Attilenore Austria has extensive working knowledge in stakeholder engagements, project risk management, project scheduling, community development, socio-cultural baseline studies, and social impacts assessment.
Ms Austria has worked with major Philippine public infrastructure, mining and hydropower projects for more than 10 years; managing diverse teams of local and international experts to carry out studies leading to the development of plans and programs in compliance with national regulatory requirements and international standards. She worked closely with environmental and engineering teams to ensure that social impacts are avoided or kept at the minimum while developing key project consultation; and negotiation strategies to manage anticipated social, economic and cultural impacts essential to obtaining a social license to operate.
Ms Austria also has more than 10 years of development work with World Bank and EU-funded integrated rural development programs all over the Philippines.
She holds a PhD in Rural Development.
