Ania Mendrek

International labour market, employment services, and skills development expert with 20+ years’ experience in designing, implementing, scaling, and reforming employment services. Proven track record in service design and delivery for multi-country initiatives, programme benchmarking and assessment, and preparation of funding applications and budgets for international institutions, including the International Labour Organization, Asian Development Bank, European Commission, Expertise France, and national and regional governments. Specialises in aligning service design with policy priorities and donor frameworks, strengthening governance and institutional capacity, and embedding gender-responsive and inclusive approaches to achieve measurable, system-level change. Brings cross-sector experience from senior private-sector roles delivering large-scale government contracts, combined with consultancy for international development agencies. Recent assignments include scaling a migration and socio-economic reintegration programme in Morocco with ILO and EU partners (WAFIRA II), employability and TVET governance reform in Libya, and a national public employment service reform assessment with strategic recommendations in Mongolia. Extensive experience in multi-stakeholder consultation (ministries, UN agencies, social partners and employers), governance reviews and service delivery diagnostics, with a strong record of securing funding and supporting policy implementation.