Dr. Nicolas Marcoux

Dr. Nicolas Marcoux is the lead expert on institutional development and knowledge management for the MELDEA project for the European Commission external relations services (DG INTPA, ENEST, MENA  and FPI). Prior to working for the Meldea project, he was a Senior Governance Specialist in the Irish Institute of Public Administration providing consultancy, training and assistance to Government departments and civil society organisations on governance arrangements, public policy and governance effectiveness reviews.

He previously worked for the European Commission in DG External Relations, DG DEV and DG Enlargement in sub-Sahara Africa, the Balkans and Eastern Europe where he managed large projects in human rights, institutional building, economic development and reconstruction as well as public administration reform. Under the newly-elected democratic government of President Mandela, he led the operations of the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa from 1996 till 2000. Following the end of the Kosovo war in 2000, he managed the institution-building and democratisation portfolio of the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) in Pristina before being appointed Head of Operations of the Belgrade centre of the EAR after the fall of Milosevic . He also worked for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs as Deputy-Director of the North Africa and Middle East Unit and is currently a member of the Department’s Audit Committee. He also teaches on the Master of Diplomacy and International Relations offered by the College of Europe in Bruges.