Itziar Arispe

Itziar Arispe is Evaluation Learning Specialist at the Evaluation Learning Programme at the UNSSC, which focuses on the application of technology and innovation in the area of measurement, applied analytics and evaluation, fosters peer learning and offers UN personnel a portfolio of courses and on-demand services on core skills and management competencies in measurement and evaluation.

Itziar has substantive professional experience in monitoring and evaluation at international development organizations, NGOs and academia. Her fields of expertise include evaluation capacity building, trends and approaches on evaluation, measurement, and qualitative comparative analysis.

Before her current position at the UNSSC, Itziar has served in different monitoring and evaluation positions at the UN, at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) from 2012-2019, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 2005-2012, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nicaragua (2001-2003). She served as Associate Professor at the Central American University (UCA) in Nicaragua on topics related to projects formulation and evaluation.

Itziar holds a PhD in Applied Economics and a Master of Science in Peace and Development from the University of Basque Country, and is author of a number of publications on evaluation capacity building, evaluation of interventions for countering and preventing violent extremism, and applied qualitative comparative analysis.