Jean-Alexandre Fortin holds a Master’s degree in International Humanitarian Aid from the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium and a Bachelor’s degree in International Management from HEC Montréal. Since September 2020, he has been Head of the Volunteer Programme with SUCO in Montreal. Prior to that, he was Volunteer Programme Coordinator with Oxfam-Québec in Bolivia for 6 years and 9 years as a volunteer. His more than 15 years’ experience in Latin America has given him in-depth knowledge of the socio-political context of Latin America and of international volunteer cooperation. His academic and professional background is specialised in the management of development programmes for women and young people, with particular emphasis on programme planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. Since 2003, he has worked with various non-governmental organisations involved in international development in Africa, Haiti and Latin America, including the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement, Canada World Youth and Oxfam-Québec.
Jean-Alexandre will be speaking on day two of the conference in the breakout session on Building Resilient programmes through volunteering, where he will be sharing experiences, methodology and tools of an innovative and successful organizational diagnosis methodology oriented to improve volunteers’ pivotal role in strengthening civil society partner organizations.
