Eriona joined PONT RPO as Grant Coordinator in July 2024. She holds a Master’s Degree in Quantitative Economics, from the Faculty of Business Economics, University of Perugia, Italy.

Eriona has more than 15 years of experience in the finance sector and project coordination both in private and public sector.

Prior to joining PONT, Eriona has worked as Individual Grant Manager at LevizAlbania, a project funded by SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) that aimed at strengthen the local democracy in Albania through the engagement of civil society. She has been responsible for the key aspects of projects/program implementation and management (financial and programmatic) with special focus to individuals and informal groups. In addition, she has been responsible for the effective implementation of the Community Initiatives by ensuring synergies and interactions with other LevizAlbania grantees mechanism, periodically reporting on the process of grant giving as well as coordinating the coaching and mentoring support Frame under CAI (Community Action Initiatives).

She has also worked closely with different stakeholders and active working groups in the field of education under the World Bank program “Quality and Equity in Education”, priority 4 “Higher Education Financing Reform” providing advice both in strategic planning at national level, as well in designing and implementing Action Plans in the field of higher education. She was part of the working group assisting the drafting of the higher education financing reform, preparation of periodical study materials, and coordination of the Technical Unit of the reform implementation and groups of interest.