Mrs. Nadia Karorero is the General Secretary of CERIS (since 2016), Co-Director and founding Member of the Diplomatic School. Prior to this, she was the Academic Manager of CERIS (2009-2016) and academic assistant at CERIS (2004-2009). She has more than 15 years of experience in the continuing education addressed to diplomats and international civil servants. Currently, she is responsible for the daily management of CERIS and coordinates the executive programmes organised by the School. Mrs Nadia Karorero has a solid expertise in the design and development of executive programmes in the field of international relations, development policy and diplomacy. She equally organizes the ” Executive Master in Governance & Development Policy ” that she has initiated in 2008 and deals with the participant recruitment strategy, the Alumni network as well as the relations with embassies, international organisations and universities. Mrs Nadia Karorero graduated in International relations from the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve (UCLouvain).