Hi, I'm Liza Saris

I'm Policy Analyst and the Project Manager for Connecting Europe, a joint initiative by the European Policy Centre and Stiftung Mercator aimed at connecting civil society organisations with the Brussels policy community. We organise events and analyse relevant policy developments for CSO's in Europe. I'm particularly interested in civil society resilience and its role as critical pillar of democracy.

 

Before joining the EPC, I coordinated several EU-funded projects with grassroots civil society to stimulate transnational civic collaboration and engagement across Europe. I gained my initial professional experience as a program assistant for the Jean-Monnet Centre of Excellence - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, and as a freelance (policy) researcher for various CSOs based in Brussels.​

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You can find my published work for the European Policy Centre here.

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I grew up in Amsterdam, lived in Berlin, and finally in 2022 moved to Barcelona where I'm currently residing while working in Brussels. Take a look at 'projects' for an overview of my project portfolio and at the 'Blog' page for a selection of my published articles. 

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reach me on LinkedIn or by email

lizasaris(at)gmail(dot)com