Inês joined UWC International in December 2022 as a Temporary Programmes Officer and is now working as a Programmes Officer, based in Berlin, with a focus on fundraising capacity building in the NC system. They are a UWC Short Course alumni (2014) and have volunteered for the Portuguese national committee for six years. 

Their academic background is in International Relations and Gender Studies, and before joining UWC International they worked for different non-profit and civil society organisations in Portugal. Their roles included Project Coordinator with an association whose work is based on a harm-reduction approach for people facing homelessness, people who use drugs, migrants and refugees; and as a Gender Policy Officer, supporting the development of gender equality diagnosis and plans for entities working with people with functional diversity. 

Outside of work, Inês loves to experiment with analog photography, participate in slam poetry events and is involved with social justice movements - a feminist collective and a housing rights movement. 
 

Contact details

Email: ines.colaco@uwcio.uwc.org