Ophelia Field is an independent consultant who has worked in the refugee, migration and human rights fields since 1994. She has largely worked within the non-governmental sector in Europe and the United States, but also for major philanthropic foundations, and for a range of intergovernmental organisations, including UNHCR and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. In recent years, her focus of interest has been on how to more effectively communicate migration and human rights issues to the general public, and on supporting the empowerment of people with lived experience within the refugee sector. She is also an acclaimed historical biographer (www.opheliafield.com) and teaches Biography at the University of Buckingham.
Intercultural cities experts
A range of international experts participate to support the Intercultural cities programme.
Their tasks include, inter alia:
- Drafting analytical reports on cities’ results on the Intercultural cities’ index;
- Participating in monitoring visits and preparing reports such as the Intercultural profiles of member cities;
- Providing advice to cities in the context of the preparation of their intercultural strategies;
- Preparing thematic events and drafting reports and policy briefs based on the results;
- Providing advice and training in specific areas (eg myth-busting, intercultural competence, political communication);
- Providing policy advice in specific areas (education, culture, housing, economic development, social services, urban planning, impact evaluation etc.);
- Managing national intercultural cities networks;
- Designing and managing specific projects (eg. awareness campaigns).
