Annagrace Messa

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Annagrace Messa
Annagrace Messa
With FWC April 2012-present
Title Project Coordinator, Head of Administration
Key Project(s) Strengthening Asylum, Q3.eu Project, TeachMDGs, Youth of the World, Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers
Degree(s) BA(Hons) International Relations and Global Politics, MA(Hons) International Relations: Theories, Policies and Practices
Filed(s) of study International Relations,
Global Political Economy,
International Institutions,
Human rights,
Conflict and Violence,
Environment, Technology and New Security Agendas
University(ies) Nottingham Trent University



For a detailed curriculum vitae of Annagrace Messa click: Full CV.

Role in Future Worlds Center

Annagrace Messa joined Future Worlds Centerin 2012, and currently serves as project coordinator to the project Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers, which is co-funded by the European Refugee Fund and Republic of Cyprus.

Annagrace moved to Cyprus in December 2010 and joined the Future Worlds Center team as an Intern in April 2012, working closely with the Humanitarian Affairs Unit. After the completion of her internship, Ms Messa became the Administrator for the Humanitarian Affairs Unit as well as for the organisation in general. She also worked on the Humanitarian Affairs Unit and the Global Education Unit, as project coordinator on projects which predominately focus on global education, social change, social justice and equality. She has also been involved in a number of Structured Democratic Dialogue Process workshops as a facilitator as well as has facilitated trainings and discussion groups.

Annagrace currently serves as project coordinator to the project Provision of Free Legal Assistance to Asylum Seekers, which is co-funded by the European Refugee Fund and Republic of Cyprus. Annagrace is also involved in the management of a Europe Aid funded project, Youth of the World which aims to mainstream global awareness in youth work.

Role in CYINDEP

Since May 2014, Annagrace represents the Future Worlds Center in the CYINDEP, the Cypriot platform for NGOs working on development. This position is very important for the planning of strategies and activities during 2015, which has been declared by EU as the European Year for Development - EYD2015.

Through CYINDEP, Annagrace also participates in the Migration and Development Writing Group of CONCORD.

Short Bio

Annagrace comes from Corfu, Greece. She moved to the UK in 2005 till 2010 for her studies and now holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations and Global Politics and a MA (Hons) in International Relations Theories, Policies and Practices from Nottingham Trent University, focusing mostly on social construction of identity, global political economy and conflict and contemporary violence among others. She has participated and successfully completed further trainings on 'Global Terrorism, Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution' (2006- UN Institute for Training and Research Programme of correspondence instruction in peacekeeping operations), ‘The World We Want - Food Security and Nutrition in the Post-2015 Development Framework’ (2012- CYINDEP), and most recently a non-formal education training on 'Managing Sustainable Social projects and initiatives' (2013- YiA).