Julia Salabert

The Digital Leadership Institute (DLI), a Brussels-based international NGO, was recognized by the UN in 2019 for its global leadership in inclusive digital transformation by empowering women and girls with digital skills and leadership opportunities. Since 2015, the DLI has launched various initiatives such as Coding for Young Women and Women in Cybersecurity, aimed at promoting STEM education and bridging the gender gap in the tech industry.

During my internship, and in close collaboration with DLI's Founder, Executive Director, and Chairman of the Board, Cheryl Miller, I was engaged in various projects that align with DLI's mission of empowering women and girls with digital skills and leadership opportunities. These projects included supporting the Women 20 (W20) engagement group in mainstreaming gender considerations into G20 discussions during India's presidency, providing support for projects related to digital equity and women's empowerment, and assisting with logistical and communication support for a project on gender and Digital Policies in Southeast Europe mandated by UNESCO.

The United States is a founding member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a multilateral organization with 38 member countries working together to promote economic growth, prosperity, and sustainable development. The U.S. Mission to the OECD provides policy analysis and coordination support to facilitate U.S. engagement at the OECD. It disseminates relevant research products to respective U.S. Government agencies, the public, and other interested stakeholders. The U.S. representation also engages at the highest level within the organization to ensure decisions taken at the OECD reflect U.S. Government priorities.

As an intern, I support U.S. officials participating in meetings at the OECD on topics including the environment, trade, finance, health, development, education, labor, and energy. I am gaining awareness of various OECD-related topics of interest to the United States.

I am responsible for preparing briefing materials and schedules, note-taking, and coordinating with other delegations and OECD staff. Duties also include organizing official visits and representational events both at the U.S. mission and at OECD headquarter.

More details are available upon request.

The Gender in Geopolitics Institute is a think tank that places the concept of gender at the heart of the analysis of international relations. This research laboratory advocates greater visibility of gender in the field of international relations. Gender is used as a tool for exploring and understanding the complex realities of current international issues.
My engagement in the Gender in Geopolitics Institute allows me to be in correspondence with a wide range of International Relations and Geopolitics researchers gathered around the idea that a gender lens is necessary to better apprehend the world the way it is. International Relations have long been a « men’s world » and still are - in some ways. As a student in this field who wants to build an ambitious career path, the GGI sort of opens the way for the next generation of scholars.

The Interdepartmental Civil Defense and Protection Service is in charge of permanently assisting the Prefect in the prevention and management of risks and crises within the Gard Prefecture. It carries out its missions in an interministerial context concerning the deconcentrated services of the State and the local authorities. More precisely, my stay in the SIDPC allowed me to bring support for the deployment of the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 in the Gard department and the Tour de France’s security organization.
My day-to-day work consisted in to participate in meetings with the Director of Security and assisting him during his field expertise. I thus acquired a strong knowledge of the functioning of French public institutions and their relationship with private actors of civil society.