Our team

Alba Linares

Director of Impact Analysis

Dual Degree in Law and Political Science from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Master’s Degree in International Development Cooperation and PhD in Development Studies from the Universidad del País Vasco. She also holds a qualification as “Expert” in the Management of Non-Profit Organisations from the Universidad Nacional a Distancia.

1. Since 2010, she has been working in development cooperation, research and consultancy for NGOs, with experience in Nicaragua, Colombia and Uruguay.
2. Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral researcher contracted by the Universidad del País Vasco for seven years, within the Human Security, Local Human Development and International Cooperation Research Group at the HEGOA Institute.
3. Head of research in the European H2020 project “Understanding and improving the sustainability of agro-ECOlogical farming systems in the EU” (UNISECO), as part of Gestión Ambiental de Navarra (GAN-NIK).
4. Responsible for the development of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Food Insecurity in Armed Conflicts (MEFIC) methodology for Acción contra el Hambre (ACH-Spain).
5. Consultancies in research methodologies and monitoring and evaluation systems in projects for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Trashumancia y Naturaleza (TYN) and Save the Children.
6. Author of scientific publications on social movements, non-violence and peacebuilding from below, the implementation of the ethnic approach in the Colombian peace process, the agro-ecological transition in Europe and the improvement of Early Warning Systems for food security in contexts of armed conflict.

Marlen Eizaguirre

Director of International Cooperation

Nearly 30 years of experience in the field of development cooperation. Degree in Sociology and Political Science; Postgraduate studies in European Studies; PhD courses in the Department of Economics; Postgraduate studies in Educational Evaluation; Master’s degree in Gender and Equality Policy; Online certificate in African Studies.

1. Cooperation Officer at the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation.
2. Cooperation Manager at Alboan.
3. Director of Research at Elkarbanatuz.
4. Evaluator at Hegoa.
5. Organisational facilitator at Elkarri.
6. Technical Secretariat Manager at Coordinadora de ONGD Euskadi.
7. Director of the development worker orientation centre at Amigos de la UNESCO.

Marta Femia

Director of Financial Sustainability

1. She holds a degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Deusto and an MA in Business Administration (MBA) from ESIC.
2. She studied Management Skills and Leadership on the Programme conducted by Newfield Consulting (2014) and the Executive Programme of Digital Marketing Management by ESADE (2020).
3. Over eight years’ experience in Marketing departments in the private sector.
4. Since joining Anesvad in 2007, she has combined personal and professional interests in non-profit organisations, working in the area of Communications and Marketing and performing tasks related to the loyalty of the social base and raising private funds.
5. Fundraising and Marketing Manager since 2018.

Garbiñe Biurrun Mancisidor

President

She holds a degree in Law and is a Magistrate. President of the Court of Social Affairs of the Basque Country’s High Superior Court of Justice since 2009 — renewed on two occasions by the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the last time in April 2021, until 2026.

1. Professor of Work and Social Security Law at the University of the Basque Country since November 1982, teaching in Basque and Spanish languages.
2. The author of articles in different legal and social subject areas. She has also worked as an analyst in opinion spaces on radio and television and in the written press. A contributor to different associative movements linked to the defence of human rights.
3. Member of the Association “Judges of Democracy” and a member of its executive board, as well as a spokesperson in the Basque Country.
4. Full-time Professor on the Aranzadi Social Forum in Bilbao and San Sebastián.
5. A Member of the Basque Language Advisory Council from the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country from 2007 to 2020.

Antonio González Martín

Vice President

CEO of Impact Hub Madrid, President of AIPC-Pandora and a Professor-Contributor in UNED’s Department of Social Psychology.

1. He holds a degree in psychology.
2. With broad experience in projects geared towards innovation, change and impact.
3. Manager of processes of transformation in different business sectors and the non-profit sphere.
4. General Coordinador of Médicos del Mundo Spain for nine years.

Alfonso Davalillo Aurrekoetxea

Secretary

He holds a doctorate in Industrial Engineering and is the current Director of the Institutional Quality and Evaluation Service at the University of the Basque Country. Currently retired.

1. A Coordinator of the University of the Basque Country’s Quality Chair during 2007 and 2009.
2. A Coordinator of the Forum of Universities from the Excellence Club in Management and Senior Evaluator at Euskalit, the Basque Foundation for Quality.
3. The author of different publications related to service management and process management at the university.

Iñigo Lamarca Iturbe

Vice Secretary

Attorney for the Gipuzkoa General Meetings, after working at the University of the Basque Country as a Professor of Constitutional Law.

1. Designated Ararteko, ombudsman of the Basque Country in June 2004 and from 2009 to 2015.
2. A promoter of the modernisation of the institution and relations with social organisations to improve the policies of different public administrations in the field.
3. The author of numerous publications related to Human Rights and Social Rights.

Berta Mendiguren de la Vega

Spokesperson

Researcher and expert in health anthropology and a resident in the Central African Republic. She currently manages a social pharmacy and is Honorary Consul of Spain in the Central African Republic.

1. Designer, Coordinator and Professor on the First Diploma Course in Human Development and HIV and AIDS, PNUD-CORRESIDA, Catholic University of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
2. She holds an MA in Decentralised International Cooperation: Peace and Development.
3. She analyses and manages the Global Agenda inside the framework of the UN System by the University of the Basque Country.
4. Co-author of the report: “Health and Access to socio-health services for the Sub-Saharan population in Catalonia”.