MS. MONA KANANIAN

Areas of Expertise

Geographical Indication Management; Developing the Value Chain of Local enterprises; Local Economic Development; Facilitator of Designing Participatory Nature-based Solutions

Brief Bio

For more than 20 years, I have been collaborating closely in more than 10 Socio-Economic development projects provided me with a strong systemic and strategic thinking, understanding of multi-sectoral issues, and ability to connect different socio-economic issues (such as social capital, employment creation, enterprise development and environmental sustainability) to broader policy frameworks enabling local and regional development.

I participated in different capacities in project management activities, including contributions to participatory planning with local communities, stakeholders’ management, participatory monitoring and evaluation, conducting more than 50 study tours and 100 training workshops. In 2019, I have been awarded the best development agent for facilitation and management of local economic development projects by ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran.

Since January 2020, I am working as the Geographical indication expert and National manager of the Iranian- Swiss Intellectual property project in Iran.

Publications (Weblink only), if any:

Forest Rehabilitation in Iran-IUFRO Symposium:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alper-Colak-3/publication/330875329_Restoration_Rehabilitation_and_Management_of_Deforested_and_
Degraded_Forest_Landscapes_in_Turkey/links/5c597987299bf1d14cad885c/Restoration-Rehabilitation-and-Management-of-Deforested-and-Degraded-Forest-Landscapes-in-Turkey.pdf
Linkages Between Forestry and Poverty- FAO-Supporting livelihood program- Working paper 35:
http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah242e.pdf