Anissa Saudemont

For more than 9 years, Anissa has collaborated with governments, UN agencies, civil society organisations, media, and research actors to design programmes and campaigns that help translate complex policy issues into narratives that can mobilise public debate and institutional action.

Her work has focused on major global challenges including climate action, gender equality, global health, digital inclusion, and institutional innovation. She has led and supported international programmes bringing together governments, NGOs, leading global foundations, and more than 200 media outlets worldwide, with the aim of fostering more constructive public narratives around the Sustainable Development Goals and strengthening accountability in policy-making.

More recently, Anissa has concentrated on climate disinformation and information integrity. She has worked with public institutions to better understand how mis- and disinformation trends undermine climate action and democratic processes, and how emerging tools, including AI-enabled monitoring systems, can support more effective policy responses. This work has included international advocacy efforts carried out in the lead-up to and during COP30, where she contributed to initiatives supporting governments in strengthening their capacity to understand digital information systems and address disinformation challenges.

Alongside this, Anissa has been deeply engaged in questions of institutional innovation. She has worked on programmes examining how institutions can adapt when technological change moves faster than existing governance structures, and how innovation can be harnessed to serve equity, well-being, and democratic trust rather than deepen inequalities.

A consistent thread in her work is the belief that durable change depends on active listening, adapting to local realities, and resisting one-size-fits-all solutions.