Sebastian Bloching is the managing director of elbarlament e.V., a not for profit NGO, and its sister organisaiton elebarlament GmbH, a limited liability company.
Sebastian has ample experience designing and managing democracy support projects in various countries in Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Central and Southeast Asia.

He is the co-author of a handbook for facilitating inclusive policy dialogue. Having led civil society advocacy activities in Brussels and worked as a policy advisor at the European Parliament, Sebastian has acquired in-depth knowledge of the EU decision-making process and EU external policies, in particular on democracy support, human rights, security, and defence.
Sebastian is an MA graduate in Political Science and European Affairs of the integrated German-French study program between the Freie Universität Berlin and the Institut d’études politiques de Paris.
He speaks fluent German, English, and French and also has a good knowledge of Spanish and Greek.

Profile:

• Expert in designing democracy support projects (specialized in projects funded by the EU and Germany)
• Expert on EU external policies, in particular, democracy support and human rights
• Very good knowledge of the EU policy-making process and programming of democracy support
• Experienced manager of democracy support projects worldwide
• Deep knowledge of the democracy support sector (political party dialogue, parliamentary support, media support, civil society support, inclusive policy dialogue, etc.)
• Fluent in English, French, and German (C2 level)
• Managing for-profit and not-for-profit organizations: Human resources management, financial planning, development of organizational policies
• Developed a handbook, methods, and M&E strategies and tools for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue involving government, parliament, civil society, and social partners & trained staff on how to apply it.