken her to crisis zones and global events, including the Haiti earthquake and political uprisings in the Middle East. Since 2012, she has been a key face of ORF's news coverage and also hosts ZIB Wissen, a program focused on scientific and educational content.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":376,"width":377,"height":377,"title":378,"blurhash":379},"e85cef93-c504-4dcf-a4bc-5b6ba53d12c3",606,"Nadja Bernhard Orf1","UWK^EK%Nys%2.8oLt7M|OYs.n$WBXSR*xZjZ",[],{"presentation_title":382,"name":383,"role":384,"biography":385,"avatar":386,"downloads":391},"Team Europe Approach for Transport Infrastructure Projects in Sub-Sahara Africa and Latin America","Sergio Oliete Josa","\u003Cp>Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European Commission\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Sergio Oliete Josa is Head of Unit for Sustainable Transport and Urban Development at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships. A civil engineer by training, Mr. Oliete Josa holds a PhD in Transport Engineering and Infrastructure from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and a DESS in Urban Planning from the Université de Montréal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He joined the European Commission in the Delegations to Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Cameroon, where he spent 15 years and gained extensive experience in international cooperation in the field of transport infrastructure. In the context of the EU Global Gateway, he is now based in Brussels advising EU Delegations on policy and providing support to ensure the quality of the operations.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":387,"width":388,"height":388,"title":389,"blurhash":390},"c431c717-a717-40aa-b368-ce1fe304064b",410,"Sergio Large.png","U8C~k~9a01}[00M{-.%N0e-;=C4-IXxCx{JV",[392],{"directus_files_id":393},{"id":394,"title":395},"014dedd7-decd-492e-b7bb-9b080895a572","02 Presentation Mr Sergio Oliete Josa",{"presentation_title":397,"name":398,"role":399,"biography":400,"avatar":401,"downloads":406},"An Overview on EIB Transport Infrastructure Finance in the non-EU regions","Tanguy Desrousseaux","\u003Cp>Director of Housing, Cities & Regions Department, Project Directorate, European Investment Bank\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp class=\"p1\">Tanguy Desrousseaux is Director of the Housing, Cities and Regions Department in the EIB’s Projects Directorate since October 2024.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"p1\">Prior to this, he has been working on Lending Operations at the EIB for 16 years, initially in the private sector to finance aerospace and automotive industrial corporates then in various public sectors to finance local authorities and public sector entities active in mobility, affordable housing, education and healthcare. In terms of geographies, Tanguy has been coordinating EIB’s activities in the Benelux, France, Ireland and the UK before Brexit.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":402,"width":403,"height":404,"title":398,"blurhash":405},"54b97c1b-f677-4295-8819-19101e2c0e4a",300,298,"U[N^G4j[_Nt7ozRjofbHX9ofadoMx[WCs:ax",[407],{"directus_files_id":408},{"id":409,"title":410},"6a8dc5c3-f445-4451-a728-4f65bd8c727f","04 Presentation Mr Tanguy Desrousseaux",{"presentation_title":412,"name":413,"role":414,"biography":415,"avatar":416,"downloads":422},"DANIDA's Role and Ambition as 'Team Europe' Partner in Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure","Tina Kollerup Hansen","\u003Cp>Managing Director and Co-Head of Public Infrastructure Finance, Impact Fund Denmark\u003C\u002Fp>","\u003Cp>Tina Kollerup Hansen is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in infrastructure finance and international development. Since 2017, she has worked at Impact Fund Denmark where she is serving as the Managing Director and Co-Head of Public Infrastructure Finance. In this role, she leads Impact Fund Denmark’s concessional finance team, which focuses on investing in sustainable public infrastructure projects in the Global South.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prior to her current role, she worked as a Senior Consultant and Special Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark\u002FDANIDA from April 2008 to August 2017, where she specialized in development finance. During this time, she was involved in various projects aimed at fostering economic growth and development in emerging markets involving the private sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"id":417,"width":418,"height":419,"title":420,"blurhash":421},"230b5748-ffa4-4c00-b252-cf8bb7fa08ef",190,210,"Tina","UFHB6*Ip0h%1XnWF~CNa0zxv-BS4-;NbxtxZ",[423],{"directus_files_id":424},{"id":425,"title":426},"3d4607ef-8157-4f3f-a870-8f599a2325e8","08 Presentation Ms Tina Kollerup Hansen"]