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Íslensk stjórnvöld hafa átt í samstarfi um þróunarsamvinnu í Síerra Leóne síðan 2018. Voru fyrstu verkefni íslenskra stjórnvalda unnin í samstarfi með þarlendum stjórnvöldum og Alþjóðabankanum. Árið 2023 hélt útsent starfsfólk til starfa og var sendiráðið opnað formlega í maí 2024.

Sendiráð Íslands - Freetown

Heimilisfang:

28 Fudia Terrace, Spur Loop, Freetown

Sími: +232 72 15 51 55

Netfang: freetown@utn.is

Opnunartími: Mán-fim frá kl. 08:30-16:00 og fös frá kl. 08:30-13:30.

Nafn Starfsheiti Netfang
Ásdís Bjarnadóttir forstöðumaður asdis.bjarnadottir@utn.is
Emma M. Sesay fulltrúi emma.sesay@utn.is
Inga Þóra Jónsdóttir sendiráðsfulltrúi inga.thora.jonsdottir@utn.is
Joseph Conteh bifreiðarstjóri joseph.conteh@utn.is
Karl Fannar Sævarsson varamaður forstöðumanns karl.saevarsson@utn.is
Mohamed Bah verkefnafulltrúi mohamed.bah@utn.is
Momodu Benjamin Bangura bifreiðarstjóri momodu.bangura@utn.is

Forstöðumaður

Ásdís Bjarnadóttir

Curriculum Vitae

Foreign service career

Present Head of Mission / Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Iceland in Freetown

2018-2019 Private Sector Collaboration, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2019-2021 Adviser, World Bank Team, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

2021-2023 Adviser, Bilateral Development Cooperation, Directorate of Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Other relevant work experience

2012-2016 Regional Programme Development Coordinator, Finn Church Aid, Asia Regional Office, Cambodia

2008-2011 Administrative and Project Coordinator, Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA)

Education

2007 MSc Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

2003 BA French and Social Anthropology, The University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (2nd year Erasmus placement at the Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III, France)

Languages

Fluent English and French, basic Danish and German

Ásdís Bjarnadóttir is born on 23rd May 1977. She is married to Alistair Moir, and they have one son, Kári Davíð Moir.

Freetown, Síerra Leóne