Michael Gendy

Current occupation

Civil Society Associate / Project Coordinator and ESC Mentor

Work experience

 Anna Lindh Foundation – Alexandria, Egypt
Assistant Coordinator / Civil Society Associate
[ 09/2024 – Current ]
• Assisted in the coordination of operational delivery of €2M flagship forum supporting 1,000 participants from
43 Euro-Mediterranean countries, ensuring 100% regulatory compliance during regional geopolitical crisis.
• Established stakeholder engagement protocols with 43-member state representatives and 5 diplomatic
missions, reducing response time for high-level meeting requests by 40% through structured contact
management systems.
• Managed €20,000 annual intercultural dialogue fund, increasing civil society partner satisfaction scores by 25%
through streamlined application processes and proactive compliance guidance.
• Facilitated knowledge exchange across 43-country network by coordinating 12+ training and mobility
programs, resulting in 85% participant completion rate and 60% reporting strengthened institutional
partnerships.
• Mitigated operational risks during ALForum through contingency planning for travel disruptions, budget
reallocations, and hybrid participation mechanisms, ensuring 90% scheduled participation despite regional
instability.
• Mentored 10+ emerging civil society leaders through structured €250+K YCSLP, Hands-On, ALFinMotion, and
Challenging Inequalities programmes, with 85% of participants successfully implementing community-based actions and 75% securing follow-on EU funding.

 Dansk ICYE – Aarhus, Denmark
ESC Program Assistant
[ 08/2023 – 08/2024 ]
• Administered €1.2M European Solidarity Corps portfolio across 19 projects and two funding cycles,
maintaining 100% compliance with EU Financial Regulations and zero audit findings.
• Optimized grant management systems using EU Portal, reducing reporting processing time by 30% through
standardized documentation templates and proactive budget monitoring.
• Supported external audit preparation for €800K+ annual expenditure, delivering complete financial
documentation 5 days ahead of deadline and facilitating clean audit opinion.
• Coordinated international mobility logistics for 50 volunteers annually, achieving 98% on-time arrival rate and
90% participant satisfaction through systematic risk assessment and contingency protocols.
• Negotiated service contracts with 15+ vendors (accommodation, transport, catering), securing 12% cost
reduction while maintaining quality standards and full GDPR compliance.

 System and G Egypt – Alexandria, Egypt
Project Manager
[ 2021 – 2023 ]
• Delivered €65K–€200K project portfolio across youth employability, climate education, and social inclusion,
achieving 90% target indicator completion and 80% beneficiary satisfaction across 9 concurrent projects.
• Established risk management protocols for operations in volatile contexts, reducing project delays by 35%
through proactive stakeholder mapping and adaptive workplan adjustments.
• Built multi-stakeholder partnerships with 12 institutional actors (ministries, INGOs, private sector), expanding
resource base by 25% and enabling 3 cross-sectoral initiatives.
• Implemented quality assurance systems resulting in 100% donor reporting compliance and recognition as
high-performing partner by two international funding agencies.
• Led post-project evaluations capturing lessons learned from 8 completed initiatives, with 70% of
recommendations adopted for subsequent programming, improving cost-efficiency by 15%.

 British Council – Alexandria, Egypt
Logistics Coordinator
[ 2021 – 2023 ]
• Coordinated 20+ high-level delegation visits annually, including UK government officials and institutional
partners, maintaining 100% protocol compliance.
• Managed €150K annual logistics budget, achieving 8% underspend through strategic procurement
negotiations while improving service delivery standards.
• Implemented corporate risk management protocols (child protection, anti-fraud, security), passing two
external audits and contributing to institutional accreditation renewal.
• Designed logistical strategies for complex multi-site operations, reducing field visit coordination time by 40%
through standardized procedures and digital tracking systems.
• Supported performance reviews and audit processes for 5 country programmes, delivering standardized
reporting packages that reduced review preparation time by 25%.

 Amideast non-profit organization – Alexandria, Egypt
Admin Assistant
[ 2017 – 2021 ]
• Managed executive office operations for 3 senior managers, coordinating 500+ annual meetings and
international travel itineraries with crucial scheduling accuracy and no missed appointments.
• Processed confidential correspondence and documentation for US government-funded programmes,
maintaining 100% information security compliance over 4-year tenure.
• Coordinated 15+ international conferences and workshops, managing logistics for 200+ participants per event
and achieving wide participant satisfaction score.
• Developed digital filing and tracking systems that reduced document retrieval time by 50% and supported
successful external audit of $500+ programme portfolio.
• Facilitated cross-departmental communication as liaison point, resolving internal coordination issues without
escalation and improving inter-team collaboration scores.

 MIHI for training and development – Alexandria, Egypt
Project Coordinator
[ 2017 – 2020 ]
• Coordinated €400K+ Erasmus+ portfolio across 16 international partnerships, achieving 100% on-time
reporting to National Agencies with partner satisfaction.
• Managed multi-country mobility programmes for 100+ participants annually, ensuring completion rate and
mitigate serious incidents through systematic safeguarding protocols.
• Developed financial oversight systems tracking €50K+ annual expenditure across 5 currencies, eliminating
budget variance issues and enabling clean project audits.
• Built sustainable partner networks with 15+ European organizations, resulting in 75% repeat collaboration rate
and 3 multi-year strategic partnerships.
• Implemented dissemination strategies reaching 10,000+ beneficiaries through multiplier events, with
participants reporting increased organizational capacity