Illya

Eillya Costandinides
Znamenka, Ukraine | [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)(Ukraine). E-mail: [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
EDUCATION
Pavia University, Milano, Italy 2007
M.A. In International Cooperation and Development
Minor: Economics Thesis: “EU’s contributions towards Higher Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories’’

Bethlehem University, Occupied Palestinian Territories 2005
B.A. In International Accounting
Areas of Concentration: Internal systems, Audit
Minor: Business Administration Thesis: “Internal systems and cost effectiveness”
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Company’s name with held due to NDA agreement 2026-Current
Influence Marketing Manager(Ukraine)
Lead on MENAD region

Consultancy firm (Ukraine)
Senior Advisor 2025-current
Lead on humanitarian interventions, civil society developments and inclusion of vulnerable groups

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Acting Team leader for Humanitarian and Refugees Pillar
Delivering UK response to the Conflict in Gaza (£150 million grant)

Department for International Development, Jerusalem
Senior Policy and Programme Manager 2014-2023
Managing UK response to Palestinian Refugees via
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA (£180 million Grant)

Department for International Development, Jerusalem
Programme Officer 2011 – 2014
Managing food security programme in Gaza Strip, Access Coordination Unit and DFID’s relation with UN agencies.
Caritas International, Jerusalem organization
Department Manager 2009 – 2011
Manager of the Food Security Department for the Gaza Strip and West Bank and fundraising
Caritas International, Jerusalem
Programme Officer 2007-2009
Managing Food security Project in Gaza strip and Water and Sanitation projects in the West Bank
Europe External Policy Advisors, Belgium
Interim project officer 2006
Provided support in design to program managers to create accessible segue between the EU and Civil Based organization in Eastern Europe in issues related to gender equality.
TRAINING COURSES and certificates
CHR. Michelsen Institute, U4 Anti-corruption Resource Center
Essentials of anti-corruption 2013
Five Weeks training and three approved assignments
Risk and Control, DFID India 2013
How to: Due Diligence assessment workshop
United Nations Office for Project Services, Denmark 2013
Prince2, certificate by APMG-International
Project Management Institute, Pennsylvania, USA2008
Project Management Professional (PMP), Accreditation
LANGUAGES
Arabic – native language, English – speak, read, and write with high proficiency.
Hebrew – speak, read, and write with high proficiency.