Wanda Tiefenbacher

As Program Coordinator – Member Services at the Open Government Partnership (OGP), Wanda supports the design, development, and maintenance of OGP’s action framework, ensuring the delivery of effective, harmonized, clear, and user-friendly services and guidance for OGP members. She also assists a subset of OGP members in Europe, providing government and civil society stakeholders with the necessary information, networks, and tools to advance open government reforms.

Before joining OGP, Wanda worked at the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels under the auspices of UNESCO in Graz, Austria. There, she managed EU-funded projects like SCORE (Sporting Cities Opposing Racism in Europe), led the annual “Human Rights Go Local – What Works” Academy and Conference Series, and conducted research for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights within the FRANET network. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Center for Civic Education (Centar za građansko obrazovanje – CGO-CCE) in Montenegro and volunteered with several social and human rights organizations across the globe.

She holds MSc degrees in Political Sociology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and in Social Justice and Community Action from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in International Politics from King’s College London.

Originally from Austria, Wanda is currently based in Brussels.