Carole Guertler is an independent consultant in sustainable development, cultural & creative economies and media. She specialized in organisational development & capacity building, project and programme work, grantmaking and communication in the fields of philanthropy, NGO / NPO work, social impact entrepreneurship and CSR. She has been trained in culture/arts, journalism/communication and NPO management/leadership, and has been primarily working in the Mediterranean & Middle East Region as well as in Western and Southeast Europe. Thanks to her previous work for a private foundation and development organisations as well as in journalism, she maintains an international network and collaborations.