Blerta Cela

Blerta Cela is the deputy country director of the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine. A native of Albania, Blerta brings over 15 years of experience in program management, design and implementation. Throughout her career, she has managed a series of multi-partner programmes and policy development initiatives in the areas of access to justice, unpaid care economy, development effectiveness, community empowerment and financial inclusion. Cela also served with UNDP in Bangladesh. Earier, she worked with the Bureau for Development Policy in New York, supporting the HIV/AIDS group and the gender team. She has also worked with several civil society and human rights organizations on socioeconomic development and human rights programmes across all regions. Blerta also worked in Kosovo, including in refugee camps, to promote the rule of law and access to justice.