Prior to joining GPPi as aВ project manager in 2004, Julia was aВ program manager at the KГ¶rber FoundationвЂ™s Bergedorf Round Table in Berlin, aВ consultant with Transparency InternationalвЂ™s London office, and an election observer for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE). Other GPPi projects that Julia was responsible for include, among others, the Evaluation of OCHAвЂ™s Regional Office in Western and Central Africa the Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHOвЂ‰вЂ“вЂ‰funded Interventions the Uniting on Food Assistance project the Real-Time Evaluation of UNICEFвЂ™s Response in Northern Yemen the Evaluation of the Cluster Approach Raising the Bar project, the UN-Business Partnerships report the World BankвЂ™s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment study and the development of the UNICEF Global Strategy project for collaborative relationships and partnerships. Julia also serves as aВ member of the board of the International Humanitarian Studies Association ( IHSA) and as aВ member of the editorial board of RoutledgeвЂ™s newly established humanitarian studies series. She currently represents GPPi in the INSPIRE Consortium, which supports Policy Development for the European UnionвЂ™s Humanitarian Aid Department ( DG ECHO). Her research and consulting work focuses on international development, humanitarian assistance, public-private partnerships, as well as monitoring and evaluation. Julia Steets is director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.